Friday, January 15, 2016

More Ice Flies

  So...winter has finally had a positive effect here in Southern Ontario, (other than keeping me indoors and at the tying bench), the local pot-hole lakes and smaller reservoirs are now covered  with enough ice to start taking the first careful steps toward vertical jigging.

  I have much more ice fishing tackle than is necessary as I'm a bit of a "tackle junkie", always having to buy the newest thing. The one positive point on this is the fact that every thing I might want to use can fit into one pocket of my flotation suit.

  This year I vowed to stay away from those gaudy retail trinkets and make my own using the tying bench and, more importantly, my imagination. So here are my latest.

4 comments:

  1. Brk Trt1/17/2016 8:06 AM

    John, nice work.
    I like that last one.

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    1. dead fisher1/17/2016 10:59 AM

      Thanks Alan
      It was an experiment that nearly failed. Tying hackle evenly top and bottom proved too difficult to repeat reliably with these "Fred Flintstone" fingers I've been blessed with.

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  2. cofisher1/17/2016 2:06 PM

    John, those flies almost make me want to get out and ice fish! Not really but those are some really nice looking flies. I think, tied on regular hooks that any of those flies would catch fish.

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  3. dead fisher1/17/2016 11:45 PM

    Thanks Howard.
    I'd much prefer sitting on a bucket on a frozen lake, than at the tying bench.

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