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.
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!!
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.
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.
