what should a muddler minnow look like

[rainbowchaser]

Having gotten a few in swaps and seen them in stores I think they are the most variable of fly patterns. This is what I think of when I think of a muddler except when I choose to tie it differently.

[Uncle Jesse]

I think the answer to the question is one I got at the first trout fishing get together I attended; It should look like something a fish would like to eat.

[rainbowchaser]

I think the answer to the question is one I got at the first trout fishing get together I attended; It should look like something a fish would like to eat.

So, leave off everything behind the head and call it a fish pellet?

[Byron haugh]

Here's a pretty good video
http://www.orvisnews.com/FlyFishing/...%20minnow.aspx

[fishbum]

Perhaps this will answer what a Muddler should look like.



Sorry about the sideways view.

[Longs for Cutts]

For my purposes, a Muddler Minnow should look like a Marabou Muddler or Kiwi Muddler...

[Gandolf]

Hi Fishbum,

Wow, that is truly neat! Thanks for posting the picture.

Thanks and regards,

Gandolf

[lastchance]

Perhaps this will answer what a Muddler should look like.




Sorry about the sideways view.

Is that the guy who originated the muddler? What is his last name?

[namekagon]

Perhaps this will answer what a Muddler should look like.



Sorry about the sideways view.

For sure and apparently Bailey's refinement came soon or at least within a few years.
Found this looking for Gapen's original recipe,,,.

Gapen's original Muddler had a fairly sparse and
ragged head of loosely spun deer hair, but the more
densely spun and clipped head found on today's
Muddlers was a refinement by Dan Bailey. In the late
1950s, Muddler Minnows of various types accounted
for over half of the oversized trout (4+ pounds) immortalized
on the "Wall of Fame" of Bailey's fly shop.

[rainbowchaser]

Based on that picture some of the ones I've seen weren't as far of as I thought.