Comments on: While Ernest Schweibert killed color and expressionism, it wasn’t personal

By: Mere Lout

Mere Lout — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:21:07 +0000

Last weekend I looked through Vol I in a bookstore. This morning, It occured to me that one could cleave all pattens into two: gaudy & drab. On the gaudy side, two of my favs are the fusia bunny fly and the chartruse & black woollybugger.
The question that occurrs to me now is, as always, how does it strike the fish?
What does peacock herl or starling look like wet, underwater? to a fish?
BTW, how do you explain water to a fish?

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:26:44 +0000

I’m always reluctant at naming any of my creations largely because I know the damn things won’t catch spit…

Look at the national flags of different countries for artistic flair, they’ll offer all the artistic license you need to keep the fire stoked.

…hell, we can call them the “UN” series; the UN Godly, UN Worthy, and UN Fishable?

By: Curly

Curly — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:33:19 +0000

Barton: Well down the wayward path tying some versions of your idea. These are liberating, yet, there is a vaguely disturbing quality about them. Got a name for the series? One that comes to my mind: The Apocalypse Series. A design for the times.

By: Curly

Curly — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:59:09 +0000

Yes. And Schweibert might have pointed out that trout, in pre-spawn mode, show a decided penchant for color. Sex-crazed, egg-minded, winter pre-spawn rainbows affect similar color preferences as their sea-going brethren. This is a thing that is often overlooked by trout fishermen. And just because the pattern is brightly colored doesn’t mean it has to be big.
I like the way you incorporated the productive winter colors into the nymphs.

By: San Mateo Joe

San Mateo Joe — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:33:02 +0000

Also individually warped – definitely blueline grub.

By: KBarton10

KBarton10 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:04:54 +0000

That’s a hell of an idea, I molded Velveeta for this batch, Powerbait has almost identical qualities..

It’s single and artificial, so it still is appropriate “blueline” chow.

By: San Mateo Joe

San Mateo Joe — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:35:43 +0000

Actually, they remind me of PowerBait(R). My guess is that they’ll work extremely well.

By: Curly

Curly — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Nice lookin nymphs, Barton. I like everything about those.

Been having a ball the last few years tying and fishing scaled-down spey-style wet flies for trout. These look like the product of a punk-rock Atlantic salmon fisherman on hallucinogens. Trout love this kind of thing. Especially when they’ve seen everything else.

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