Mucho Brassias

[Heath Shafer]

Size: #10-14 nymphing hook (best results have been a #12)

 

Thread: Black (fine)

 

Head: Medium Olive Green Chenille

 

Abdomen: 1 strand of copper wire from #12-14 stranded electrical wire

 

Tail: Chartruese Marabou

 

 

Tying instructions:

 

1.Start with the #12 hook in the tying vise. Put 1-2 coats of the Fine Black Tying Thread onto the hook. Once that is complete, tie a small tuft of Chartruese Marabou at the bend of the hook. This is at your own discretion. I personally have had better luck starting with a little more at the start and letting the fish themselves thin out the marabou as you catch them. The fly in the pick has been fished pretty hard for the last 2 weeks so the tail is just about right at the moment.

 

2. Once you have removed a strand of copper wire from your electrical wire your going to tie the end of it at the head of your marabou. This placement should be above the center of the bend on the hook. After the end of your wire is securely tied to the hook make tight wraps up the shaft stopping just before the eye. Leave a small gap between the last wrap and the eye to give space to build the head with the Olive Chenille, and then securely tie the last wrap of copper.

 

3. To build the head all that is needed is to tie a bit of chenille to the hook at the conclusion of your copper and wrap until a small ball is created. Do not make a huge wad of chenille but just enough to give the impression of a change in the "insect" body. Secure the chenille with a whip finish and and the Mucho Brassias is complete.

[Greg McWilliams]

Heath, Great job, simple pattern!!!! Looks like a killer patern!!!!!!!

[Bryan W]

How do you like to fish this fly? \

What works for you:
Do you let it sink?
Do you strip it in?
Do you fish it under an indicator?
Do you use fluorocarbon or mono while fishing it?

Sorry for all the questions, but I am just trying to get a feel for how other people fish there flies.

Bryan

[Heath Shafer]

I've fished this fly all kinds of ways and this is the set up that has produced the best results for me:

I use a 1/2" styrofoam indicator (bobber, LOL) with a floating line. I use 5X tippet on an 8lb mono leader. 5X tippet is about 4-4.5lb test. Most of the time I'm catching fish with the fly sitting around 8-18" below the indicator. Since this fly is meant to sink, I assume mono and fluorocarbon line should be interchangeable. The one thing I haven't done is fish it with fluorocarbon but that's just because I am most comfortable with mono.

Most often I am fishing this fly next to weed and lily pad lines. In recent memory I can't recall catching fish if the fly is more than 18" from the weed line. As far as I can tell this fly isn't that great for open water situations. My daughter seems to catch fish with it wherever she throws it but that is not my experience.

As far as stripping is concerned, I do twitch it. I will cast it up against the weeds and wait for a strike. If the action of hitting the water and slowly sinking doesn't produce a strike then I let it sit for 45 seconds or a minute. There has been times when giving it a few seconds to soak has paided off. The movement of the water itself causes that tail to wiggle enough to cause a strike. If still there has been no strike, I will then twitch it enough where the fly will come out of it's dead drift and have to fall back into place again. After all of this the fly is usually well outside of that 18-20" zone away from the weeds so I recast.

Hopefully this has been helpful. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.