I had this hair brained idea to crazy dub a fly with flexi floss. My first attempt was the sparsest and probably the most viable fly. It wasn’t quite was I was after so I continued on with a rubber version, much denser, and then a final try. The way I did them, they were definitely labor intensive. I think I can get similar results with a deer hair/wool sculpin type approach on any and all of the flies below.
Crazy Bone
#2
#3 Not bad...
After these 3 I moved on to dubbing with multiple yarn pieces instead of flexi floss and came out with the Koi Craw…which led to the Carp Cousin. Everybody got done with a dubbing loop…there’s got to be a better way!
Koi Craw
The Cousin
So much for simple flies.
Carp Fly Fishing Blog
Fling ‘em and see what happens. I do know this: Great things are usually created by those who think/work outside-the-box.
Hi John, Thanks for reading and leaving a comment. I threw #3 yesterday but didn’t get a take from the one fish I threw it to, it was a really slow day with spooky fish. All in all I like the fly, it had good action and looked good as well, maybe needs some trimming… I think it’s a winner, but time will tell.
I split flexi floss for trout flies, that would be a thing to do if you already have not, also something I’ve been thinking off for a carp fly.
Gregg
I see you took my advice
I’ve forgotten what your advice was, but i’m curious what it was….