Mop Fly Variant

[fshng2 0]

You shouldn't loose the beads with the mono holding them.

Also try some of that orange mesh (I thought that was neat stuff) over the beads like your first version instead of the egg yarn.

[fshng2 0]

Alevin Salmon Mop

Inspired by Denduke's Pattern

 

Alevine Body: pearl e-z braid and brown mop

Egg Sac: orange mop

Wing: olive marabou

 

[Noahguide 0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a free strung keel, 2 beads on mono, under the antron, per your suggestion. Not sure how the egg yarn will hold up but I'll fish it and see. Next will be with an olive zonker on top instead of buck tail.Alevin Salmon Mop

 

Fshng2 very nice pattern. No salmon here in SC! You inspired me to try your pattern, no orange mop (only blue and green locally) tied it as a keel fly instead. Thanks for the great photos.

Noahguide nice one.

Great idea with the keel hook and weighted egg sac, what's the sac made with?

Fshng2, Thanks. The sac is tubing from a dollar tree Halloween headband. Weight is two metal beads from the Wallyword bead section. Tubing is larger than most Mylar that I've used but performs in much the same way. Based on lessons learned from my keel frog bass fly, I now put a thin cost of UV resin over the mesh to keep from losing the beads after the first strike.

Great finds..I'm always on the look out for material too.

Just thinkin, could you string the beads on mono and secure mono at both ends to keep from loosing the beads?

Here is a free strung keel, 2 beads on mono, under the antron, per your suggestion. Not sure how the egg yarn will hold up but I'll fish it and see. Next will be with an olive zonker on top instead of buck tail.

You shouldn't loose the beads with the mono.

Also try some of that orange mesh ( I thought that was neat stuff) over the beads like your first version instead of the egg yarn.

Mesh with mono strung beads, zonker wing.

The mono makes getting and keeping the beads in place a breeze. Thanks for the tip.

[fshng2 0]

Noahguide, on 04 Oct 2017, said:

Mesh with mono strung beads, zonker wing.
The mono makes getting and keeping the beads in place a breeze. Thanks for the tip.

You are welcome, nice keel pattern.

Attached is a fly inspired by your streamer.

 

Ruby Red Throated Keel

 

Mustad Hook: 1/0 # 79666

Lead: .020 12 wraps

Body: E-Z Braid large

Brass Beads: 3/16 strung on 5x tippet

Gills: Mop Red

Wing: Peacock/Olive BT/White BT

 

[Hazathor 0]

Fshng2, I dig the Alevin mop. Good stuff!

 

In that pattern, is almost the whole length of both mops adhered to the hook? Did you do that with thread wraps or an adhesive?

[Noahguide 0]

Noahguide, on 04 Oct 2017, said:

Mesh with mono strung beads, zonker wing.

The mono makes getting and keeping the beads in place a breeze. Thanks for the tip.

 

 

You are welcome, nice keel pattern.

Attached is a fly inspired by your streamer.

 

Ruby Red Throated Keel

 

Mustad Hook: 1/0 # 79666

Lead: .020 12 wraps

Body: E-Z Braid large

Brass Beads: 3/16 strung on 5x tippet

Gills: Mop Red

Wing: Peacock/Olive BT/White BT

 

 

fshng2 Thanks, nice tie. I fished the zonker version and had interest but no takes. Of course that was in a bass lake. Going to try your ruby keel next!

[fshng2 0]

Fshng2, I dig the Alevin mop. Good stuff!

 

In that pattern, is almost the whole length of both mops adhered to the hook? Did you do that with thread wraps or an adhesive?

Thanks.

Both the patterns on page 3 & 4 start with the sac tied in with mono.

Then gel adhesive is applied to all but the last little bit for the remaining length.

The brown body pattern starts with a very small dot of gel at the tail to keep it from spinning.

Then the body is spiral wrapped with mono.

FYI:

Gel should be applied as thin as possible to prevent saturating the mop fiber.

Try shooting for 1 to 1-1/4 for total length to best match the hatch.

[Noahguide 0]

 

Noahguide, on

 

You are welcome, nice keel pattern.

Attached is a fly inspired by your streamer.

 

Ruby Red Throated Keel

 

Mustad Hook: 1/0 # 79666

Lead: .020 12 wraps

Body: E-Z Braid large

Brass Beads: 3/16 strung on 5x tippet

Gills: Mop Red

Wing: Peacock/Olive BT/White BT

 

 

fshng2 Thanks, nice tie. I fished the zonker version and had interest but no takes. Of course that was in a bass lake. Going to try your ruby keel next!

My take on your ruby. Well see tomorrow!

[Mike West 0]

Fshng2,

Nice job! Thats thinking outside the box

[fshng2 0]

My take on your ruby. Well see tomorrow!

You should get some really great movement out of that tail.

The flash in the e-z body and red on the gills is always a plus.

Looks good should work.

 

Thanks Noah and Mike.

 

Mop Hop (Bass Candy)

With hoppers in full swing thought I'd add one to the mop collection.

Hook: 2/0 Mustad 3366

Tail: Mop

Body/Head: Poly Foam

Wing: Turkey/Deer

 

[Mike West 0]

Dang dude....you are on a roll...thats nice too.

👍

[fshng2 0]

Thanks Mike.

 

 

Hook: #6 Mustad 3261

Tail/Body/Head: Mop

Wing/Beard: Hackle (natures coloring)

 

[Mainard 0]

I have and used blue, yellow , and chartreuse . Me and wife have caught several bluegill on all of them . I'm really wanting to get some grey ones but stil looking . I have purchased all mine at dollar stores , so I have a lot of material for $3 bucks . I'm thinking that the action they create are why they work . My wife fishes them under a bobber and I jig them . Both ways work .

[Camp'n'fish 0]

I saw several mop blankets at a bath and body works a couple of weeks ago. They were all neutral colors too. A lifetime supply for around 15 bucks.

[Philly 0]

Mainard, I picked up both of my gray ones up in auto supply sections. One is a mini-mop whose pieces work well on size 10 or 12 hooks and the other is a large whose pieces work well on size 6 and size 4 hooks.