The scarlet nether-ended prodigy of dubious heritage!
"I'm just a beer drinker with a flyfishing problem"
I have a few issues with the RAB. admitedly, I hardly ever fish it, so I am opening myself up to a right slagging (what's new)
Sure it is supposed to be an awesome fly, and thats the problem. I get the impression that it's one of those WTF flies, where in certain conditions it simply is deadly, but only in certain conditions. It's something like "help I can't match the hatch, so let's try a RAB" bang! fish on "Wow, I've cracked the code, what an awesomew angler am I"
How many people ever knew that it is supposed to imitate the crane fly? I certainly didn't. I still thing it's cheating.
Have you ever seen a dobsonfly (sp?), I would be willing to hazard a guess (seeing there are no absolutes in fishing ) that trout either take a RAB for a dobsonfly imitation, or just take it opportunistically. Although I think a dobsonfly could be part of the cranefly family suborder Nematocera?
Anyone?
Last edited by nkula_nkula; 19-04-08 at 12:32 PM.
"We all fish for our own enjoyment - me for mine and you for yours, nobody can say what is right and what is wrong." - Jim Leisenring
The RAB is a broad spectrum imitator, ranging from craneflies through to mayflies and many other diptera, but it is also an attractor pattern!
I have not tied my own flies yet but this presentation sure makes me want to try it! Looks great!
Dry lines don't catch fish!
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