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Old 07-04-2010, 06:28 PM
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Thumbs up Jonah flies/lures that don't work for you!

Everyone has a fly that just doesn't feel worthy of a place in the box despite everybody else raving about how good it is....for me its the yellow dancer with a white tail, yellow hackle, you know the one. Give me the same fly with a yellow tail and it does the damage, white tail is useless for me. What are your Jonah flies?
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:31 PM
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For me its Okay Dokays. Cant get a fish on one when people around me can
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:35 PM
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For me its Okay Dokays. Cant get a fish on one when people around me can
No way! as a winter, spring pattern its lethal!
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:38 PM
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Peter Ross, Red Tag and any number of other flies that I can't immediately recall.
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For rainbows, white cats and vivas.

For broonies, eh nothing! Everything works!

For grayling, Any dry fly (In Scotland anyway).
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:45 PM
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Mad world, I totally get the Peter Ross being a jonah but the cats whiskers and viva?????? we've all got the Jonah flies!
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:47 PM
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Anything works under ma bung

Sorry, had to!!!! Seriously, mine is the rubber legged "worm" patterns, given em a fair swim, nothing to show fer it. Seen plenty caught on em too!!!!
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:53 PM
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No way! as a winter, spring pattern its lethal!
Talk me through how you fish it mate? The point fly under a bung? or Intermediate line with super slow retrieve?
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Mad world, I totally get the Peter Ross being a jonah but the cats whiskers and viva?????? we've all got the Jonah flies!
I don't get it either, my boat partner can be taking fish on the viva and cat but I won't. Don't even get me started on headwear............
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Old 07-04-2010, 06:59 PM
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Paulfish 1, the okey dokey is one of my top patterns all year round, bows and wildies love it! i fish 3 variations on an 18/20foot leader on a floater. (if windy, slow glass). Slow fig8 should do the trick. It pays to have some super skinny versions tied up, some versions iv seen tend to be too fat IMHO.
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