Sulfur Time
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Bamboozle
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I USED to use tan versions, but now I use all yellow with a dun wing and sometimes pure white flies (when it is totally dark) everywhere I fish the hatch regularly which includes the Lehigh Valley, Poconos and Cumberland Valley.
I could probably count the number of orange colored naturals I've seen in my entire life on one hand so I never bothered to tie an orange imitation.
I could probably count the number of orange colored naturals I've seen in my entire life on one hand so I never bothered to tie an orange imitation.
The surfers I see in NJ are on the dark side because they wear black wet suits.
nymphingmaniac
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depends on when you fish them. Near egg laying time but before spinner fall the sulfurs take on an orange -yellow color. Especially on the LJ.
falcon
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The sulfurs I see (invaria and dorothea) are primrose. Some have a touch of orange in the thorax. Light dun wings. Some (males) have red eyes.
dc410
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Some of them even have a tinge of green in the thorax and head area.
JG63
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FWIW - the photo rig/editing makes the trailing shuck appear as orangish - it is actually more of a rust color - the dubbing is dyed kapok from a well known English company and has the slightest hint of olive - the hackle is from a vintage Metz #1 “Light Dun” cape - this style of fly (in #20 BWO) has taken large Yellowstone Cutts in the park when all else failed. Simple is: hook, trailing shuck, dubbing, 3 wraps of quality hackle sized and colored to your specific needs - I’m not claiming anything new or trying to invent something that someone else “trademarked” - I’ve been tying them since I was shown how in 1987
