If you could fish only two perdigons?
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ottosmagic13
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Why?The whole point of them is they are easy to tie and have limitless color combinations.
That said: My go to is olive with a orange hot spot but I have 10-20 different combinations.
That said: My go to is olive with a orange hot spot but I have 10-20 different combinations.
mcnerney
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I'm not sure why you would want to limit yourself to just two, but I have heard of guys limiting themselves to just one fly for an entire fishing season.
You might take a look at the flies that "The Tactical Fly Shop" sells for some ideas:
http://www.tacticalflyfisher.com/fly-fishing-shop/flies/perdigon/
You might take a look at the flies that "The Tactical Fly Shop" sells for some ideas:
http://www.tacticalflyfisher.com/fly-fishing-shop/flies/perdigon/
dillon
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I'd suggest some with a soft hackle...
quimby
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Like Otto, my go to would be some kind of olive pattern. The great thing about Perdigons is that you can easily customize them. I have tied the basic olive pattern with different hot spot colors, hot spot at the tail instead of color, added a rib, krystal flash for the body, etc. With just one basic pattern you can have so many variations.
alexs
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Olive for sure, and brown or black depending on the time of year.
fredaevans
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As Henry Ford was said to have said: "You can have any colour you want as long as its black." 90+ of my flies are dark; just seems to work best here on the Rogue River.:juggle:
moucheur2003
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Probably (1) olive, gold rib, fluorescent orange collar, copper bead and (2) black, silver rib, fluorescent orange or fluorescent purple collar, silver bead. Although to be honest I haven't fished perdigons very often. These are just good colors in general for other styles of nymph, so I figure they must be good for perdigons too.
moucheur2003
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I don't think there is any consensus. Different people prefer different products. Some of us like the resin that our felllow forum member Silver Creek occasionally offers, because it cures to a hard rather than tacky finish. Some like formulations with thinner or thicker viscosity.
A lot of uv resins darken with age. That probably matters more for colorful flies than for dull or dark flies. But you don't have to use uv resin anyway. Clear lacquer or nail polish works just as well (although you have to wait longer for it to dry) and won't darken. I've used Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails on the ones I've tied.
wf0
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If I had two colors it would be:
1) lighter olive base, with a white thread rib, and black or fl.orange collar, with gold, silver, or black bead
2) darker brown base, with a white thread rib, fl.orange or fl.pink collar, copper or black bead.
I like to have both flashy/hotspot and natural/dull variants of each.
Stand out vs fit in.
3) Third place would be a butano - uv yellow-orange flash base, fl.orange collar, gold or copper bead.
4) As others have stated, why stop there? I'm all for minimalism, but two? How about five, or seven? If you are limiting yourself to two, why deviate from classic PT and HE color combos?
5) black zebra midge with silver rib, red flash or chartreuse hotspot, and silver or black bead.
6) rainbow warrior flash over red base, no rib, red collar, silver bead.
7) fl.chartreuse base, black collar, silver or black bead.
8) I feel the need for a cream-colored variant to round things out, tan or brown thread rib, fl.chartruese or black collar, silver or black bead.
9) the extra mile would be a peacock or blue tinsel body with black, brown, or fl.purple collar, silver or black bead.
1) lighter olive base, with a white thread rib, and black or fl.orange collar, with gold, silver, or black bead
2) darker brown base, with a white thread rib, fl.orange or fl.pink collar, copper or black bead.
I like to have both flashy/hotspot and natural/dull variants of each.
Stand out vs fit in.
3) Third place would be a butano - uv yellow-orange flash base, fl.orange collar, gold or copper bead.
4) As others have stated, why stop there? I'm all for minimalism, but two? How about five, or seven? If you are limiting yourself to two, why deviate from classic PT and HE color combos?
5) black zebra midge with silver rib, red flash or chartreuse hotspot, and silver or black bead.
6) rainbow warrior flash over red base, no rib, red collar, silver bead.
7) fl.chartreuse base, black collar, silver or black bead.
8) I feel the need for a cream-colored variant to round things out, tan or brown thread rib, fl.chartruese or black collar, silver or black bead.
9) the extra mile would be a peacock or blue tinsel body with black, brown, or fl.purple collar, silver or black bead.
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irideaduck
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For me the most productive color has been the Butano, uv yellow-orange flash base, fl.orange collar, gold or copper bead.
falcon53
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why tie them ... just buy some ice fishing jigs at a tackle shop. I understand the concept fishing these flies as they are designed to sink rapidly in faster currents. The flies color serve as a attractor to draw attention and provoke a reactionary strike. They do look neat However, I prefer a little hackle or cdc added to these style nymphs as it adds movement.
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