calling all fly rod addicts

[Murph]

This is something most guys here dont know about me. I have been an avid fly fishermen for about 13 years, for everything from trout to stripers and drum. I havent dabbled in the offshore yet but I do tye quite a few flies and tube flies for offshore fishermen including some marlin flies.

I am waiting on the stripers to push up into the rivers in a month or so to get back on them!

I wouldnt mind a fly fishing and tying forum!

[Jesse Lockowitz]

That would be a cool addition.

I do not tie as much this time of year as i do in the late summer / fall

Mainly just streamers with weighted eyes for ablies. Chartreuse/White

I only got 2 fly rods, but they handle everything for me.

I got a Lamson High Velocity large arbor, and reding 8-9wt.

Had some fun with it on albies / spanish this year. Along with some bigger bubba blues. Hope to use it more this year.



Jesse

[StriperTS]

Here is a fly that I made up a couple of days ago, while dreaming of warmer days to come.

The front is cupped a bit to create more 'pop'.. the butt end is hollow so that I could tie in a spreader and give the feathers more volume, creating a better transition between the big popper head and the rest of the fly. Total length is about 7", trying to imitate a small mack.



-- Tom

[Murph]

Nice Tom - what size and brand hook is that?

[brandon558]

good lookin fly man!

[Andaman Andy]

good lookin fly man!

2nd that! looks like it would do a number on most species.

[StriperTS]

Thanks guys!

Its a Gamakatsu Trey Combs 10/0.

Here is another pic showing the back and 'mouth'. The fly is made up of a foam cylinder (like a Bob's Banger) with sheet foam wrapped around it. The cylinder is approximately where the green lines are, to create the cupped mouth, and to create a hollow section in the back where I tied in a spreader and the feathers.

-- Tom

[Murph]

Nice! I like the way you worked the foam.

[Dave Sikorski]

Nice popper....How'd you tie the hackles in? That'd make a good tube fly too.

-D

[StriperTS]

Dave,

Right above the hook point I tied in some corsair/ez-body tubing and folded it back on itself to create a cone or "spreader". The hackles are just tied in infront of the spreader, which causes them to flare out and maintain the 3D profile.

-- Tom