Mr. Vegas 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2010 reallly? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edh 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2010 reallly? Yup....Of course, that was....the 70s I guess. I had 3. Black, Brown and Yellow. The overall length was about .75 inch with a narrow midsection. The hookwas about a 12 or 14 treble. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toyota Mark 0 Report post Posted December 30, 2010 Ooh!! Ooh!! Ooh!!! I don't care what it is, I bet redfish would eat that up on low tide! I WILL make one. It's a fly in my book. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kodiaksalmon 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2011 Looks pretty "fly" to me. I use blades extensively on my muskie flies. If blades are disqualifying criteria for a fly, then I didn't fly fish all fall long. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tidewaterfly 0 Report post Posted December 21, 2011 Kodiak, you've resurrected this thread! I had a couple of fly rod size Flatfish many years ago, and recall reading an article many, many years ago when I was kid, about threading small spinner blades, clevises and a few beads on the tippet ahead of the fly to make them more appealing. I haven't done that in many years now, but it worked well. It was one of my favorite ways to catch Yellow Perch & Pickerel as a kid. I have since incorporated spinner blades into bass & Striper flies, and they certainly do help sometimes! BTW, I wonder where Day5 is these days? I haven't seen him post in quite awhile! He sure had a knack for coming up with some very cool fly designs! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fly Fishing Russia 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2012 If it don't land on a hamburger at a BBQ, then it ain't a fly. If it can be cast with a flyrod, it is a flyrod lure - if it ain't live bait, its a lure. The problem comes in where some time ago, people casting insect imitating lures on a flyrod began calling them flies. If it can be cast with a flyrod, its a fly to me including my spoon and foam swimbait. I've had people not want to use my Spoon Fly because it wasn't a fly until their buddy on the boat caught one fish after another. Kirk I love non-classic flies! Where can I see your Spoon Lure? Thank you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Li'lDave 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2012 the "fly" in question..... Must be the done thing at the moment mate. A bunch of guys are tying up "spinner bait" flies here for use on Australian Bass, Yellow Belly (golden perch) and Murray Cod, just to name a few... Agree with others, of course it's a fly.... I'm thinking seriously about experimenting with soft plastic 'worm-tails' on some of my flies at the moment, there's a whole heap of options out there... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flymanaj 0 Report post Posted June 9, 2012 You made it, you name it. I say call it what you want. If somebody doesn't like it, add them to the list of people who don't get to try one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perchjerker 0 Report post Posted January 1, 2013 HELP! I need help in categorizing the "bugs" in the attached photos that I have in my very modest collection of 20th century flyrod "bugs". The third from the right in the top row is labeled: "South Bend Super Duper". The big one across the bottom has a balsa or cork body. All in the second row have plastic bodies and were made by Heddon. TIA! Frank Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stippled Popper 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2013 HELP! I need help in categorizing the "bugs" in the attached photos that I have in my very modest collection of 20th century flyrod "bugs". The third from the right in the top row is labeled: "South Bend Super Duper". The big one across the bottom has a balsa or cork body. All in the second row have plastic bodies and were made by Heddon. TIA! Frank The Yellow one in the picture on the right is identified on eBay as a Heddon Flaptail. The Frog next to it is an Arbogast Hula Popper. Doing a search using the words Fly Rod Lures on eBay should help you identify many of them or there are a few books on old lures that could help. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perchjerker 0 Report post Posted January 2, 2013 Stippled... Thanks for the names and the suggestion; however, you missed my point. I had hoped to infer by "categorize", the question as to whether these were "flies" or "lures", in keeping with the thread topic. I have the names for most of them; fortunately! Happy New Year! Frank Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ditz2 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2013 Stippled Popper......You are missing the Flatfish flyrod lures. They had at least 3 or 4 sizes in multiple colors as well as chrome and gold plated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peterjay 0 Report post Posted January 4, 2013 I'll bet Ditz remembers Rocky and Rocky Jr. They were tiny jointed plugs, about an inch long, that could easily be thrown with a fly rod. They looked exactly like a wiggling minnow in the water, and were absolutely killer on trout and bass. Why they went out of production is hard to figure, considering how effective they were. Guess the fact that they were too light to be cast with anything except ultralight and fly tackle must have had something to do with it. I remember what I think were knockoffs that were marketed as Inch Minnows that were very similar. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Harrison-Jorgensen-Rocky-Jr-lure-Black-back-Yellow-w-black-spots-/271130832342?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f20a82dd6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
perchjerker 0 Report post Posted January 5, 2013 Peter... I personally suspect the two separate, but closely coinciding, events brought about their demise. The first was the introduction to spinning gear after WW II, and the embargo on anything out of China, which brought about the demise of the so-called "production" (i.e., South Bend, Horrocks-Ibbotson, Montague, etc.) bamboo fly rods. Fly fishing pretty much fell by the wayside for decades as a consequence. This pretty much dried up the market for such interesting "bugs". No market, why make? It is a shame they have gone the way of the 5¢ cigar! Regards, Frank Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted January 7, 2013 looks closer to a lure with all that metal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
