Cap Spider Fly

Last year around this time, one of the other members here introduced us to the Cap Spider fly as seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZekzILGRI. I thought it looked interesting so I figured it would make a good addition to my summer pattern box for bream. Well, I was certainly right in my estimation. I finally got to get out a bit last evening. It started VERY slow and my old standby black leech wasn't doing the trick. I switched to a black cap spider with yellow banded legs and caught a nice little bream on the first cast. I contuinued picking up the occasional fish here and there for about 45 minutes. I even caught one when I tossed the fly over the side of the kayak as I undid a tangle in my line. I felt a tug on the line I was working on and had to hand-land a bream so it would leave me alone to staighten out my mess. Around 8pm, I got into the big boys with the first fish going just a bit under 14 inches. I had another 20 minutes of fun with very nice bream before I called it a night. This is a terrific summer pattern that should be in every bream fisherman's box. I forget who introduced it last year, but if you know who you are thanks for sharing a great pattern.


Jim Smith

Hey Jim - the same fly and video were recommended to me as well.

I haven't had a chance to tie any since I don't have my bench set up yet and I'm not sure I can find any 1/124 oz jig heads. When I do get my bench set up I've been thinking of tying them with a slightly bent hook shank and a tungsten bead head. Not exactly the same thing but I'm hoping they will perform the same.

Good to know they are so successful for you - can't wait to tie some up for myself!!

Jim

Feather Craft, Cabela's and Bass Pro Shops all have the jig heads.

Leave it up to a Siouxland guy to know the right answer! :)

Love Them. Caught a decent large mouth bass on my first cast. Listen to the creators fishing tips.

Greg

Just watched the video ... looks like an interesting pattern. How have you folks been matching jig head color vs. the body color? From his video it looks like he is using a black jig head I couldn't tell for sure?

The jig heads come in silver, gold and unpainted. I use my daughter's no longer cool nail polish on the unpainted. I tend to use the silver and gold for trout nymph patterns instead of bead heads sometimes. I don't think they hang up as often and the trout don't seem to notice the difference.

As I remember, Michael's 1/124th oz. jig heads were all painted black with Testers model enamel.

Like Uncle Jesse, I just use nail polish to paint the heads either a matching color or contrasting color depending on the mood I'm in. The one I used the other night actually had no paint on the head so it was just dull, gray lead colored. The fish sure didn't seem to mind too much.

Jim Smith

Jim Smith

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