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 […]
Sometimes when you’re brim fishing over moss you need a semi-weedless fly to “tick” the moss on the retrieve. The bentback spider or weedless spider is oftentimes the ticket.
Take a aberdeen hook and bend it slightly. Too much bend will make the fly twist.
add some sparkle yarn or chenile
right at the bend add legs; you […]
Here’s a way to avoid some of the “snag ups” while brim fishing; tie your fly on a jighook. This is a traditional wet fly tied on a 1/100 oz jighook
1. the jig- 1/100 oz jighook
2.ingredients
hen feather
leech yarn
mono thread
3. take fluff from the feather to make tail; tail as long as hook shank.
tie in tail, […]
