shooter

Hunter

yes indeed i like it ,looks like a good gill fly to me.

oh yes i catch read ear sunfish(shell crackers) on this fly,i do not know what it is but they love it.

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by shooter: KING DRAGON

when you are caught sleeping with your vise.

i buld these,this one is a 52lb thrust motor guide with stick steering,i fish this pirogue for blue gill and red ear here in louisiana. very good in timber and shallow water,but not a rough water boat. it is getting old and has been patched a few times but still gets the job done,i guess i need to build another this year. gators stink.

chinks,aka redear sunfish,nothing like a big chink on a fly rod in timber .

i like it,i will wipp up a few ,i bet the gills,and chinks will love it,nice.

i use a peak ,which is a rotary,i use the rotary feature all the time,i tie off the hackle,estaz exc,make a run to the eye a quick half hitch. hang the bobbin on the cradle and spin it on . i find this a lot faster and i get a good look at the fly . to me it makes it easy to get uniform bodies and wraps,it take getting use to i tied on a non rotary vise for twenty yrs. it is not for every one ,but i am glad i bought the peak ,i am a rotary convert now.

2,4,8,&10,most of my gills and chinks are caught on 2s & 4s.although sometimes they want it small,thus 8s&10S.

that is one good looking spider,now all you need is a web,you do some pretty work fred.

mine faces my computer,my bench is six feet long,28" deep .my tying room is 6'x8' .

peak

blk/char ,a killer combo.

what a fisherman cheating,the very idea.

fred i am sorry i did mean to make that post so short ,my dog was baying something under the poarch. those fish where all males as you see by the date they where early fish,they where (what i call bumping the beds) caught them on spider and dragon nymph. chicot has some big chinks,and some great gill fishing,i fish flyrods only and artificals,i tie my own.i see you live in lake chuck,have you fished chicot.

bayou chicot louisiana,next to chicot state park,i fish chicot lake three days a week,sometimes more. i hate duck grass

rotary whip finisher,is what you need,go to (youtube) put fly tying in the search some good examples there.

it catches fish well.i also tie this spider weighted with lead barbell eyes(painted) and lead wire.i also have a lite version with mono eyes. this a a large bug but the gills,and red ear love it down here in Louisiana>

the hook in a Mustad 3260R,#4.

louisiana ,great fishing from salt to freshwater ,mild winters great hunting and some of the finest eating in the world.

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by shooter: chicot spider

i tie grass shrimp,i use mustad 9672,in #8 & #10.if i weight them i use a piece of lead wire in .35 dia. a little shorter than the hook. a few strands of pearl flash and some silver mylar for whiskers and flash ,and for body medium pearl estaz. i trim the estaz on the top and sides,add a little color with a felt pin and man do the blue gill and chinks love this fly . i fish this fly weighted deep and un weighted shallow with much success.

chinks,aka shellcrackers ,a hard fish to catch on a fly(except for the spawn),but they get big down here.