HFFA Banquet, March 21, 2009
Hi All………..just wanted to say that I have been going to HFFA banquets for a long time and that this was the best I’ve ever attended………thanks to all who worked very very hard on this event !!……..Paul
Archive for March, 2009
Housatonic Salmon, March 2009
Hi All…….I got out today with fellow HFFA/CT RI Members John “Spin Rod” Panza, Ken Manari, Mike Harrington, “Internet Fishing Star” Bear Cochrane, and Mike Sayvek……started at around 4 p.m. today at almost low tide…….first or second cast, wham….big tail and splash……didn’t see the fish but those down river informed me that I had a salmon on……took me a while to get it in …..nice male hooked jaw fish…….after that the stripers started turning on ……. friend John Panza also landed a salmon on his spinning rod……Kenny and Mike H. also landed their first bass of the year………a really nice evening out there……good fishing and good company……..tight lines……..Paul
March 2009 Meeting
Hello Fly Fishing Friends,
For March our guest speaker will be “Diane Sablitz” 1st VP of the Salmon River Anglers Association (CT). She will be speaking on fishing in the Salmon River and also talking on “Casting for Recovery”, which is a group that holds retreats Nationally for “Breast Cancer Survivors” and they include fly fishing clinics.
“Keep your flies in the water!”
1st VP Tom (TT) Toomey
All the best,
Tom
March 2009 Fly of the Month – Razzle Dazzle [Paul Dinice]
Hi All…… here’s the next HFFA Fly of the Month. Tight lines. Paul
Hook: Eagle Claw NA 1x short, 2/0 through 5/0.
Tail: Two strands of blue mylar, very long over one over one olive saddle
over two strands of light green mylar, very long over a white saddle
hackle over two silver strands of mylar, very long over a silver doctor
blue saddle hackle over two red strands of mylar, very long over a
yellow saddle hackle over two gold strands of mylar over three long
white saddle hackles over a small amount of white bucktail.
Body: Silver mylar piping.
Throat: Long white bucktail: bottom and both sides one hair thick. Brown saddle hackles, approximately 3-4 times the hook shank.
Wing: Short silver doctor blue saddle hackle tied flat over olive saddle hackle.
Eyes: Jungle cock. (most times I build up a head with thread, place mylar eyes and epoxy over it).
This fly can be found in J. Kenny Abrames book “Striper Moon”. It is one of the famous “Rhody Flatwing” type flies. It’s movement and appearance in the water is truly special. I love dead drifting it in the current as my lead fly with one or two other flies. The critical component to the fly is to make sure the mylar tinsel extends beyond the hackle tips. The minimum length of this fly should be at seven inches long. Tie it in many color combinations and experiment with it. My most successful colors are olive/black/purple combinations. Perhaps imitating small eel like bait.