What's your favorite smallmouth flies? I'm asking cause I finally caught a pretty good smallie last summer in the creek that is closest to my house. I was thinking about tying up a few this winter.
thanks in advance,
hNt
What's your favorite smallmouth flies? I'm asking cause I finally caught a pretty good smallie last summer in the creek that is closest to my house. I was thinking about tying up a few this winter.
thanks in advance,
hNt
"If we lie to the government, it's called a felony, when they lie to us, it's called politics." Bill Murray
Try brown buggers. Hang on & take a deep seat. This next ride's gonna make LSD seem like baby asprin
I caught my biggest smallmouth on a yellow marabou muddler. I've gotten a lot more of them on rubber legged woolly buggers in white,yellow or olive. Tie some with dumbell eyes to get down faster. Gurglers and hair bugs work too.
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Clousers worked slowly on the bottom; buggers from gray, brown, olive and black; gray deceivers; leech, black; all work well. I think any of these properly put in front of a smallie will get you a good battle.
Here's four to get you started.
Two go back over 50 years; two weren't even around 10 years ago. The rubber spider needs no intro, I would have one in the box for those unusual days when Smallmouths key in on a hatch. The #4 Stealth Bomber is a multipurpose slider, diver, or popper depending on how you twitch it. The Hairy Fodder variation shown here has an elastic ring that allows changing dumbell eyes to give it the right weight. (There's a rattle in the body too.) Lefty's Red and White is a classic mid-depth fly. This one has brush guards.
Bear742
Tequilly streame has work well the past year for me. Or a clouser cray fish
sandfly/bob
N.J.B.B.A. #2215
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fly tying and fishing ghillie..
This fly is from a buddy of mine.
Used this fly many times and it is an absolute consistent producer for me.
Joe
http://www.wiprud.com/flies-fishing/flies.htm
Helga Might (Brian M. Wiprud original pattern)
A key aspect is the coloration of black abdomen, olive thorax and brown head.Ingredients:
Hook: #6 Mustaad Streamer 38491
Tail: Root beer Krystal Flash and Brown or bar-dyed marabou.
Abdomen: Black polar chenille, palmered large black saddle feather
Thorax: Olive Polar Chenille.
Head: Brown chenille, medium to large lead eyes (unpainted.)
Thread: Brown or OliveFor a closer look at Brian's work, click on an photo to view a larger image.