Hooked on Mop Flies

[James Smith]

Ever since Uncle Jesse posted the link to the video on tying Mop flies, I've been facinated with them. I located the mop-head material in a number of "fishy-looking" colors and started tying. I like patterns that are simple to tie and produce fish. I guess you could say that I am a utilitarian tyer in that respect. Anyway, this pattern is super easy to tie and offers lots of opportunity to get a bit creative. Here are some of the Mop flies I've tied up for this year.









I used dubbing brushes for some of them to achieve a bushier effect. The black ones should be especially effective in the waters I fish followed by the beigh and the light olive. hope to get out this week and I'll let you know how they work out.

Jim Smith

[melk]

Man, you are really cleaning up Jim!!
Mike

[Uncle Jesse]

The problem is going to be figuring out which to start with. Those look really good Jim.

[johnstoeckel]

I got the mop "bug" too. But so far, I've just invested in tan / beige. Tied the mop piece to a #12 jig hook with a bead. Some with a simple orange thread hot spot and some with a simple soft hackle collar. Ive fished them a couple times and they have produced pretty well on our trout streams. I suspect they're taken as crane fly larva.