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Post by Sloggi on Mar 12, 2007 21:27:18 GMT
Good question Sloggi,i never tie to exact patterns for one reason or another,so i suppose all are variants,those i didnt make with a rear hackle as i had no real good feathers for it when i got the pig bristles,so i tied them like that and they worked,you could just call them shrimpy things, but then is that not what a PBP is?After all there are no set rules in tying Absolutely right Stu47, nothing like the freedom to make all kinds of weird and wonderful creations  Enough rules in life without creating more  |
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Post by stu47 on Mar 13, 2007 20:02:00 GMT
Sloggi,all part of the game,great buzz when they work |
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Post by ibm59 on Mar 15, 2007 11:39:20 GMT
1st fish of our system last year on the fly. If i wasn't so thick I could put a picture on site. Yellow and Black PBP overall length almost 3ins. Have fished them for a few years now, my 1st fish on the PBP was at the back end on an a mainly orange concoction. Fly in water, catch fish. I am not really convinced that what it is really matters. Everybody fishing such and such will catch fish. I think the example of this is when spinning. Must be a Yellow Belly minnow, the thing that has killed this is the Flying C. On our system for 7 years on the trot, the Tadpole took the first fish on the fly. Why? because that's what everybody was fishing, 5 out of the 7 were on my tying. BTW I tie flies ,I'm not a fly tyer and don't do it any more (eyes).  Sorry for going on.  Naw , Para gets us mere mortals to tie his flies for him. He alway's complains that there's not enough dressing on mine but he's never refused one yet!!! ;D Mind you , its worth it just to see him hurl them into the distance. Boy , can he cast!!!! Catches a lot, too. |
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Post by para1 on Mar 15, 2007 18:57:26 GMT
No more Sloe Gin for you  |
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Post by ibm59 on Mar 16, 2007 10:43:07 GMT
No more Sloe Gin for you  Thanks for the call this morning. Sorting the gear out as I type this. Any of that lovely home made beverage left for Wednesday? We might need it if the weather girls have got it right for a change. |
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Post by stoater on Mar 18, 2007 18:34:49 GMT
Sloggi, you made a very good point in asking whether all flies are intrinsically the same. Seems to me that the evolved commercial tying pattern of PBP's does little to differentiate between it (PBP) and other salmon tube flies. Is any tube fly with boar bristles a PBP ?
I am not convinced the fish bother anyway. We all know a fly that's been ripped to shreds will keep on catching on a good day.
If they want it they want it, PBP or not.
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Post by Sloggi on Apr 1, 2007 17:16:45 GMT
Sloggi, you made a very good point in asking whether all flies are intrinsically the same. Seems to me that the evolved commercial tying pattern of PBP's does little to differentiate between it (PBP) and other salmon tube flies. Is any tube fly with boar bristles a PBP ? I am not convinced the fish bother anyway. We all know a fly that's been ripped to shreds will keep on catching on a good day. If they want it they want it, PBP or not. Commercially sold PBPs seem to get brighter and bushier by the day  I guess the two distinctive features of a PBP are the bristles and the way the JC is placed. I'm just waiting for the Ally's PBP or Silver Stoat PBP  |
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Post by elwyman on Apr 1, 2007 18:35:50 GMT
Commercially sold PBPs seem to get brighter and bushier by the day PBBBs - the pot bellied bog brush style of fly tying! |
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Post by Sloggi on Apr 1, 2007 19:51:38 GMT
Commercially sold PBPs seem to get brighter and bushier by the day PBBBs - the pot bellied bog brush style of fly tying! Exactly |
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Enough rules in life without creating more 
