Anyone tie foam flies?
Try gurglers,their easy to tie.
Got a pattern? or a link to a pattern? I’d like to try tying a few but I am not sure which one is a good pattern… I have seen a few and I am not sure which one to try…
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I second the gurglers. Also deadly are crease flys and bob’s bangers.
http://www.jackgartside.com/step_gurgler.htm
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That is a good and detailed link.Tie them in tan/brown and they become a shrimp pattern.We caught many trout on gurglers a couple weeks ago under some dock lights.They also work on reds when they are busting shrimp.
great link. thank you.
In the fall, I’ve had reds go nuts over gurglers in chartreuse with pink foam. Spanish will readily eat an all white gurgler - as will just about anything else busting on the surface.
I love Dahlbergs in purple for early morning/evening and sparse browninsh/tan ones for higher sun, when fish are tailing. They either crush it or run from it. But in my opinion one waking bust out of a tailing fish is better than catching a couple on subsurface flies for me.
Dahlbergs. Not sure I can handle tying that fly. Lot of deer hair to spin. I have tied some gurglers though. Fast to tie. In NC over the weekend I tested some on Bass ponds. Weather was hot and Bass hunkered down. Fly casts well though and action is nice. Think I will try a coppery version with some flashabou and krystal flash to see if reds will come up for it.
A friend taught me a pattern called the “spooky shad” it is another easy fly to tie. Bass kill it. I think it will work inshore too. Small black versions work better for me on bluegill than anything else I have used. I think it looks like a polywog.
Get you some Rainy Cone Heads in various sizes then tie up some naturals and synthic bodies “Banger Style” without the tape using your choice of materials. You can mix and match yhr heads, colors and sizes as well as invert the head for a slider oppose to a popper. You can even add some weight around the hook shank before you wrap the body and turn the same fly into a diver. They are quick and easy to tie and are very durabel. You can also add eyes and color the backs and bellies if you like but it’s really not necessary. I’d also tie up a few Gurglers and Crease Flys for when they won’t take the traditional poppers. Once you get the hang of it, foam is really easy to work with, cheap and you can tie a variety of styles in a variety of critter, baitfish and attractor patterns.