Historical Pattern Question (February Red - circa 1496)

[letumgo]

I fished this fly during the recent Yellowstone trip and found it to be very effective. Pretty cool.

[redietz]

It never ceases to amaze me how flies invented hundreds of years ago, to be fished on streams thousands of miles away are still deadly.

[CM_Stewart]

The old flies work surprisingly well. Some time ago I was given a number of flies tied to old patterns with horsehair snells. When the guy who had given them to me (Paul Jones of Historic Angling Enterprises) found out that I was saving them rather than fishing them, he was not pleased and told me they were meant to be used.
I tried a few on my recent trip to Maine and they worked very nicely.

[letumgo]

Wonderful addition Chris! That reminds me, one of these days I need to tie some of M.O.M. patterns to fish for bass. I've wanted to catch a bass on one of these older patterns for a while.

Bob - I was fishing the February Red in tandem with a small flymph. For a while, every fish I caught was on the lead February Red. The trout really seemed to be keyed in on the smaller simplicity of this pattern. It was a lot of fun seeing what the fish wanted. I do not normally fish multiple fly rigs, but after seeing their effectiveness (in the hands of John and Eric) I started fishing double flies. One evening during the trip, Martin gave me lessons on tying the dropper fly. We used the cord attached to the window blinds in the kitchen of our cabin. I had Martin show me how it was done, then untied it and repeated the process several times until I could do it on my own. I paid Martin with a cold beer for the lesson.

I feel I learned a lot about fishing wingless wets during this past trip. Having good teachers makes things a lot easier...

[Smuggler]

Watching you catch fish on the Feb red was pretty neat, I must say. You were pretty excited and rightfully so.

Next time we're together I need to watch you with that dropper knot method Martin taught you. I knew I should have paid attention that night.

Damn you Trout Slayer!!!

[hankaye]

Ray, Howdy;

Would you mind showing the rest of us what Martin taught you?
Might keep Eric from getting convolutions or causing damage to
some nearby door frames :banghead:

hank