got a odd request

[spoof85]

I worded that wrong... Not so much a code.... Its my understanding that most fly fishermen show respect and care for our streams and fish... Not saying that power bait is bad, just most people that use the stuff care more about ripping the legal limit out, going home, and repeating the process... Also the kind of people that like to leave their trash behind... Im not saying all people who use power bait have these traits, but it seems most do.... As for saying no, i would but he has had me do alot of work for him... Cant let one order turn a customer away... I guess i should have worded that in such a way as to wonder why he opts to go this direction... As for the deer hair, now that you say that it seems like a no brainer... Thanks
All input always appreciated

[Eric-WD]

I would use yarn. Tie a strand on each side of the hook with three or four wraps in the middle, fluff out the strands and trim in a ball.

[spoof85]

My concern with using yarn would be the effectiveness of staying afloat... As for the dremil idea... Thats a good idea, i do use my dremil to shape bass poppers out of cork, as for how to apply power bait, you got it.. Its a jar of dough, you kinda pinch and twist it into a ball around he hook... As stated before... I dont like it lol

[stcroixguy]

I once tied a few flys that resembled hatchery feed pellets..

[Bruce Norikane]

I'd try McFly foam tied in like an egg. You won't see any thread.

Does the client want the fly to float up off the bottom rising above a sinker that rests on the bottom? Some bait fishermen go to great lengths to get their baits a few inches above the bottom, and you can buy floating powerbait. Treated with floatant, McFly foam should float pretty good on the surface, but you'd have to test it for underwater buoyancy. You might have to tie the McFly Foam over a foam core.
http:// http://www.charliesflyboxinc...m?parentID=122

[Uncle Jesse]

The handiest thing I own for making flies out of foam is a battery powered rotary tool and a set of different diameter arbors. I can handle from 1/8" down to straight pin sizes. Dremel was very good to replace my variable chuck when it locked up with the arbors. I would do as Jim suggested with the flip flop foam and shape it where it could also portray salmon or trout eggs if colored correctly. We are all imitating things fish eat, this just happens to be something that comes out of a jar.

[HickoryShad]

Interesting, I don't think that he is actually wanting to imitate the power bait so much as the "fish chow" that the stocked fish are fed.
Pretty sure that the primary reason those fish hit the power bait is because of the resemblance of the pattern/color to the only food that
they ever really new.
I agree with the previous posters that egg fly imitations should work just great.

[spoof85]

We are all imitating things fish eat, this just happens to be something that comes out of a jar.

although i agree with that statement, they pack power bait full of attractants... and pheromones... might as well start soaking everything we have that touches the water with WD40, (oddly enough works great for a attractant ) although i assume power bait is a bit more environmentally friendly