Guest Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Need good pattern for state lake full of'em for moss control. Hung one on chironmid and fought one got off that actually smacked my foam frog but that was the exception. They will come up behind a bream popper but won't finish... maybe make a foam fly to look like a blade of grass? Gobs of them and lotta moss fragments floating around fouling fly. Any suggestions? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fisherboy0301 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Take some dog food with you. They love sipping it off the surface. I took a little block of 2mm brown foam that I had Superglued together and trimmed it to the size/shape of a piece of dog food. Heat a bodkin, poke a hole, and push it onto a hook and glue in place. I caught a monster that way. Alternately, small nymphs, insects like small hoppers or beetle. Maybe ants. Chum with bread and use a white deer hair fly, maybe drop a white Marabou streamer off the back to act like sinking bread. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Thanks for the ideas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 I have never practiced bait and switch, but people around here do throw bread and attract big’uns with it. And those light colored mop flies look just like a bit of bread dough... Must.resist.the.urge... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike West 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=86062&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben bell 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 another thing about mop-flies, i bet they hold scent very well..put a drop of Dr. whatever on it and hang on.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlatsRoamer 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2017 Just wrap the fluffiest piece of olive marabou you can find on a size 10-6 hook. The uglier the better... Good luck, remember that they can be extremely finicky so try not to get too frustrated! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites