SteveGibson 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 I recently spoke at the Suncoast Fly Fishers in St. Petersburg. I was also their guest fly tyer. I tied up several Gibby's DT Variations. In the club's latest newsletter, I saw a photo of Tom's Greenback Minnow. The fly looked very nice. So, I decided to cook up a batch. I used white Polar Flash for the underbody and olive Fly Fur for the top. I coated the stick-on eyes with Goop. Tom told me he uses 5-minute epoxy as a coating. Can't wait to give these a try. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agn54 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Nice looking greenies, should do well on the snook and trout. I like the way they are tied back from the eye, will help prevent cutoffs when the macks and blues show up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Very nice minnows! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henry Franklin 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 They look great Steve. Let us know what you catch!!!! Henry F. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveGibson 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Thank all of you! And I will let you know! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reactionhit 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2011 nice looking flies and great profile.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fred H. 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2011 Very nice Steve. I'll be tying some of these for sure. Fred Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron Murnane 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2011 Very nice flies i used a pattern similar to this recently and landed some nice snook and tarpon on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Perry Poke 0 Report post Posted December 27, 2011 1305652711[/url]' post='467859']I recently spoke at the Suncoast Fly Fishers in St. Petersburg. I was also their guest fly tyer. I tied up several Gibby's DT Variations. In the club's latest newsletter, I saw a photo of Tom's Greenback Minnow. The fly looked very nice. So, I decided to cook up a batch. I used white Polar Flash for the underbody and olive Fly Fur for the top. I coated the stick-on eyes with Goop. Tom told me he uses 5-minute epoxy as a coating. Can't wait to give these a try. Very nice.... Such a universal pattern which will work anywhere.... Up here in the Great Lakes area it will match our Ermerald Shinner... Have you tried Artic Fox or Finn Racoon? How do you think that would work? Thanks for sharing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites