Kevin (deathb4disco) said I should post more so...........:)
Here is another FAOL thread post on a minnow type fly you might find interesting. Link below.
Crappies like these!
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Kevin (deathb4disco) said I should post more so...........:)
Here is another FAOL thread post on a minnow type fly you might find interesting. Link below.
Crappies like these!
Very good. If I ever learn to cast one of these things, I'll try them out! :D
Dixie, Great looking fly. Never tied using mylar before, your instructions make it look easy. Guess I,ll sac up and tie a few.
Randy
you aren't the only one that has a hard time casting something like that on a fly rod :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Fred in Ky
Heck it took me forever and a day to cast out a mouse fly LOL!
Its not my fly or instructions, Randy. Its David Merical of Ankeny, Iowa. I just put the link up to the thread post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badcast
How would you use a fly like that? Strip it, fish it below a float? Just wondering
Either way. Whatever the fish are doing. Fish it straight line unless they are suspending.Quote:
Originally Posted by Miller
Can be used on a spinning rod by tying flies on to main line with a short leader and a weight at end of main line. Space flies 18 to 20 inches apart and weight 6 to 12 inches below.
Casting a fly "like that". Single haul, crisp back cast and make sure rod loads your slack line b4 coming forward.
Crappies seem to like any "sparkle" type fly, looks like a minnow "flashing" when using a slight twitch (to get a flash) and pause on the retrieve.
an imitation of a Brook Silverside minnow. That's those little pencil shaped minnows you see skipping across the water, and leaping about along the shoreline. Light green across the back and a white lateral line, with a see-thru belly. All the flash & sparkle of the fly, also resembles a small Shad. Either one of which is "el primo" Crappie bait ;) ... so I see no reason why a Crappie wouldn't jump right on one of those flies !! :D
... luck2ya ... cp :cool:
Well, there are pencil poppers to imitate surface minnows but I like to use what I call an MCF (Minnow Crease Fly). Just a simple thin foam bodied fly like a pencil popper but cheaper and easier to tie. Not as messy as the first ones after I got used to tying enough of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiepappy
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...fly(Small).JPG
Minnow Crease Fly
Hook: #6-#4 Aberdeen
Tail: Shag (long) craft fur
Overbody: Iridescent (pearl) gift wrap paper
Body: 2mm foam sheet body pattern
Highlights: Permanent magic marker
Eyes: 4mm black plastic half-rounds
Overcoat: Either clear Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails or clear Epoxy
The overbody is superglued (I use Loctite Superglue in the Easy Brush bottle) to the highlighted foam body pattern. The finished foam body pattern is folded in half (creased) lengthwise, superglued, and clamped to the hook shank using bulldog style paper clips until dry. The eyes are then superglued in place and finally the overcoat.
A similar narrow body Crease Fly pattern link below.
Crease Fly
Here is the foam pattern with dimensions. Please excuse the messy writing as I jotted it down quickly and never updated to clean it up. Also please disregard the Mustad hook number designation. Do not use the Mustad. Use the Aberdeen light wire and position the foam body so that most of the foam body is above the hook shank if possible.