Gummy Minnows

[Slyangler]

Im just curious to see if anyone has used this pattern? If so, what did you think of it? Was it effective??

[Jayhad]

I was looking at them last week at Fish Tales, definately something to consider but the cost sure makes them unattractive

[Ayr]

I've used them on Minnewanka for early season lakers in relatively shallow water. While they don't keep their flat profile well (they tend to curl for me in storage), they have caught me fish.

 

Ayr.

[headscan]

For anyone else who was wondering wtf a gummy minnow is:

http://www.orvis.com/detail.asp?subject=50...=&group_id=

[maxwell]

i bought almost every color under the sun 2 years back thinking i was goign too make somethign special! they looked hella cool! big ones small ones baby trouts baitfish etc but have had too almost force feed them too fish ... even bulls! swung drifted striped drifted under indis etc... just hasnt bin my day fishin gummies! its almsot a running joke with a few friends now.. sure they work somewere tho!

[headscan]

To me they look a lot like saltwater baitfish because they're so silvery. Maybe more like herring or anchovy?

[reevesr1]

There is a saltwater soft plastic lure series that looks like this. The first time I saw them I bought a bunch and thought of hiding the rest behind other packages of soft plastics so no one else would see them. That way I would have them all to myself and I would be a fish catching machine.

 

1 month, 1000s of casts and no fish later, I finally wrote them off. I would try them, catch nothing, switch to traditional lures, catch fish, switch back and catch nothing again. Max said "they catch fish somewhere." Well maybe, but I think they catch fishermen everywhere.

[jayjjones11]

Baby Tarpon and Bonefish love gummys (which is what they're tied for).

 

Just as you could catch a fish on the bow using a bonefish bitter, gummys will catch the odd trout, but are in their hay-day around bonefish.

[Tungsten]

The problem with a lure/fly like that is it has no natural movement.Chop the tail part off and put some marabou or rabbit then you got something.

[maxwell]

i here ya jayj but it was worth a shot! gotta experiment.. made some sick little dace, sucker, bows, browns n cutties not just silver ones..... but i think in teh flats they get softer and have some more movement...... not 100 on that one tho

[Brownstone]

tied a few with a pattern I found with some material I bought .. waste of material .. clousers work better and are more cost effective ..my 0.02