Fish For Life 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2016 No not that kind of big boobies! Get your head out of the sand! Im curious if anyone has any experience tying and fishing big booby flys? There is your typical booby fly for trout, 1" long or so. Im thinking of a booby that is more like 3-5" long. For bull trout or lake trout. Or even for pike and bass. As long as you have a good heavy full sinking line to drag the fly down. Is there a reason that this wouldn't work? Ive never heard of anyone doing this, and think that it might be a good idea. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2016 Depending on the design there is no reason you can't do a boobie in any length. They are often attached to wooly buggers or worms. I guess my question is you thinking on this. The boobie foam is designed to float your fly. Are you thinking of a full sink line but have the boobie float up off the bottom? This is the way we fish a lot of Carolina rigs for bass and might make it possible to create the same strategy with the fly rod. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2016 They are a swine to cast. So you'll need to step up your leader dia for turnover. Here in UK we typically tie them to suit a size 10 hook. Booby cat whiskers are a good pattern. If its the floating diving benefit you are after, especially for pike I think a better aerodynamic foam head could be found. Depends really on the distance you are after. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2016 Not really a booby fly since I use a foam cylinder for the head, but it does work. I've caught a few bass and chain pickerel, plus a couple of pike on it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whatfly 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2016 Seems to me a Gurgler would be a better choice for that size a fly, but YMMV. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicente 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2016 We fish what is basically a gurgler on a sinking line for trout in pyramid lake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites