desertrout 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2018 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2018 Sweet diver. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2018 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Nice hair bug Mike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Articulated Hopper      Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Thx. I hate trying articulated flies. I dont do very many That thing will fish..Tie it all black and it would make a good tadpole Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MouseManiac 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Looks nice. Just curious, what's the idea with all the long pieces sticking out in the body? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Its a rabbit strip..just more action/movement. Â Its a variant of Tim Englands Eel Bug...been tying it for 20+ years. One of my favorite Bass flies for fishing submerged weed beds and around timber/stick ups. Â I tie lot of different variants of it... that one has 0.25 lead wrapped the entire hook shank length to help get it under the surface a bit..tie them with doll eyes,plastic eyes,living eyes,dumbell eyes and no eyes..I also tie them out of spun wool instead of deer hair. Ill try to dig up some different pictures and post them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MouseManiac 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Its a rabbit strip..just more action/movement. Â Its a variant of Tim Englands Eel Bug...been tying it for 20+ years. One of my favorite Bass flies for fishing submerged weed beds and around timber/stick ups. Â I tie lot of different variants of it... that one has 0.25 lead wrapped the entire hook shank length to help get it under the surface a bit..tie them with doll eyes,plastic eyes,living eyes,dumbell eyes and no eyes..I also tie them out of spun wool instead of deer hair. Ill try to dig up some different pictures and post them. Â Â That's what I figured, but just wondered if there was more to it. They look sweet, but also I would think they're a pain to tie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Nice work Mike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Thx F2 Â Â And yes they are a PIA to tie. The main thing is the hackle breaking as you wrap it thru the deer hair The yellow with black face was suppose to have a hackle wrapped thru the body, it broke. Clipping off the hackle,cutting the rubber legs etc. but I cant tell you how many Bass and how many Big Bass Ive caught on these. They are worth the trouble to me. I usually have one big box of these dedicated to this pattern alone on me on all Bass fishing trips...also caught Reds and Sea Trout on them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2018 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caloosa bug 0 Report post Posted April 26, 2018 Wow, some great ties in this page! Here's a couple I just finished up. A #2 and a #6. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted April 27, 2018 Nice work CB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
