Panic Time, What Are You Tying?

[kayak angler]

1. foam bugs
2. foam spiders
3. foam hoppers
4. streamer patterns (clousers, thunder creeks, etc.)
5. little foam nymphs

[James Smith]

Gandolf,

I finally got a chance to get out in my kayak to chase bream. I was fishing a Carter;s Sculpin in all black and while I ony caught 6-8 bream one of them was 13 inches long. The bass wouldn't leave the fly alone and I ended up catching around 25 bass ranging is size from 14 to 18 inches. It was a great way to spend a couple of hours The reason I tell you this is to encourage you to tie up a dozen Carter's Sculpin on size 10 or 12 hooks.

Good luck and let me know if you need the receipe for the Carter's Sculpin. Super easy to tie and very productive.

Jim Smith

[Gandolf]

Hi Jim,

Don't know the pattern for Carter's Sculpin. What is the pattern?

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

[James Smith]

Gandolf,

The Carter's Sculpin

Hook: 2X Size 10 or 12
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Black rabbit fur
Body: Black Chenille or Black dubbing brush
Collar: black or grizzly hen hackle
Eye: black or silver dumbell eyes
Beard: 8-10 strands of Black Krystal flash

Very straight forward and easy to tie. Tie in the tail and body material. Tie in the eyes on the top of the hook shank. Tie in the hen hackle and make 3 wraps behind the eyes. Advance the thread in front of the eyes and tie in the Krystal flash. Trim Krystal flash off just past the point of the hook.

Cast it out, and retrieve it with short 3 to 6 inch strips with a one or two second pause between strips. Absolutely top producer for late winter and spring bass, bream and crappie. It is a bit more effective for crappie when tied in bright colors like white and purple etc. but black is the best bass and bream color.

Good Luck

Jim Smith

[JZ]

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???

how do you make those...(lol they look so easy)

[raw69]

I 've been playing with little Buggers and foam Bass poppers. I've come up with an easy Craw in size 6 & 8. Using a short shank, bent-eye hook, I tie on a dumbbell weight so it will ride hook up. I then make 2 'claws" using Pugliosi 3-D fiber (browns and greens. I wrap the body with yarn or chenille and then wrap hackle the length of the hook. It looks great, we'll have to wait on the ultimate test.

I finished Galloup's streamer video and tied 2 twin tail articulated attractors - one in white Rabbit and the other in blond with a bit of orange for gills.