foam flys

[green 0]

Ive never tied a foam fly and was wondering if you know of any easy patterns to start with.

[riffleriversteelheadslayer 0]

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern10551.html

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern472.html

here is a couple first is a crease fly and second is the best bluegill fly ever tied

[tidewaterfly 0]

Foam beetles are easy to tie. Here's one that's in the pattern database, but I don't even add legs or antenna to mine. Peacock herl makes a good under body, but so does the micro size cactus chenille.

 

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern10325.html

 

Here's another in the database, more like what I tie, but I don't make as many thread wraps behind the head.

 

http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern2344.html

[green 0]

I bet I could tie one of those

[netabrookie 0]

Green, be careful and try to put a limit on them once you get the hang of it because they are addictive. I went through a phase a while back and went crazy on them and before I knew it there was a few hundred laying around. Its a win-win situation because they are easy to tie and they catch fish.

Take Care, Tony

[flysmallie 0]

The gurgler is the best foam fly ever created.

[oarfish 0]

There's a good book written by Skip Morris called Tying Foam Flies, it will only set you back 16.95 + ship.

[johngunguy 0]

I love tying flies. In addition to the pleasure of catching fish with something you made there is the relaxing nature of tying itself. I am like netabrookie above, I can accumulate quite a few flies before getting to fish them. I have a lucky buddy that benefits from my tying habit. I just ordered that book for reference, thanks for the suggestion, oarfish.

[oarfish 0]

There's alot of good info about foam and using it, great flys included, your welcome johngunguy.

[rsimino 0]

Probably the most copied then modified foan fly is the Chernobyl ant. It is a killer fly and depending on size can be used to catch pretty much anything. Do a quick search and you will find as many variations as materials you have. One suggestion, and I recommend you stay away from the craft store flat foam, even though people make great flies out it, it is not great stuff. Get some Evazote® Foam Closed cell cross-linked ethylene copolymer foam. This stuff is amazing. Ties down great, compacts easily when needed, easy to color and floats like a cork. It also come in many colors and thicknesses.

[border collies 0]

I have started tying more with foam recently. I tied a fair number of trout flies, so hackle and hair wings were something I was comfortable with. I started with patterns that just added foam and moved to patterns where foam was used in a little more advanced ways.

 

First:

Puterbaugh Foam Caddis:

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=96

 

2nd:

Chubby Chernobyl:

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=196

 

Finally:

Charlie Boy Hopper:

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=164

[ditz2 0]

For warmwater fishing:Look here....enough to keep you busy for at least a day or two........I do use craft foam. I can't compare it to the other foam mentioned above I have never had a problem with it.

 

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1G1TSNACENUS400&q=foam+fly+patterns&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1660&bih=865&tbm=isch

 

 

 

For sunfish I tie a simple spider. I also make a 1/4" popper body from 2mm craft foam by punching small disks from the foam with a standard paper hole punch and glue 3 disks together to form a small cylinder. No paint required and use sharpie to create eyes. Both are simple and fun to tie and quite effective and durable. I mostly use yellow so these old eyes can see them. What more could you want?