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Post by salmonfly on Dec 14, 2005 15:51:06 GMT
Nice flies yellow, did you tie them yourself
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Post by fishingd0 on Dec 14, 2005 16:23:03 GMT
Yellow belly Sorry to crash the party. But they are all variations of the Pot-bellied pig. The flies below are the original cascade "style" PBP's
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Post by fishingd0 on Dec 14, 2005 16:53:54 GMT
About a year ago I used to sell PBP's on ebay. There was only myself and two other sellers selling them. When I had a look today I couldn't belive my eyes. There must be two pages worth of PBP's and half of them don't look anything like them. But no doubt, as you said, they will catch fish.
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Post by zeolite on Dec 15, 2005 17:59:25 GMT
Oh oh! could be bidding against each other.
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Post by ruthven on Jan 20, 2006 21:09:48 GMT
Agree with fishingdo they are nothing like the original cascades we were selling last year. I have seen numerous people selling exactly those pictured so my guess is they are imported. Gerry www.potbellypig.co.uk
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Post by wadef on Jan 26, 2006 20:22:01 GMT
which time of the year would you fish them?
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Post by fishingd0 on Jan 27, 2006 16:06:36 GMT
They work very well throughout the season. When the fish start to ignore other flies put a pbp on, it usually induces an offer.
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Post by johnmac on Feb 9, 2006 13:28:58 GMT
im new to this game! how should they be fished?? i take it that they are a tube fly?? go you simply slip them up the line then attatch a treble at the bottom?? or is it more technical than that?? any ideas? cheers, John.
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Post by wilbert on Feb 9, 2006 16:53:01 GMT
John you will need some rubber tubing to go on the end of you tube and over the eye of your hook (If this has not been supplied with the tube flies you have). This stops the tube fly sliding up and down your leader when casting. A little tip when tying the hook on - Leave the tag end longer than usual as you won't see it because its tucked away in the tubing also a short tag can slice the rubber tube when pulling the hook into it. The rubber tubing is sold at all good tackle shops and comes in different colours and diameters to suit your tube fly. As for fishing them they can be fished on any line although you get a better presentation with a heavy tube on a sinking line as the tend to hang rather than "fish" off a floating line. Depth of pool and currant will dictate what line and weight of tube you use and of course the angle that you cast your line
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Post by johnmac on Feb 9, 2006 18:06:20 GMT
thanks for that Wilbert! At least i will look like i know what im doing when i go out to catch my first Salmon!! I think i will order a few of these up!
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Post by madkeen on Mar 19, 2006 13:48:42 GMT
I have tried to tie the pbp as shown in the pictures(lovely looking flies)but struggle to get the hackles to flow backwards and look so luscious.Am i using the wrong type hackles or technique.
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Post by Fruin on Mar 29, 2006 13:10:27 GMT
Tie in the hackles and then wrap the thread backwards and slightly over the hackles. This should angle the hackle back.
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Post by fishingd0 on Mar 29, 2006 17:51:51 GMT
Fruin is correct in what he said, however a quality cape will also assist a great deal.
The softer and closer together the firbres are, the better the end result will be. Cheap hackles can often make the best tyers fly look average.
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Post by Fruin on Mar 29, 2006 18:16:59 GMT
Try to select a cape or a packet of hackles that the stems of the hackle are thin on. Otherwise, tying the thread over your wound hackle will result in an overly large head(on the fly, that is).
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Post by tynetraveller on Mar 30, 2006 9:16:00 GMT
The pot-bellied pigs pictured are getting very bushy indeed- The ones I tie have a few turns of hackle in front of the silicon tube but then just one palmered hackle covering the body and a jungle cock roof. These sparser versions really do look shrimpy. These thicker ones are almost becoming Blobs!
I am sure they will work though, they have fantastic colours.
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