Super User flyfisher Posted April 11, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted April 11, 2020 yeah these are tied on a belly bumper hook so if you weight the shank it flips the fly hook point up every time. It also has an extended straight section after the eye that lets you build the head how you want it. Great hook and i am gonna work on a craw pattern with it too...i have a few ideas in my head already 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted April 14, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted April 14, 2020 Just a couple more ties tonight. I don't have the right materials for the head on this one but it worked. Ironically enough, the white one I did first and I think it looks better than the second one. I got a little careless on the second one and when i try and tie tomorrow I will fix that situation for sure. Bot should catch some fish though, to bad the rivers are gonna be blown out for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted April 23, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted April 23, 2020 Tied up a few more tonight. Turned out ok and hopefully i can see if the bass agree here soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted April 24, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted April 24, 2020 Tied this up with the intention of using it in the dirty water i will probably be seeing should i make it out to the river tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted April 27, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdnoble84 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Keep looking better and better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 11, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 11, 2020 A couple more of my recent ties.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 12, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 12, 2020 @Fallser Here is the thread.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 Thanks for the directions, flyfisher. I like the crayfish patterns. I hadn't tied any Zonkers since one of my first tying classes I took. Decided to add them to my fly box last year, after watching one of the guys in my salt water club tie them at our table at the Fly Tying Symposium in NJ. I've got a whole bunch of zonker strips to use up and I can only tie so many zonkers. Since this seems to be the only post related to fly fishing would you mind if I post some of my flies here as I tie them. You and I have different tying styles and I prefer top water for bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 13, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 13, 2020 I love topwater for bass too but I don't tie too much of them as of right now. Feel free to add whatever you want on here. I am always open to critiques of my flies and seeing others work to give me some ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 13, 2020 Share Posted May 13, 2020 Sounds like a plan. I stay away from any material that has to be trimmed to shape, so no deer hair or EP fibers. I do a lot with foam but do some bait fish pattern and streamers. I'm working on some weedless frog patterns right now. The lake my friends and I fish in the Poconos gets pretty weedy in the summer and I'd like to drag some flies across them to see what's lurking underneath. I'm going to work on a couple tomorrow and I'll take a couple of pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Time to keep the thread going Here's a few all purpose poppers that I "tied" up over the winter. By general purpose I mean I'll use them in fresh water or salt water. I used the pre-formed soft foam popper bodies. Tied on Daihichi 2461 hooks, size 1/0. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 15, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 15, 2020 This look real good. I haven't gotten into tying poppers other than spun deer hair every once in a while. Those are fantastic though. I am finally gonna get out tomorrow and hopefully get myself into some good smallmouth action. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbassin' Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 On 4/13/2020 at 11:44 PM, flyfisher said: Just a couple more ties tonight. I don't have the right materials for the head on this one but it worked. Ironically enough, the white one I did first and I think it looks better than the second one. I got a little careless on the second one and when i try and tie tomorrow I will fix that situation for sure. Bot should catch some fish though, to bad the rivers are gonna be blown out for a while. Do you have a fly recipe for that white fly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 16, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, bigbassin' said: Do you have a fly recipe for that white fly? pretty sure they are the jedi mind trick fly but instead of baitfish emulator i used an EP Style brush and the head EP style fibers. I may have made some other adjustments based on what I had on hand. I will say that I have tied a couple using craft fur for the head like they recommend and it works very well when reverse tied in to give the head it's shape. I tend to follow recipes somewhat loosely and modify as i see fit though or even take pieces off one pattern and another and make my own version. Gonna be able to try them out tomorrow at least for the first time in a while and i hope the fish cooperate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 Nice ties, flyfisher. I expect to see some pictures of smallies you fooled. That was an interesting video. A little bit of everything in the fly. I like the machine that shows how the fly moves, pity they're so d**n expensive. I saw one in action once at a local Orvis store where my salt water club was doing a tying demonstration. Good luck tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 16, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 16, 2020 Yeah the reverse tie of the bucktail to help flare everything out is very helpful and something i have used on other flies when i am looking for that action. about to load up and head out...was hoping to get out early but the wife had to work unexpectedly so i am on kid detail for a little longer..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 17, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 17, 2020 well, no smallies yesterday. Checked out a new stretch of river to me and i won't be going back lol Caught one sunny though so at least I wasn't skunked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Thank God for sunfish. They've saved many a day for me. I never give up on a stretch of a creek or river after the first time. Second time no fish. Time to move on. What did you catch it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 24, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 24, 2020 Got out yesterday and caught my first citation of the year and my first ever citation largemouth on the fly rod. 23" 6lb 5oz.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Nice, caught on a deer hair bug. Weedless? I'm still in the fly tying mode, or today making some in line spinners for my fishing buddies. Probably won't get out until the middle of June. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyg Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Nice catch Flyfisher! I think I remember you from the old KBF forums. I really need to tie up some flies for bass and carry them out bass fishing. I went out one time for panfish and caught a 4lber on a size 12 Adams on a 3 wt. That was a lot of fun. Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super User flyfisher Posted May 26, 2020 Author Super User Share Posted May 26, 2020 20 hours ago, Fallser said: Nice, caught on a deer hair bug. Weedless? I'm still in the fly tying mode, or today making some in line spinners for my fishing buddies. Probably won't get out until the middle of June. yeah it isn't one i tied but your typical dahlberg diver. I got out today and went with conventional gear and lost one as big as this one. I set the hook, he went deep and i tried not to let him jump but he did and the jig hook actually tore out piece of his mouth cause it was still on the hook lol 8 hours ago, rickyg said: Nice catch Flyfisher! I think I remember you from the old KBF forums. I really need to tie up some flies for bass and carry them out bass fishing. I went out one time for panfish and caught a 4lber on a size 12 Adams on a 3 wt. That was a lot of fun. Rick i have caught some big LM on slow sinking spiders when fishing for sunnies. And yeah, i used to go on those forums back in their infancy then kayak fishing turned into a **** show so i backed off from that scene....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 I usually get into "discussions" about the size of flies needed to catch pan fish and bass. My pan fish flies are tied on size 6 and 8 hooks. For bass I start with size 6 and this year I've been tying poppers on 4/0. The fish in my avatar is my PB measured out at 21 inches. If you look hard you can see the fly, a floating mop fly, in the corner of it's mouth. I caught it on when I was fishing for pan fish. Speaking of flies I still can't do any fishing, took a break from tying frogs and making in-line spinners. The first couple are Surf Candies designed to imitate silversides and bay anchovies in salt water. I've never really tried them in fresh water, though I don't see why they wouldn't work. The last one is a peanut bunker imitation. Should pass for shad in the local lakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallser Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Time to give this a bump up. I've been tying up some subsurface flies. These are updated version of a fly called the Calcasieu Pig Boat developed in the early 1950's. Rather than trying to imitate a bait fish, it was tied to imitate the Hawaiian Wiggler, the hot bass lure of the time. It's probably first spinner bait. FWIW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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