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Do you have instructions for the complex twist bluegill?

 

This pattern http://www.flyfishfood.com/2014/10/complex-twist-bugger.html by the guys at FlyFishFood was the inspiration. This video will show the technique, but here's the materials I used.

 

Hook: Allen B200 #8

Thread: 140 denier (I used both Danville and UTC, either works)

Weight: .020 wire for weight

Tail: Wooly Bugger marabou white and olive. white goes on the bottom

Body: Complex twist of hot orange Krystal Hackle, White Schlappen feather and Olive Schlappen feather. Twist carefully and brush out.

Head: Olive and White Senyo Laser Dub

Eyes: I used 8mm, but 6mm works better.

Add blue and orange colors with Chartpack or Copic markers. Add the lines at the top with a black Sharpie.

 

I glue the eyes on with Tear Mender, then secure the head with CCG thin UV resin.

 

I tied an alternative body color using pearl UV polar chenille, orange schlappen and olive schlappen. I'll post a picture tonight because I think it looks a little more realistic.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Very cool. Kind of a mashup of the complex twist bugger, the Low Fat Minnow, and the Belly Scratcher Minnow.

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The tail is blended Marabou and a barred rabbit strip, the rest of the entire fly is deer hair.

 

Needed to try one after drooling over deerhairdans work

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Flyguy, what is the throat and barred "wing" of that fly made of?

Probably just Lazer dub or something similar.

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Do you have instructions for the complex twist bluegill?

 

This pattern http://www.flyfishfood.com/2014/10/complex-twist-bugger.html by the guys at FlyFishFood was the inspiration. This video will show the technique, but here's the materials I used.

 

Hook: Allen B200 #8

Thread: 140 denier (I used both Danville and UTC, either works)

Weight: .020 wire for weight

Tail: Wooly Bugger marabou white and olive. white goes on the bottom

Body: Complex twist of hot orange Krystal Hackle, White Schlappen feather and Olive Schlappen feather. Twist carefully and brush out.

Head: Olive and White Senyo Laser Dub

Eyes: I used 8mm, but 6mm works better.

Add blue and orange colors with Chartpack or Copic markers. Add the lines at the top with a black Sharpie.

 

I glue the eyes on with Tear Mender, then secure the head with CCG thin UV resin.

 

I tied an alternative body color using pearl UV polar chenille, orange schlappen and olive schlappen. I'll post a picture tonight because I think it looks a little more realistic.

 

Hope that helps!

 

Very cool. Kind of a mashup of the complex twist bugger, the Low Fat Minnow, and the Belly Scratcher Minnow.

 

 

Pretty much. I was thinking about an articulated version, but I think it may start to get too big for the local ponds I fish. And the marabou tail gives so much kick, adding articulation might not really gain anything.

 

Here's a picture with the belly of orange and olive schlappen and UV pearl Polar Chenille.

 

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The tail is blended Marabou and a barred rabbit strip, the rest of the entire fly is deer hair.

 

Needed to try one after drooling over deerhairdans work

I think he meant the purple ones

They are all Flippin sweet by the way!

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flyguy - purple streamers are dope! looks like an articulated variation of a Rich Strolis ice pick. Is there anything on the trailing hook besides the zonker strip and what looks like ice wing fiber? Thanks.. Good stuff!

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Thanks alot gents!

 

So the purple streamers were just polar chenille, rabbit strips, and yes laser dub behind the head. Sometimes depending on the color scheme I will put a touch of either ice wing fibre or the longer metallic ice dub in there but wasn't needed this time

 

I really like those as well thanks again

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Being more of a warm water fly fisherman myself, I really dig seeing the bigger flies I can use to catch bass with. There are some dandy's on here. Flyguy's purple articulated streamer is the bomb! I'll be making some of those in several colors soon.

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