Weedy1 Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Looks like something from the Muppets. Nice tie, you'll catch something on it, don't know what, but something. Quote
hydropsyche Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I bet that will look great when its wet. Quote
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 Kinda like my old favourite one...tons of movement Quote
ladystrange Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 neat. i think pike will like them lots Quote
bulltrout Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 sorta like a cross between a meat whistle and a bunny bug...interesting tie...would be great for some BC bass... Quote
Brownstone Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 I dunno, his eyes are pretty bloodshot, can he be trusted? nice tie Quote
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 exclusive tying engagement with that fly, my dreaded triple bunny, and a few different flies and variations for bull trouts...and of course, lots to chat about...this saturday at 1, get outa the cold, i'll make a good pot o strong joe Quote
3wt Posted January 29, 2008 Posted January 29, 2008 nice tie brent saltwater eyes are deadly!!! picked up tying material today to tie the muppet bully fly!!!! Quote
dryfly Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 Cool fly for sure. I see you found some mylar Christmas tinsel on sale. Great stuff. The white/clear pearl is great. "I bet that will look great when its wet." I bet that will weigh as much as a standard-bred poodle when it's wet. Rabbit is great stuff, but a couple of six-inch strips soak up enough water to lower lake levels and it gets so damn heavy. As totally cool as that fly is (and as cool as the strips will look in water) the huge ones do cast poorly--or more so than other large flies tied with synthetics. And, yes, eyes rock. First, the eyes may trigger fussy pike into hitting the fly. Probably 70 percent of the time—when pike are feeding actively and aggressively—the eyes make no difference at all. But if the pike are tentative, pike will hit eyed flies when they won't hit flies with no eyes. Seems to be so. Secondly, the large eyes may improve hookups on larger flies. I recently was told of this concept by a friend and I think there is basis in this. The concept is simple: large eyes direct the hits toward the hook end of the fly. Years ago, we started with smaller flies and after a couple of years graduated up to 6-inch flies with no eyes or small brass eyes. We used to get a lot of false hits. Apparently the pike would hit the back of the streamer and miss the hook. There is a general consensus by a few of us that the large eyes result in fewer false hits as they attack the head end. Who knows for sure? Quote
Guest bigbadbrent Posted January 30, 2008 Posted January 30, 2008 that fly is pretty small clive, didn't put it to comparison to the others, its no more then 3 inchs long i'll tie a dozen, if you take me hunting for sharks Quote
bulltrout Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Rabbit is great stuff, but a couple of six-inch strips soak up enough water to lower lake levels and it gets so damn heavy. only flies that take 5+ strips to tie lower water levels clive... Quote
dryfly Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Andrew, those are some sweet looking flies. Got any in yellow? Quote
bulltrout Posted January 31, 2008 Posted January 31, 2008 Andrew, those are some sweet looking flies. Got any in yellow? i got lots of colors...but i thought you didn't like chuckin' wabbits, let alone small cats and dogs... and BTW...these are tied on bobby pin shanks... Quote
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