Y2K bug?

[hjkunis]

Y2K bug - Who has the pattern with a photo? - Where does it come from? Someone says it's as good as Berkeley Power Bait.
Sunday on the Broad River in Lake Russell WMA I found a hole loaded with about 20 trout. I threw everything at them. Finally got to grab a big black Wooly Bugger and the third on a size 10 Prince Nymph which I promptly lost in a tree.
Not ready to go to Power bait yet!
Help.

Regards, Herman - keep the hook sharp.

[rickster]

Hey Herman,

Do a search here on the board for the Y2K and you should find plenty. It is a variation of an egg pattern. I think the reference to "Power Bait" was a little tongue in cheek.

Some refer to it and others as "Trash" or "junk" flies. I guess it's not for the purest. ;)

Good luck.

rickster

[streamer]

:) I had said that y2k bug = powerbait, But I was being serious, If somebody is catching them on powerbait, this is the 1st fly I would try. Im not to good to use one. It may have come across wrong, I was just stating that a y2k is the closet looking fly to power bait.
Here's a pic. It is a bead head with glo yarn tied in on both sides I like Yellow one side and orange on the other side.
http://www.hatchesmagazine.com/images/Y2K-(4).jpg

[DM6156]

there are many egg patterns that look like power bait. the Y2K is the most popular/well written about.

I use egg patterns more than Y2K pattern.

[hjkunis]

Thanks for the info, guys.
I'm going to take my nephews and brother-in-law to the "heavily stocked" section of the Soque River tomorrow. The folks at Uconi Outfitters said junk flies like Y2K bugs, egg patterns (I assume brown, like the fish pellets stockers are fed) Wooly buggers, and San Juan Worms should do the trick. My 11 year old twin nephews should have fun.
Maybe some trout porn tomorrow.
Regards, Herman Keep the hook sharp.
What do fish do in schools? Sometimes they take debate. :rotfl:

[nu2trout]

can anyone send me a recipe or direct me to one? I have searched many sites and cannot find one. Thanks

[Chuck Morris]

Try this:
http://www.georgia-outdoors.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=559
Happy tying :D
Chuck

[Gatorbyte]

N2T
I tie them similar to the way I tie an EHC wing. I put on the beadhead, then start the thread. I then put down about an inch of egg yarn like I was tying on an EHC wing and trim it the same way. A drop of cement and your done.

[Tom]

...or Y2K nymph is rarely seen by the human eye. It hatches after dark, floats to the surface where the abdomen emits a glowing light that attracts the larger fish within 35-50 yards. After glowing all night yechtokakus produces one pink egg that contains hundreds of little Y2K's. After hatching they sink to the bottom, attach themselves to a rock and the life cycle begins again.;)

[Buck Henry]

Do not confuse the yechtokakus Tom spoke of with the similar, but much rarer trout morsel known to scientist as the candicus-cornicus. These rare aquatic critters hatch only once a year around October and feature mulit-colored neon bodies with strange metallic colored heads.

Trout (and the people who fish for them) love the candicus-cornicus but know one seems to know why?

[hjkunis]

The Y2k bugs I tied caught one stocker and several trees effectively. I was forced to revert to my patented Disco Worm and caught 2 more.

Pattern attached.

Regards, Herman Keep the shook harp. :blush:


DISCO WORM 3/10/07.

Hook: size 8 Aberdeen
Thread: White or pink
Body: silver Holo tinsile
Collar: florescent fuchsia Krystal Flash
Worm body: florescent pink ultra chenille

Tying Instructions:
1. Using pliers, curve the hook shank and offset the point 3 to 5 degrees, press down barb if you choose.
2. Tie silver holo tensile over the entire shank. Tie off and cement.
3. Tie two wraps of pink Krystal Flash over the center of the shank. Tie off and cement.
4. Prepare about 1 ½ inch of pink ultra chenille by carefully heating the cut ends with a flame. Tie over the back of the hook shank in 3 locations and Tie off and cement and each knot.

Fishing Instructions:
Stream fish behind a split shot like a nymph, with short casts upstream and across or pond fish with no weight close to shore. It is only effective if twitched along to the rhythm and tune of “Macho Man”, “YMCA”, or for slower water, “Dancing Queen”. This will require that you hum as you fish, but I would recommend that you do so quietly, so as not to attract undo attention. It is my experience that female trout, bass and sunfish are very attracted to the fly, initially for fashion advice. Their strikes may be light, more like a kiss on the cheek, hence the need for the hook offset. Males, however, strike aggressively, especially during breeding season. I think the humming pisses them off. I have not tried show tunes, since I don’t know many, but I suspect they would be just as effective, and more adaptable to varying stream flows and pond fishing. Warning: When stream fishing; do not set the hook using a John Travolta finger point dance move. A shattered rod tip from overhead obstacles may result. If you pond fish from a boat, let the fever burn.

Keep the hook sharp,
Regards, Herman Kunis, Evans, GA,