The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
my wife, who is still working, and doesn't appreciate having a freeloading husband who totally ignores her.
Has anyone fished them enough to see that's not the case?
It's been interesting learning to tie these
However, a number of flies that are commonly used on difficult fish have no hackle, including comparaduns (deer, CDC, and synthetic winged) and various CDC, deer hair, and snowshoe winged emergers, and hence have no illusion of legs or feet.
Defeated, I went home and tied one of Galloup's bent hook single wing cripple/spinners. The next day I went back and threw it over the fish, which was rising in a very specific and well defined spot. It ate on the first drift. Who knows if it actually was the fly, or some other variable.
Galloup's title, "Found Link," may be in response to Mike Mercer's "Missing Link" fly.