Istripbuggers

The big secret hopper has been doing extremely well for me. Although I buy them, cuz there's no way I could tie it.

I'm not 100% but I think it's a tui chub they get a fair size. But don't really fight all that much..

Ya, nice work and welcome to the forum!

Some fish from the last few weeks..

 

A eagle lake rainbow:

 

A brookie from my favorite little hike-in lake:

 

And a chub while fishing for 'bows:

Cool fly. I might attempt one of these in crawdad colors for the smallies in my area!

Sz. 10-12 olive wolly buggers.

They work for all brookies. Period.

I think you are right. I sub grizzly for a lot of different patterns and it works fine. One thing that I have done to get the "adams" effect, is I color the barbs on one side of the stem with a brown sharpie. This is a great hack that adds a touch of brown if you need it.

Dude, awesome tip! Thanks for the idea!

For me the 4th means tourists... I'm in a tourist destination, so next weeks means a ton of traffic and people fishing all the water I like to fish.. Oh well I guess it only lasts a little while.. Happy 4th all my fellow Americans!!

Oh and nice clouser, very proportionate, I'd be interested to hear how you'd do with that color combo (if you even plan on fishing it)

 

-Miles

Thank you very much add. Yeh, I used a streamer hook as the back of the fly and cut off the bend afterwards, the front hook is a TMC 2499spbl sz. 8 I believe.

He's a few I had pictures if in my phone, I use a grizzly marabou, and a dubbed body with a dubbing mix I blend so I'm able to get lots of different colors and flash in there. That and the whitings bugger pack hackle is what I think make mine different

A good day today at a little hike in lake by my house

 

 

First big brookie out of my local creek for the season. Got her on a jig head bugger.

 

 

Some nice looking fish this week, well done everyone! Here's a yellow perch. I caught him while fishing for trout in my local lake. A new species record for me as well.

 

I'm 25 and have been fly fishing since the age of 21. I picked it up when a kid younger that me told me that it was the only way to fish in this area (the Sierra Nevadas). I enjoyed it right away because it was like relearning a sport I loved growing up. The added challenge and additional knowledge needed to present the right bug to the right fish was new and interesting. Also, fishing in the Tahoe area had endless potential, and I was constantly finding new beautiful streams and lakes to fish (almost all of which had a nice population of trout). I guess that there was a slight perception of flyfishing bieng cool when I first started, if it wasn't "cool" then why would I want to to do it. For the most part however, I picked up flyfishing and later flytying to reignite my childhood passion of fishing by learning a new form of it. Ultimately the thrill of catching a nice sized trout on a little piece of chicken feather and some fur (that I made) is what keeps me going in this sport. And the fact that I'm constantly learning and furthering my craft. I won't ever stop fishing no matter how uncool it might be. Oh and my dad wasn't a fisherman, it was my grandpa originally for me that taught me how to put a worm under a bobber and catch bass bluegill and catfish. I learned how to flyfish not through my family but a high school kid I met at my work. And now I teach any friend that wants to learn, it's always good to pay it forward.

Miles

Beautys! Ever put legs on em? Just curious.

 

Miles

Check out ken morrish's Danny boy sculpin, best sculpin pattern I've seen in a while. Probably a pretty tough tie though

Pyramid lake today..

 

 

 

Yup, she finished it off.. It was already fractured. That was my first pilot peak fish, so I was stoked regardless

Pyramid lake yesterday...

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I used to buy foam panfish bugs when I was a teenager that were available in normal, closed-cell foam and also in a sort of open-cell foam. The open-cell foam bugs could be squeezed dry to float or squeezed under the water to saturate them and make them neutral density. They looked a little rougher than the closed-cell foam bugs... more like sponge (which is nature's open-cell foam).

 

There must be some source for the stuff....

 

Tight lines,

Bob

I think your thinking of evazote

Exellent work as usual, thanks for posting!

I really like those legs in the bibio! What is that material, and are you using a marker to get the multiple colors?

A few more bass and panfish

Maybe your thinking of blood quills? Those are the only ones I could think of. They're typically longer plumes. But you can't be sure unless you get them in person

Ah, thanks for the clarifications, guys.

 

Istripbuggers ... that last pic is a seriously off color mutation ... pretty!! Looks like it's got "Green", "Spotted" and "Red Breast" Sunfish genes.

Thanks mike, they sure are pretty, I haven't fished for panfish for so long, I forgot how hard they actually fight, a lot of fun on the 3 wt. I do use a photo editor on my iPhone but it really just enhances the color, they really where as pretty as the picture. I don't know much about panfish, so I was only guessing they where bluegills from my memories of catching them as a kid, if anyone can identify them as something different lemme know.

-Miles

Some from the past two days. The browns are from Milton lake, ca. The bass and bluegill are from a farm pond in auburn, ca