Latest Research and Development: May 20th, 2012

By Missourifisher on May 21, 2012
This entry is filed under Carp fly Patterns.

The fishing today got me thinking about how to make a fly with undersized eyes ride hook point up without adding much more weight.   The trick for me was to add about 1 cm of .025 lead free wrap on the back of the fly close to the bend, or tail of the fly, and make sure the “lead” is under the hook with the eyes while the body material is mostly above the eyes.  I also came up with some “new” squirrel clouser craws featuring some sick bristly dubing, and translucent underwings/tails.  I almost forgot the squirrel bugger, there’s a simple winner if I’ve ever seen one!

carp flies

 

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A Lesson Learned?

By Missourifisher on May 20, 2012
This entry is filed under Carp fly Patterns, Catfish, Common Carp, Common Carp flies, Grass Carp flies, Largemouth Bass. | 1 Comment

 

 

catfish on a fly

 

Legend has it that small yellow flies take fish in these parts.  Its one thing I’ve never fished before, but after watching grass carp biting my light colored  line one morning, I decieded to tie up a few small yellow/green  flies and did quite well with them over the last two days.  This morning I got on the water around 5:30am and I was rewarded with some nice fish.  The little yellow fly took a big catfish to start, then a number of common carp, a grass carp, and a couple of decent Bass.  The fly was tied on size 8 with undersized bead chain eyes (size M), it didn’t ride point up but worked quite well, even better than flies with larger eyes.  I also used a 12 ft leader which seems to help with the spooky fish.    I will certainly be tying and fishing this pattern more in the future.

 

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