sturgeon crazy
08-24-2006, 08:47 PM
salmon season is quickly aproaching and just wondering if anybody fish's a G-string down here for them. I tied them for years comercialy for an alaska mail order company(bill stinson,rest his sole,one of the great pioneer's of the northwest fly fishing scene) by the thousands. I bet I've tied 75,000 of them.Anyway, they are my go to fly for silvers(in pink) and chum(in green) but I've never seen anyone fishing them around here or in any shops.
I am suprised because of there efectiveness,simplicity and there really cheap/fast to tie. In my hay day I could crank out 40 an hour and I bet I could still do 24 an hour without braking a swet.
All my friends have me tie them up a bunch before the season starts because they have had the same sucsess once I turned them on to them. I have watched countless chums swim 20-30 ft to grab a green G-string before the fish I was casting to, could get it and typicaly the takes are very agressive.
If you don't Know what they are I will try and explain them.
start with a 9672 #2 mustad hook or equivelent, pink or chartruese flat waxed nylon thread started at hook point. next, tie in 2 chunks of flat single strand sequins aposeing each other,that is,shiny side in and face to face. wrap thread forward to about a 1/4 in. behind the eye. now, pull your sequins forward on each side so that the sequins are showing and tie off. Key to this fly is wrapping your thread back thru the sequins and forward again.I will usually do this a few times,this locks down the thread that binds them and when a fish brakes that core thread, only one sequin falls off keeping the fly in tact. If you skip this process your flies will fall apart and I don't think they look as good since this snugs the sequins up and doesn't let them sag. next tie in a pink or chartruese craft fur wing or you can use 2 marabou plumes. finish the head and you got it.
look for sequins and crat fur in local sewing shops. They have sequins in many color's allowing for experimentation but silver has proven to be the best and was the original color. Craft fur can be found at fly shops but you can buy 1/2 a yd. for the same price as a 4"x4" sq at the sewing shops. Working with sequins takes a little getting use to but once you get it, you will find many uses for them on streamers.
one of the keys is to pre-cut sections of them before you tie. I cut them every 8 sqeuins and set them aside. when you start tieing, pull off one sequine off the back to expose the core. this gives you something to attatch them with.Do this on the end that the core thread comes out behind the sequin when your looking at them.when pulled forward, you want them to lay sweeping toward the rear of the hook.
I have used the sequin body style on many different baitfish patterns and they make a great looking zonker.
good luck this fall.
SC
I am suprised because of there efectiveness,simplicity and there really cheap/fast to tie. In my hay day I could crank out 40 an hour and I bet I could still do 24 an hour without braking a swet.
All my friends have me tie them up a bunch before the season starts because they have had the same sucsess once I turned them on to them. I have watched countless chums swim 20-30 ft to grab a green G-string before the fish I was casting to, could get it and typicaly the takes are very agressive.
If you don't Know what they are I will try and explain them.
start with a 9672 #2 mustad hook or equivelent, pink or chartruese flat waxed nylon thread started at hook point. next, tie in 2 chunks of flat single strand sequins aposeing each other,that is,shiny side in and face to face. wrap thread forward to about a 1/4 in. behind the eye. now, pull your sequins forward on each side so that the sequins are showing and tie off. Key to this fly is wrapping your thread back thru the sequins and forward again.I will usually do this a few times,this locks down the thread that binds them and when a fish brakes that core thread, only one sequin falls off keeping the fly in tact. If you skip this process your flies will fall apart and I don't think they look as good since this snugs the sequins up and doesn't let them sag. next tie in a pink or chartruese craft fur wing or you can use 2 marabou plumes. finish the head and you got it.
look for sequins and crat fur in local sewing shops. They have sequins in many color's allowing for experimentation but silver has proven to be the best and was the original color. Craft fur can be found at fly shops but you can buy 1/2 a yd. for the same price as a 4"x4" sq at the sewing shops. Working with sequins takes a little getting use to but once you get it, you will find many uses for them on streamers.
one of the keys is to pre-cut sections of them before you tie. I cut them every 8 sqeuins and set them aside. when you start tieing, pull off one sequine off the back to expose the core. this gives you something to attatch them with.Do this on the end that the core thread comes out behind the sequin when your looking at them.when pulled forward, you want them to lay sweeping toward the rear of the hook.
I have used the sequin body style on many different baitfish patterns and they make a great looking zonker.
good luck this fall.
SC