Ice just melted off most the lakes here in northern Kentucky. Unless we have another cold snap (highly likely this time of year) we're 4-5 weeks out. Seems like a very long time...
Jeff
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Ice just melted off most the lakes here in northern Kentucky. Unless we have another cold snap (highly likely this time of year) we're 4-5 weeks out. Seems like a very long time...
Jeff
Here are some of the Mop Flies I tied up from the video link posted by Uncle Jesse. They look like they'll work great to me, but I guess I'll have to go ask the fish as soon as it warms back up. I think I found the mop heads in black and I will be adding some more to the box in new color combinations when those come in. Very nice looking pattern Jesse, as they are as simple a pattern to tie you could ever ask for.
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Jim Smith
Do you have a source for the white/khaki mop stuff? I can't find it anywhere.
I got a couple of them at Target and the remainder of them from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...ilpage_o09_s00
Jim Smith
Thanks, you must have all they had at Amazon - they're all out. Will try Target
I may start fishing for trout in a couple of weeks. Definitely not this weekend with below zero wind chill temperatures predicted for Saturday and Sunday. Been tying some warm water stuff. Mostly small poppers.
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Some bass flies loosely based on a booby fly. They run about 3 inches long
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Front view
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Pretty poppers! I usually tie my poppers out of closed-cell foam using a dremel like a tiny lathe to shape them. I've not tried the booby fly. How does it produce for you?
Jim Smith
Do you fish the booby on the top? The fly hanging down in the water with short twitches should get a fishes attention!!!
Jim:
I'm basically lazy, so I'll buy the soft foam popper bodies. Sometimes, I shape them out of foam cylinders using a dremel tool. I also use round or heart shaped pieces of foam. This one has worked very well for me the last two years.
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As far as the booby fly, I've caught a lot of pan fish on smaller versions. This is the first time I've gone that large with one. Don't see why it shouldn't work.
Linecaster:
I plan to fish it both ways. On top and subsurface with either an intermediate or sinking line