Hey Fly Tiers...What's In The Vise?

[trapper2000]

the biggest  brown I  ever caught out of the battenkill was   at dark with a mouse ..... I have  taken a lot of  big browns  and  bass  with them .... good  fly to have

[oatkasut]

what  kind of beetles and ants do you make and use this time of year? I've found that a red ant works quite well when there  is little surface action  and no hatches.black ants can't be seen by my eyes.

[rgfixit]

Try a "little brown caterpillar"

Really easy tie and it works!
#12 TMC 200R
UTC 210 black
1/16 craft foam
Black ostrich herl

Lay a thread base to just past the hook point
Tie in 2 ostrich herl
Tie down the strip of foam as shown
Build 4 segments toward the eye leaving some room behind the eye
Bring the herl forward wrapping each segment. Use up the remaining herl wrapping it at the eye and tie it off at the eye.
A drop of super glue on the bottom with hold everything in place after you straighten it all out





Tie them up in any color.


Rg

[oatkasut]

They might just work! Thanks for the input. The ant didn't work today. tricos.

[rgfixit]

The gills and bass like it. Especially in the evening. They smash it on a dead drift.

Rg

[RIVERRAT2]

i have to give this one a try,looks REAL good,thanks
 
RAT

[geo315]

You guys got me going with these foam bugs.  Tied up some beetles and hoppers. Geo.

[rgfixit]

Cool critters

It's fun with foam season.

Rg

[oatkasut]

I think i'LL try a hopper tomarrow after a trico!may have to modify my tippet!

[rgfixit]

I figure the smallies are mowing down the crayfish now so I tied up a few "Fuzzy Buggers".




Might work.

Rg

[Bartman44]

Looking good RG.  Nothin like the bugger style.

[rgfixit]

Didn't do any good for me in the creek I fished today. Couldn't raise a smallie. Did get a few big fallfish. One went over a pound. Fun all the same.

Rg

[trapper2000]

grasshopper  grasshopper grasshopper

[rgfixit]

Like these Trapper


Tied some up for this morning. Gonna tromp a good long portion of the "backyard stream". May harass the carp too.

Rg

[trapper2000]

all very nice flies .... i'm  going  back  to reshow a few  hope they help



this is  my tent cattapiller I  used white and brown foam then a black sharpie I  used a brown hackle good flie  late in the  season

  the mouse  a tail  of  yarn or leather and  spun  deer hair leaving  the back long .... big browns and  smallies hammer  this  just before dark  and after


 the famous STP  frog ...anyone can  tie  this  flie!  i  got  my foam cutter from  all seasons in Pulaski and  with super glur  gel i was a expert in a half hour....  leave the  mouth open   as a  popper or  gurgler


 and  my fab four  my  gill producers