Been tying, tried a few out yesterday with no luck …
Glass Minnow looks fantastic under the water, nice slow sink rate
Tied with some darker colors, would look like a minnow head, some red sili legs for the guts … great action too
Crab or whatever, he’s going to meet a tailer soon, the ep streamer brush is great and easy to work with for beginners … $7 ties 15 or so flies, if tied sparsley
Sand Flea, tried to change some stuff up and make it my own … less technical than I thought it would be
Shrimp Squid … yes they breed …
Grass Carp flies, someone said they hadn’t seen them and wanted too, I think I posted these previously …
Good luck everyone, hope everyone is catching more fish than I … All I caught was a sunburn yesterday haha
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
Let me know when I can come by and grab the carp flies.
Scout '282
tidewater '21
Oscar '10
Great looking flies. I really like the sand flea, as I am determined to land a pompano on the fly this summer. did some experimenting with a design as well. I will post some pics when.I get home. Could have used that glass minnow this morning.
yeah hes easy, EP Fiber and some stuff thes shiny, I know that helps. Do you know how to tie with EP Fibers, if not I can post a how too …
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Bought some the other day in hopes of tying a finger mullet with black tail but have yet to give it a go. Don’t know to do that tail on his fly yet either haha
i have never tied one with a tail … you could probably stick white with a sharpie to color, tie it down and split it out
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Yea that may work
I am gonna play with it tomorrow since it will be raining and see what I can come up with. Got a quick question for ya, what fly do you use when you can sight reddish holding in say 2-3ft water but not actively feeding? Saw a lot today cruising around grass clumps and they weren’t interested in clousers, crab patterns, copperhead, or an m4.
mbf- some “purists” don’t like it, but a dupre spoon fly is ideal for that situation. good luck
all you do for the black tail is tie in black ep fibers on the back of your minnow. would i reccomend this? NO! it ruins the action of the fly it makes it twist and swim wrong. there may be a way to do it better than how i do but it definitly kills the classic ep minnow action for me.
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Originally posted by mbflyfisher
Bought some the other day in hopes of tying a finger mullet with black tail but have yet to give it a go. Don’t know to do that tail on his fly yet either haha
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MBF, throw an EP minnow right in there face, if they aren’t actively feeding he will have to look tasty and something familiar, maybe a shrimp, you’re presentation is what will catch the fish, slow strip hit him in the face (about 1-2 feet away in his site range, doesn’t taking throw closer) or atleast until he spooks … oh yeah tied a mullet, could of made him longer but it was a first go, they always get prettier the more I tie here he is
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Thanks for the input on the dupree spoon. I will have to pick some up and atleast have them in the flybox just in case. That is a sweet looking fly, not sure how they ride in the water but they do look good haha. Here is what I was talking about…
well you can always tie it in white … color him with a sharpie … then coat him in ProCure haha
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I guess the logical. Thing to do is buy one from puglisi and then copy it
whats wrong with mine haha, except it isn’t as long … I would rather look at pictures and copy it, a pack of EP Fibers is $6 or $7, I would rather buy that than a fly
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Originally posted by Hurricane701
whats wrong with mine haha, except it isn’t as long … I would rather look at pictures and copy it, a pack of EP Fibers is $6 or $7, I would rather buy that than a fly
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but no man having caught a large fish,
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Nothing, great looking fly. I meant if I bought his i could actually hold it and inspect it so to say. I would MUCH rather tie my own flies. I have bought less than ten before i started tying. I love to tie. i havent worked with the EP fibers so I will have to see how it goes.
I took pictures step by step when I tied that guy you want me to do a separate thread of post by post, one thing I learned quickly, more is better …
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
quote:
Originally posted by Hurricane701
I took pictures step by step when I tied that guy you want me to do a separate thread of post by post, one thing I learned quickly, more is better …
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous
That would be sweet. Any help going into it would be great. Hook me up with that sand flea pattern if you are feeling that generous haha:sunglasses:
haha, I didn the same thing I told you not to do, I bought one and copied it made it my own, use the fluffy felt vs the regular felt, I will do a how to, on him too … I will post the thread later for the “how to imperfect mullet” haha
Bragging may not bring happiness,
but no man having caught a large fish,
goes home through the alley.
-Anonymous