Bohemian Chenille Flies

I am a believer that "soft plastics" have revolutionized Bass fishing. I also believe that flies that imitate soft plactics properly, have great potential. Right now I am working with Bohemian chenille to tie some "soft plastic" imitators.

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Row 1: The long worm is 5" long.
Row 2: Adding a foam tab gives some action and floats the grub's tail up.
Row 3: Hula Grub and Tube?
Row 4: Furled Grubs. Furling slightly increases bulk and stiffens the worm.
Row 5: 6" diving slug. The bulky tail is a braid of three pieces of chenille. The eva foam diving head is an interesting alternative to spinning a Dahlberg head.


What's in your fly wallet?

Bear

AWSOME FLIES!!! I have been playing around with the same kind og thing trying to immitate bass lures. Post some pictures of your catches in the future.

Greg

You should do some of those as the fly of the week.

Especially the middle two intrigue me.

Rick

interesting

I've just aquired a couple spools of a chenille rope type material, It's made up of 12 strands of the finest chenille I've ever seen.. I think it would be well suited to makeing these type flies...There is also a second size of this ribbon type chenille that is about an inch wide I'm going to grab a spool of that too. And hope it is made useing a heavier, Hopefully (Medium) chenille...My Daughter is useing some of it to weave herself a belt..shame the only color they are trying to give away is black...Thanks for the ideas as to what I might be able to use the stuff for...as I was going to cut it into 1 yard hanks and unravel it to get 12 yards of baby bugger body material per hank...72 hanks per spool would surely be more than a lifetimes supply!

I added some notes in red. I am sorry that I did not include anything to give a sense of scale in the picture.

Rick,

What is involved in doing a fly of the week?

Bear

For a FOTW just email it to LadyFisher at [email:8a244]publisher@flyanglersonline.com[/email:8a244]

Say, which of those have you had best success with?

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You take pictures of each step of tying the fly with the directions for what you are doing.
When ytou have them in order you email to to publisher@flyanglersonline.com

Look a t a couple of the previous ones and it gives you a good idea.

Would you buy that you should send samples for some of us to try?

Rick

Rick,

Once one has the material, tying these flies is like tying woolly worms without the palmered hackle. They're so easy that I am not sure if there is enough there for fly of the week. As for samples, I am sure you could make better ones if you had the material. Check for a PM from me.

Bill,

Check for a PM from me.


Robin,

The 5" worm has bee the best so far.



Mike