Just for fun, I tied up a real easy fly that the bluegills in our local lake attacked with total abandon! Someone might have already tied something similar to this, but I've never seen one. I don't know how to do pictures, but it's easy to tie from a description.

Hook: # 12 Dry Fly
Tail: Black Maribou
Body: Black Angora Goat dubbing.
Eyes: Black Bead-Chain
Thread: 3/0 Black Uni-Thread.

All I did was tie a pair of black bead-chain 'eyes' to the front of the hook, then went to the bend and tied in a short tuft, not too thick, (1/2 hook shank length) of black maribou for a tail. I finished by dubbing with black Orvis Angora Goat dubbing to right behind the 'eyes', then moving the thread to the front of the hook and whip-finishing. I coated the head with head cement. It's really buggy (nympthy)-looking

I caught fish with almost every cast. Bass as well as gills! I fished it like a nympth. I'm gonna try some other colors in a few days.

Semper Fi!

[This message has been edited by Gigmaster (edited 20 July 2006).]