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Now that all the rivers are cooling down
a lot, it is probably time to fish deeper. My neighbor Jim
Jarvis, previously from the Deschutes area of Oregon, has used several
variations of this weighted bug on the Grand Ronde.
Amazingly, Jim doesn't tie, so he has Mark Lamb at The
Traditional Sportsman in Lewiston produce batches of these which he can
share with fishing partners and friends. Thats why Mark refers to
it as the Jarvis Bug.
When Jim first showed me one it
sported a heavy red bead head and an up eye hook. That fished
well enough, but the present design is an improvement. The down eye and
weight above the shank gives it has a tendency to turn over in the
water. It should have less chance to hook the bottom. Whatever
you do when fishing a fly like this, keep it away from your graphite
rod. I don't know what Sage's turn around time is this year for a
broken tip, but it was more than six weeks last year.
Hook:
Daiichi #1760, size 4 (a down eye, curved shank)
Thread: 6/0 Black
Weight: 7/32 Black Nickel Barbell
Head:
Chenille, fluorescent pink
Body:
Chenille, black
Legs/Tail:
Black Rubber Leg material
Tying Directions:
1. Pinch the
barb and dress the hook with 6/0 tying thread about 1/4 distance behind
the eye. Tying commercially, Mark does not pinch barbs, but that
doesn't mean we shouldn't.
2. Tie in the barbell
with a criss-cross wrap followed by a horizontal wrap under the barbell
and over the hook. Wrap tightly with plenty of thread.
3. Dress the tying thread back to even with the barb and tie in about 1 1/2'" of rubber leg doubled
4.
Strip off about 1/4" of the chenille fibers and tie in the core
5.
Wrap forward to even with the point and tie in a length of rubber leg
crosswise. Start with a soft loop, then criss-cross tightly.
6. Wrap further forward half way between those legs and the barbell, and tie in another length of rubber leg similarly.
7.Wrap the black chenille forward, keeping wraps close together to make
a bulky body. Wrap close to the rubber legs so they protrude
perpendicular to the body. Continue forward to just behind the
barbell and tie off.
8. Strip off about 1/4" of the fuzz from a length of pink chenille and
tie it in behind the barbell. Wrap tying thread forward. Wrap the
chenille to produce a bulky head. Criss-cross the barbell head,
then wrap around each side.. This takes about five wraps of
chenille to cover completely. Tie off and make a neat head,
Jim Lowther
Asotin, WA
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