Caught these boys on a gurgle pop variant. One was one I tied on a yellow foam body with a clump of black bucktail for a tail and the other was yellow foam body with a clump of red maribou for a tail. Love the gurgle pop.
Thanks to the other threads on the Gurgle Pop, I was inspired to tie a couple up. I tied yellow, with a raccoon tail and black under body, and cream colored legs.
I had a chance to try them out Friday, after a short day at work. Wondermus!
I’ve tied gurglers before, but have never really fished them that much. Green sunfish and bluegill wouldn’t leave it alone. I even caught a personal best fly rod bass that went about 2 lbs.
When the bite slowed down, I tied a bead head nymph off of the bend of the hook, and kept the fun going. It may have been 3 to 2 to the bead head, but the GP was still getting hit.
At one point, I broke the tandem rig off on a nice sized perch. When the flies floated back to the surface, the gills kept dragging it back down! I tied on another nymph to try to catch some more fish, but they were all harassing the GP. I finally had to snag the tandem just to get it out of the water. Then I could catch fish with the new nymph.
The tail was all raggedy, the foam and legs were all chewed up, and I had to pull it out of the water to be able to catch fish.
What a fly!
Kirk
LOVE THE GURGLEPOP!!! Yellow Rules!
Greg