Materials:
* Hook: Mustad C68S
- Head: Foam
- Tail: Ostrich herl and flash
- Eyes: Stick on
- Legs: Crazy legs
- Hackle: Olive
- I use some foam that I got from a tackle shop. I think the bait guys use it for putting inside bait.
- Use your scissors or knife to shape the foam and make a shallow indentation in front of the foam.
- Use thick needle to push a hole in the foam for where the hook must go through.
- Push your hook through the hole and centre the foam. I put some superglue on the hook shank to prevent the foam from slipping or spinning.
- Tie the foam down with your thread. You can now let your imagination run wild and color the foam any color that you want. I went for the polka dot look here, but it didn’t turn out to great in the end. You can also color it after your first coat of epoxy, but I like to do it now as the color seeps into foam which to me looks better. If you want sharper colors then do it after the first coat of epoxy.
- Put on your stick on eyes and cover the foam in 5min epoxy and let dry.
- Take a mixed color of ostrich herl and flash and tie in as a tail. You can off course substitute the herl for anything you like.
- Tie down 3 pieces of the ostrich herl and wind forward around the hook shank.
- Tie in your hackle of choice and wind forward and secure. Whip finish at this point and cut of thread.
- Poke a hole slightly to the back and below the eyes. Stick your threader through and insert some crazy legs into the threader. Pull through and center the legs. I pull the legs slightly to one side and the add a drop or two of super glue before centering the legs again.
Finished fly
A few poppers drying on the rack
Another one
Regards
Morne Bayman (Morneb))
South Africa
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Originally published March 15, 2010 on Fly Anglers Online by Morne Bayman.