Can you all suggest some top water flies for smallmouth? I guess they are mostly foam poppers?
I have Tim Holschalg's book, but I haven't located it in my tying room yet.
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Can you all suggest some top water flies for smallmouth? I guess they are mostly foam poppers?
I have Tim Holschalg's book, but I haven't located it in my tying room yet.
Stealth Bomber
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3D2%26hl%3Den
Wiggle Minnow
http://tyingperfectflies.com/wiggle-minnow-todds/
Sneaky Petes
http://www.orvis.com/store/productch...ubcat_id=10898
Hipps Poppers
http://www.landoskytu.com/PopperSchematic.doc
good list, bspitt, the only thing I would be able to add to it would be Dahlberg divers, and some hopper patterns
And a mouse... deer hair mouse.
Steve
Of the Hipp's Popper...from the Man Himself
http://www.anthonyhipps.com/uploads/...ation_4_08.pdf
the floating dragon is a deer hair and marabou dragon fly nymph. It is in Randal Kaufmann's nymph manual.
Great for bass when you want to use a smaller fly
if you have a tying room, obviously you tie flies. If you can spin deerhair, you can make your own very effective and simple bass bugs. I tie a fly that uses nothing more than a mustad 3366 #4 hook (same one Bob Clouser used in original freshwater "clouser" flies);Quote:
Originally Posted by lastchance
3/0 thread, grizzly saddle hackle for a collar in front of the tail; grizzly hen neck hackles for the tail, and natural deer body hair for the body.
Start thread on hook shank from the hook point back into the bend
Tie in hen neck hackles opposed, one or two per side. Tails should be no more than 1.5X lenght of hook shank (from eye to bend)
Tie in one long rooster saddle hackle, and palmer with touching wraps from back toward the hook eye, ending/tying off right about the end of the hook piont along the shank.
With the remaining hook shank bare, begin spinnning small bunches of deer hair. I stack the first bunch, but not the rest of the bunches. Secure down first bunch and add a small drop of head cement to the tie-down wraps of thread.
Add bunches of hair in the same fashion as the first. On a #4 Mustad 3366 hook this should be about 7 buches total. Pack 'em right up against the eye tight and then whipp finnish.
Trim the bug with scissors and or a double edge razor. Give the body a flat on the bottom, and a nice half round shape tapering back toward your hackle collar. Take care not to razor your hackle collar!
I use clear sally hansens with an applicator brush to apply two coats of lacquer to the "face" of the bug to stiffen it up. When looking at the fly directly from the eye back, the body should resemble a nice half round fan shape.
You can vary up the bug with any color combination of hackles and hair you like. I have had best luck with grizzly hackle, a natural body, and two bunches of red deer hair tyed in for the "face". Simple yet deadly effective! You can pre-treat the bugs with 3m scotchgard to assist with floatation. The deer bugs float well naturally but will pick up some water after a while of fishing. You can also add gink or your favorite floatant prior to fishing. Best of Luck!
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I've had luck with Gurglers 4-10..
Hi Mr Chance,
GURGLE POPS. OK, I lied, here are a few more words, I would suggest natural colors like tans, black/gray, greens and creams in sizes 8-4. The Gurgle pops are easy to tie, cheap to make, durable and effective. You can't go wrong with them! 8T :)
Hard to beat a gurgler! One of this A.M.'s victims ........ :)
The Gurgler will be my first bass top water fly.
Thanks,
Bruce
Definitly Gurglers and Deer-Hair Poppers. And a good selection of Hopper and Cricket patterns.
The only problem I have with hoppers and crickets is that the sunfish won't leave them alone long enough for a Bass to jump on them.