Have I bastardized a classic?

[robow7 0]

Do you think I've gone a little too far or is the extra flash and motion an edge?

 

[Steeldrifter 0]

No such thing as "too far" IMO as long as it catches fish

[fly time 0]

I agree with Steve!!!

 

 

Dustin.

[Flytyer-1 0]

Yes.

[Faster Fish 0]

I was actually thinking of doing this very thing.

 

Randy

[Redwings1 0]

yes, but I can tell you that it is an effective variation

[Blueman89 0]

Nope. I've tied a few. I just wouldn't use them in really low, clear water, or with spooky fish. I think the prop may be a bit to much then.

[atroutbum2 0]

There aint nothing new there, the bugger has been bastardized so many times. Every time a new material comes out, theres a new bugger bastard born, im just glad i dont have to pay child support on all the bastard variants out there.

[Inconnu 0]

Yes. I have had this conversation on another site a couple of years ago. I don't have an issue though and hey if it worked I might do the hypocritical thing and use one.

[Bead Head 0]

I thought the same thing just recently. I tied a big chartrusse bugger with lots of crystasl flash a brass cone head and the propelor. When I was done tying it I looked back and thought I'm not tying anymore of those thats one gaudy fly. But sure enough I stuck it in my salmon fly box and it caught me a lot of really silver chum this year until one got too aggresive and spooled my whole line. Definitly something all tie again.

thanks

Bead Head

[deeky 0]

You may have, but you're not the first. This is actually a pattern called a Pistol Pete, although if you go to their website (do a search for pistol pete flies), it's more of a style, putting a beadhead and spinner on various patterns of flies. I wanted to tie a few up for crappies, but haven't gotten my hands on any of the propellers yet.

[Al Beatty 0]

Hi robow7,

 

They look good to me and someone has already mentioned they are similar to a Pistol Pete. If they catch fish (and I'm confident they will) then go for it. I have friends who also add a small spinner blade to some of their flies. I say, "Whatever makes you/the fish happy!" Take care & ...

[flytyer56 0]

Nice!!! I tied some of those earlier this year, but when I used them they twisted my tippet something feirce. Anyone have any suggestions on how to prevent that from happening?

[Don Stracener 0]

Maybe the prop wasn't free enough to turn correctly?

 

If it was add a small in line swivel a few feet above the fly. You can get them in gold, blank and silver.

 

I like the pattern, where did you get the prop's?

[robow7 0]

Don, I found them at a local fly shop in Indy. I thought I had read one time that Whitlock felt the propeller improved his hook ups with the smallies under certain conditions. So I thought I might give it a try on some of my most proven smallmouth bugger combinations in the more stained waters. I experimented with them in a large wash tub filled with water and you definitely can't tie the bead in too close to the prop or it won't spin. I also found a slight improvement in spin frequency when I placed the prop on backwards to what I thought originally would work best.