FLY
SOMETHIN’ ELSE
SOMETHIN’ ELSE recipe
| Hook | Tiemco 811S, size 4 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Fine clear monofilament |
| Eyes | Small white painted lead dumbbells |
| Belly | Fluorescent white Polar Fibre |
| Throat | Hot pink Fluoro Fibre |
| Flash | Silver Krystal Flash |
| Wing | Gray or Olive Polar Fibre |
About this fly
While only occasionally color conscious, freshwater stripers are almost always size-selective. Indeed, properly selecting fly size may be the most common hurdle for striper anglers. Newly hatched thread- fin shad are usually the culprit . Astute striper angler and fly tier Henry Cowen has the perfect answer to this problem in the pattern he calls Somethin’ Else. Henry, a well-known striper guide on Georgia’s Lake Lanier (and a Fly Tyer contributing author), modified a simple Polar Fibre Clouser. Even short lengths of Polar Fibre create movement; many synthetics do not. He added a hot pink Fluoro Fibre throat, which he says “allows the striped bass to pick your fly out of a crowd of thousands of threadfin.” Retrieve the fly with short strips punctuated with three- to four-second pauses. If the fish are still finicky, allow the fly to drop even longer. I like to present the Somethin’ Else with a clear intermediate sinking-tip line, especially in clear autumn or early winter impoundments.
What the SOMETHIN’ ELSE imitates
- Streamer / baitfish
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