bed spread fly

[sourdough]

in misiouri trout parks there using a pale white yarn in the making of a popular fly called the bed spread / can anybod y tell me where u can get this besides the fly shops at the park witch they seem to be always out of / thank jim

[Eric-WD]

check here then scroll down

http://www.geocities.com/kcmtfa/Troutli ... UTLINE.pdf



although it looks like a jig instead of a fly, a green weenie tied in white?

Eric

[Betty Hiner]

The original bedspread fly, tied by Bob Gaston, was tied with a cream colored chenille bedspread pieces on a cream colored jig head. Bob has all the materials for tying them at his fly shop in Lebanon, MO. If you call him, he will send out the parts, and the directions. <off this topic ... Bob is a retired barber from Kansas City, and is the person I learned dying of fur and feathers from. He uses hair dye.>

[Eric-WD]

OK not to Hijack (yea right) whats the difference between a jig and a fly?

Is it the way it is fished, I figured with the jig head it would be a jig.

Eric

[Greg Hunsicker]

It's a staple at Bennett Spring Sate Park. Bob Gaston might have created it but Weaver's promotes it. Story goes the original Beadspread was tied with the cream colored fringe of a beadspread and a sparse marabou tail.

Hook: 1/80 or 1/100 oz #10 hook mini-jig. Painted cream. I prefere the 1/100
Thread: cream
Body: Cream colored ultra-chanile or cream colored cotton yarn
Tail: Cream colored marabou

Thread base
Tail, length less than half the hook shank
Body, tie in yarn at the hook bend, wrap forward to the head and tie off.

Works great for crappie and bluegill too.

[jimmadsen]

Here's something very similar - complete with a video of how to tie this and other flies:

http://www.flyfishohio.com/Adventures_in_Fly_Tying.htm

Click on the "killer bug" link...