flytire 0 Report post Posted April 25 Blue Fox Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted April 25 3 hours ago, Poopdeck said: I’m looking forward to fishing them to see if I will keep them in the arsenal. Next one I’ll pull the foam up and let it snap back down after cutting. Thanks. I have a 14 already wrapped in moose mane and coated with sally Hanson laying in wait. The clown shoe caddis is in my arsenal, I find it to be quite effective. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 25 Pheasantly Delicious Hook - Sprite S2499 or equivalent Bead - Gold tungsten Thread - Hot orange Tail - Pheasant tail fibers Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or silver wire Hackle - Brown hen Hot spot - Tying thread Colorado Guide Flies - Pat Dorsey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted April 25 I just finished up tying up my frogs I plan to use for bass, chain pickerel and possibly pike. The first batch, I posted a year or two ago. The larger ones I scrapped. They were just to bulky for my 8 wgt, plus they always landed upside down. The smaller ones landed upside down most of the time. I took out my only plastic frog from my dark side box, and discovered that it was weighted in the back. So I inserted some worm weights in the back of the smaller ones, hopefully that will offset the weight of the hooks and they'll land hook up and be weedless. Hook - Gamakatsu double hook, size 1/0, attached to 40 mm Big Game shank. Body - two pieces of 6 mm foam(white, yellow, chartreuse) glued together. Hook and shank are sandwiched between the pieces. ` Thread - White, Big Fly Legs - Spinner bait skirt layers Eyes- 8.5 mm Living Eyes Colors- Permanent Markers These are another re-do. I stumbled on the "Gutless Frog" last year on another board and tied up a dozen. I tied them on 3/0 hooks and glued the body together. They turn out to be to large for the Ontario smallmouth and body didn't slide down to expose the hook point. I tied these smaller, and in an oval(?) shape with plenty of space for the body to slide down. The one change I made is I didn't add front legs. None of the plastic, soft body frogs, that are fished by dark side bass anglers have front legs. Which makes sense, since when a frog is swimming the front legs are pressed against the sides. Hook - Ahrex Trout Predator Long, size 1/0 Body - 5 mm wide, strip of 6 mm craft foam(yellow, white or chartreuse) Thread - White, yellow, chartreuse, Big Fly Legs - Spinner bait skirt layers Eyes- 6 mm Living Eyes Colors- Permanent Markers Here's a larger version tied on an Ahrex PR378 GB Swimbait hook(a worm hook) size 2/0, only tied two up if they work I'll tie a couple more. Same materials as the "Gutless Frog". Only change, instead of the ends pointed out, I glued them to the sides, giving it more of a frog head. The last of the frogs. These came out of one those, "Why did I buy this material" When Dragon Tails first came out I brought a couple of packs, one large one small. Didn't particularly care for the fly that I tied with one. So they've been gathering dust. I was sitting at my tying desk after consuming some vodka looking at them. They sort of had a frog shape to them. "Let's see what I can come up with". Here they are. Hook -Ahrex Trout Predator Light, size 1 Body/legs - Front third of a large Dragon or the front third of two small dragon tails Thread - White, yellow, chartreuse, Big Fly Tail/feet - pieces of a brush I brought but never used Head - 40 mm piece of 7/16 inch foam cylinder Eyes- 8.5 mm Living Eyes Colors- Permanent Markers Where did I put that vodka? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 25 Clown shoe caddis #4 Hook - size 14 caddis hook Thread - veevus 12/0 black Body - moose mane brown/white Wing - bleached elk hair clown shoe - McFlyfoam Thorax - black dubbing Hackle - grizzly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGuy141 0 Report post Posted April 26 4 hours ago, Poopdeck said: Clown shoe caddis #4 Hook - size 14 caddis hook Thread - veevus 12/0 black Body - moose mane brown/white Wing - bleached elk hair clown shoe - McFlyfoam Thorax - black dubbing Hackle - grizzly Nice work! I was wondering if a silver badger hackle might be a good way to eliminate the need for dubbing while still giving the impression of a dark thorax. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 26 6 hours ago, ScienceGuy141 said: Nice work! I was wondering if a silver badger hackle might be a good way to eliminate the need for dubbing while still giving the impression of a dark thorax. I’m not so sure the black dubbing does anything more than what black thread does other than look fuzzy to us humans. I’m not so sure having a dark thorax means anything to a fish either. I tied one without dubbing and the thorax still looks dark. I will fish one with and without and see what happens. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted April 26 On 4/25/2022 at 6:50 AM, Poopdeck said: I’m looking forward to fishing them They all look good, Poopdeck. If I was picking them out of a fly store bin, I would go with the sparser and shorter winged ones like #2 and #4, but I like the look of the wing color on #1 the best. I think I would try one with a snowshoe wing also, I'm kind of partial to that stuff with emergers. Do they all have a dubbed thorax? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted April 26 13 hours ago, Poopdeck said: Clown shoe caddis #4 Hook - size 14 caddis hook Thread - veevus 12/0 black Body - moose mane brown/white Wing - bleached elk hair clown shoe - McFlyfoam Thorax - black dubbing Hackle - grizzly (pic cut for brevity) @Poopdeck Nice work! That'll fish, well they all will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 26 Glass Caddis Pupa Caddis Imitation Hook - Sprite S2499 or equivalent Bead - 7/64" Black brass or tungsten Thread - Olive Body - Built up tapered tying thread and olive body glass/v-rib Thorax - Sybai black spectra flash dubbing Banksia Bug Jay Zimmerman Originator Caddis Imitation Hook – TMC 200R, TFS 2312 or equivalent, size 14 Bead – 7/64” Black tungsten Thread - Light Cahill and Olive Wire - X-Small/small black and olive wire Body – Tying thread. Build a tapered body with the light cahill thread followed by olive Legs – Teal hackle fibers Thorax - Gray ostrich herl and black/brown fur dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted April 26 2 hours ago, flytire said: Glass Caddis Pupa Caddis Imitation Hook - Sprite S2499 or equivalent Bead - 7/64" Black brass or tungsten Thread - Olive Body - Built up tapered tying thread and olive body glass/v-rib Thorax - Sybai black spectra flash dubbing Banksia Bug Jay Zimmerman Originator Caddis Imitation Hook – TMC 200R, TFS 2312 or equivalent, size 14 Bead – 7/64” Black tungsten Thread - Light Cahill and Olive Wire - X-Small/small black and olive wire Body – Tying thread. Build a tapered body with the light cahill thread followed by olive Legs – Teal hackle fibers Thorax - Gray ostrich herl and black/brown fur dubbing These are very nice Norm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 26 6 hours ago, flytire said: Banksia Bug Jay Zimmerman Originator That is a great tie! No doubt you are aware that Jay Zimmerman created the clown shoe caddis to fish the Banksai bug under. Not that your entertaining requests or anything but I would really like to see your clown shoe caddis to go with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 26 Sure send me that funky post material and I’ll think about tying one 😀👍 its not on my material purchase list Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 27 Send me your address I'll gladly send you some. In the meantime, I hope you don’t mind, I tied a banksia bug. I’ll definitely have to work on it a bit and I had to do a bit of substitution but, like you, some of this stuff ain’t on my shopping list.what the heck is a godwall anyway? I have to work on my boattail shape and my thread colors blended together after I put the UV on it. I’ll have to use a dark green next time. I also didn’t have any black tungsten beads so I painted a brass one. Oh well, thanks for the inspiration to try something new. Now I’ll have to fish them in tandem. Hook - 14 equivalent Bead - 7/64 gold bead powder coated black Thread - 70 ultra cream/light olive Rib - Br black and sm green ultra wire Legs - wood duck Thorax - Brown ostrich herl/purple electric wool dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted April 27 59 minutes ago, Poopdeck said: Send me your address I'll gladly send you some. In the meantime, I hope you don’t mind, I tied a banksia bug. I’ll definitely have to work on it a bit and I had to do a bit of substitution but, like you, some of this stuff ain’t on my shopping list.what the heck is a godwall anyway? I have to work on my boattail shape and my thread colors blended together after I put the UV on it. I’ll have to use a dark green next time. I also didn’t have any black tungsten beads so I painted a brass one. Oh well, thanks for the inspiration to try something new. Now I’ll have to fish them in tandem. Hook - 14 equivalent Bead - 7/64 gold bead powder coated black Thread - 70 ultra cream/light olive Rib - Br black and sm green ultra wire Legs - wood duck Thorax - Brown ostrich herl/purple electric wool dubbing I have some gadwall, you want some? Teal and wood duck are great substitutes. Nice bug. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
