Cajun Tickler

[kayakflyfisher 0]

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by kayakflyfisher:

 

Cajun Tickler

 

[DaUP 0]

i like it looks like a great fly for panfish

[Joe Hard 0]

:headbang: That is one wicked fly!!

[letumgo 0]

Sweet Fly! Bet that thing will slay the panfish. Thanks for sharing.

[letumgo 0]

Nice woven body by the way.

[beaverfsu 0]

You are on a roll. Nice!

 

On a side bar, I would love to hear about or see a pic of your kayak setup. Am in the market. :help:

[steelie 0]

Good Day,

 

I concurr! That should do very well on the panfish! May even do well for steelhead and coho.

 

Steelie

[kayakflyfisher 0]

Thanks for the kind words about the flies.

I use my kayak primarily in the south Louisiana marshes. In fresh water I like to use my canoe. The kayak is a Wilderness Systems Tarpon 140. It's got the anglers package with a Scotty rod holder. I keep a dry storage bag in the tank well inside a file crate. I put a soft sided cooler in the fore hatch.

The only real rigging that I have done is with the anchor system.I ditched the anchor that came with it, because we need two down here because of the wind. I went to West Marine and got some jam cleats and riveted one on either side of the boat on top of the gunnels about even with my thighs when I am sitting in the boat. I bought some 1/4 inch rigging line for a sail boat (it is more stiff than most ropes and is woven so it gets fewer kinks) and two pulleys while I was at W. M. . I clipped the pulleys with some stainless steel shackles to the plastic grommets standard to the Tarpon on either side of the boat near the jam cleats. I clipped some cheap aluminum caribiners fore and aft to the carry handles for the kayak.

I use 5 lb. rubber coated dumbells for my anchors. Run one line through one pulley and out through the caribiner fore and repeat for aft. When you want to anchor, just pull the rope up out of the jam cleats and let your anchors drop slowly to the bottom. Replace the line in the jam cleat and you are set. I put a knot in the end of the line and never take the pulley off of it. I just quick disconnect from the spring loaded caribiner and shackle. Works great here, because of the soft mud and lack of rocky bottoms. Most of the fly fishing kayakers here use this system. If you need a picture, I'll try to get some posted.

[Moccasin 0]

The Tarpon is one sweet ride, I have a FeelFree Gemini ( won it from Paddling.net so beggars cant be choosers) I converted it to a solo and made a rudder for it. paddles like a battleship :dunno:

put rod holders and a bottomline sidefinder

[beaverfsu 0]

Thank Kayak. YOur description was prefect.

[Kurt Loup 0]

I like it.

 

Kurt

[Guest]

Great looking fly! I can never get my rubber legs to sit so proportionately. I'm going to try this one though.

[kayakflyfisher 0]

There are a couple of tricks to getting the legs right. First take a length of centipede legs and cut it into three equal sections. Take the first section and tie it in on top of the hook shank using fairly loose figure eight wraps. After it is secure put in one or two tight ones. This section of legs should resemble a wing on an airplane when done right. Next a couple of wraps around the hook shank just forward of the wing. Slip the next leg section in on the far side of the shank under the thread hanging down. Secure with another wrap or two. Slip the last section in under the thread on the far side of the shank and bring them over the top of the fly to your side. Make another wrap over the legs, then a few more in front of the legs. Pull on the legs for your final adjustments. When you like how they are situated, place a drop of head cement on top of them to hold them in place. Now you can palmer your peacock herl in, but you still need to make sure not to change the direction the legs are splayed in.

 

Dirk

[fly time 0]

Great lookin fly, but to be honest I was expecting this to be another fly tied outta a condom!!!

[kayakflyfisher 0]

Dats where it got its name cher!!! I wuz wundrin if all ya'll would unerstand a little coon a$$ humor.