Those are nice Swamp Rat. They slam larva flies like that in the west branch of the farmington out my way.
Jon, something like this?
Thought I posted this already, guess not. Been tying some McPhail Caddis Larvae.And some "Mini Buggers" for gills.Nice to get back at the bench for a bit.Rg
What size hook on the mini boogers🤓.I haven't tried them
Glad I found this thread! I hardly ever venture onto other states boards, but I’ll have to keep an eye on this one. Big Guy, your mop jig sounds interesting, but for some reason I can’t see any of the pics you’ve posted of them. Is it just like a mop fly or green weenie but on a jig hook? RG, nice mini buggers. I will tie mini buggers down to size 14, very useful for trout and gills, some patterns I found under the name baby buggers and a variant they call briminators have produced very well for me. I’ll have to take some pics when I get home. Here are some stuff I’ve been tying lately, I just started targeting pike with a fly last year. In memory of the legendary Lefty Kreh, here is my first batch of Lefty deceivers, along with some sea-ducers