TheCream 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 This is the diving lip "fly" I have been playing around with. The lips are very light and easy to use, but do eat some space on the hook shank. I did a little quick trial last week at a local lake to see if they would orient and dive correctly as I hoped they would, and they seemed to do exactly what I hoped. Tied with no additional weight, on a floating line, they went a little over a foot under from what I could tell and had a sweet shimmy when stripped short and fast. -Hook: Mustad 3366 (did both #6 and #2) -Plastic diving lip in appropriate size (can't recall the company name that makes them) -Tail: rabbit strip -Flash: Flashabou -Body: Senyo Lazer Yarn -Eyes: 3D holographic eyes -Head coating: I used enough UV Knot Sense to fill the gaps between the eyes #6 and a #2: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 diving lips on flies have been out for a long time. john betts, from colorado, tied them on some flies in the 80's. he used to use the plastic cover from coffee cans Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oatka 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 Yes, you crossed it. Now, go to the naughty room with Day5 ! ! ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCream 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 diving lips on flies have been out for a long time. john betts, from colorado, tied them on some flies in the 80's. he used to use the plastic cover from coffee cans Since they were commercially available, I figured this was nothing new...just not something I see much of, if at all, in places like this or in fly shops/catalogs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/sho...d.php?p=5854171 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
day5 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 welcome to the land of lure makers! we have been waiting for you for some time! LOL!! I like lip flies with glass rattles tied in them! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kirk Dietrich 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/sho...d.php?p=5854171 Great link. I'd say that 10x10 guy made some awesome deer hair bugs. Cream, if using a lip on a fly is over the line, then I must be off the cliff with my flyrod swim-bait. Kirk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelkay 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 Nice work!! I have not tried lips on my flies yet. But if they work, what the heck, it is worth a try. Congrats on your fly design! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryan Wright 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 So the lip you buy from a company? I have seen these types before but yours look different (the lips anyways) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
day5 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 there use to be a company called "fish lips" I think who made fly lips. I think they are gone now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted December 1, 2010 I tie these for trolling with the pontoon, bass, musky, stripers and walleye love em. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCream 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2010 I had to go back and search to find the kind I bought, they are called "Fly Wobbler Blades," I got them through Cabela's. It was something I wanted to try, and found them at Cabela's, I was unable to find them on Feather-Craft or J. Stockard. Then again, my Internettin' abilities are apparently at the Forrest Gump level. Here's the link to the ones I ordered: Wobbler blades at Cabela's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheCream 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2010 I tie these for trolling with the pontoon, bass, musky, stripers and walleye love em. Very nice! Did you have to weight them at all to get them to orient correctly with the blade down? That was my biggest concern with them, but the trial patterns I tested seemed to perform like I hoped. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smalliestalker 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2010 Fly Lipps are still around....They are based in Florida....I use them on some of smallie and walleye streamers....Good stuff....If it's held together with thread it's still a fly damnit..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perchjerker 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2010 I have made a diving lip out of fun foam for some of my foam minnow patterns with great success. Nothing more than a small circle with a tag to attach it to the hook. It doesn't have to be perfectly round. perchjerker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites