The briminator is a very good fly for fishing for the various species of “bream”; the bluegill, redear, longear,goggle-eye, and the many other species that make up this variety of fishes. I usually tie this fly on the mustad 3366 hook in sizes #8 or #10. I also use the 3399A and the 3366 big […]
It’s been a long time between posts but I am a professional procrastinator. Also, I’ve been sick. I am tweeking this little worm fly. It may have to have a couple of revisions but for now, this is the fly.
Materials needed: a piece of 15# mono; a #4 jig hook; a wider than usual piece […]
Here are a few rods that I have available for sale. I have many others, and also build custom rods upon request. Pictures and more detail on each rod are available (just email me using the contact form at the bottom of this page). All rods listed do not include shipping. I ship rods in a […]
This is a great pattern, but its heavy; takes a big rod to cast it. However, it is one of the best early spring bass flies for east texas waters.
I’ve made some personal changes to the fly; to make it a bit lighter, improve the hookset, and to make it a bit more attractive to the […]
I am not a purist. I fish watever “fly” I can to catch fish. One of the best early spring offerings to fish; brim, bass, white bass, crappie,etc. are the tube jigs made popular by the crappie fishermen. Here’s how I rig them on a hook so they can be cast with a fly rod.Here […]
Little teensy flies are hard to tie on the hook, especially when standing in a river in the early morning light. So, here’s an inexpensive way to make you a fly holder to capture the fly while you tie it on. You can purchase 4 retractable pens from the dollar store for a buck. Use […]
I’ve used the little 1/80 and 1/100 oz jigheads to sucessfully catch trout, brim, bass, and crappie but I wanted an even smaller jig. So, I took some little size 12 mustad jighooks, some translucent glass beads, lead or copper wire and created some even smaller than the 1/140 oz jigheads you can purchase. Putting […]
I’ve been making good use of the heat by staying inside and converting all my old VHS tapes of high school football games to DVD. It takes awhile but is enjoyable. Its hard to believe that I have been out of coaching for 25 years. The VHS tapes were getting brittle and I almost waited […]
I kinda skipped July. Man, it was hot. I fished a little; caught some brim, but mostly stayed inside and built rods and stuff. Built two nice rods; a 7 foot fiberglass 3 weight and a 7 foot tadpole in the 5 or 6 weight. I’m also busy converting some of my old 33-1/3 records […]
There’s a beautiful little lake located within the city limits of Athens, Texas, owned by the city. If it were properly maintained it would be a great recreation resource for the city and its citizens. But, its not; there’s old tires, parts of privacy fencing, bottles, and just a lot of junk in general in […]
