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I know this is the "jig tying" forum, but this part of CdC has become my favorite so I figured I'd post it here. While jigs may still be a little new to me, most of my energy is spent tying flies and fly fishing. Here was one I tied up tonight that I actually took a picture of instead of just throwing it in my fly box. Bluegills love flies like this!
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Zac
Nice tie Zac! That kind of fly is one of my favorites to tie. Just love soft hackle flies.
What did you dub with? Is it hares mask?
As far as just being jig board though some of us still would show and tie flies. I do for sure and not long ago I posted some of mine so show what you want to. Most of the guys in here can learn something from flies or should.
Skip
That's actually fox squirrel, Skip. It's my favorite dubbing to use if I want a really buggy looking fly.
Ok thanks. Didn't know for sure what it was and just couldn't see the colors either other than dark brown looking.
At any rate, nice tie!
Skip
I like to see flies.They give us all a good thing to try out on our little jigheads,lol.Well me anyway.Nice bug.
id like to start tying flies...i may give it a shot tonight.
Zac
Put a bead head on there and you've got a great ice fishing fly!!!
fatman
You learn a lot! Maybe not something that can translate directly to your jig tying, but it helps it out in the long run. Everyone should be able to tie a Clouser IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by PBUG2009
zac I have tried many fly patterns on jig heads it really looks cool give it a shot and post some pictures.
good for you I think you would enjoy it tying fly patterns it gives you a whole new concept on actually trying a jig actually you'll benefit it teaches you more skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by PBUG2009
Nice fly, I would like to see more flies that our members tied and fished with. I would like to see some trout fies too. Thanks for posting it. :)
I would like to try tying some flies myself. We don't have trout around here but the gills would eat em up. Nice job!
Thanks for all the comments, guys! I will post some of my flies sometime soon when I get a chance. I think the biggest thing you'll get out of tying flies that translates to jigs is how you handle materials.
If you can find Bob Clouser's book "Clouser's Flies" on sale, I'd highly recommend it. In the book, he teaches how to apply materials into his style of flies (mostly baitfish patterns). You can apply a LOT of the information directly to jigs!
Stump
I'll try and get some flies posted up later tonight, only problem is I gotta find em!!!!!!! Still unpacking box's from our move and was gone for a week on vacation, wife's working this weekend I should just unpact everything and get set back up.
Fatman
Very nice fly. I agree with adding a bead head.
Thanks, that will be great!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatman
very nice fly!i posted a pic of flys and my tiny flyrod in the fly forum,but i think i should do a post here so you guys can see em.