A smplle fly

[Ray Kunz]

I'm always looking for ultra-simple stuff for my Beginner's Class introductions. Just tinkering around I tried this and wonder if anyone has tried this exact pattern before?
1. Bind a length of .125" wide X 2 mm thick foam strip to a dry fly hook and leave the tag end hang over the bend of the hook.
2. Palmer wind a hackle onto the body and trim hackle points flat across top and bottom.
3. Fold foam over body like a Humpy, tie it off and trim a little foam "head" beyond the tie-off point.
The most difficult part is tying the hackle in by the tip to get it to look better.

[billknepp]

add tail and ya pretty much just tied Jack Gartsides Gurgler!

[Peter F]

Ray,

Bill's right. All of our concoctions seem to have been invented before *G*. The Gurgle-pop Popper which you know about from our prior emails is, too, basically a Gurgler... but with a couple of modification including omitting the hackle.

But the fly you suggested as a beginner dry fly should be fun to tie for you beginners! Call it something like a "foam-backed woolly worm". One warning: In small sizes, it is my experience that foam has little help in floating a fly. Foam is heavy and I beleive in small sizes its weight (plus the weight of the hook) is magnified. Perhaps it has something to do with some sort of weight/flotation ratio. Just a theory.

Peter F.

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