Late Report, Pr Brown On Sunday 12June

[Nortrad]

Thanks man. The old saying, 'you can't go the well three times' or something like that, held for me yesterday. Great 'light show' driving east from Springfield, lightning all across the sky. Only 4 rainbows all morning, lost a couple. PM downstream from Baptist was fun,rainbows checking out various cicada floaters, hooked 4 but only landed two. One big brown rose, turned, then turned away. I hate that tease! Caught a nice fighter on a SJW/zebra tandem, he hit the zebra midge of course. Watched two knuckleheads flip their canoe, twice, in 5 minutes, sorry guys, if you read this. Some of the bigger foam flies did not ride well. Still learning about foam, will continue to tie some hoppers, beetles, ants, and attractor/chernobyl flies. It's awesome to see them come up to slam the foam fly.

Here's one of the rainbows that hit the foam bug. Too bad the brown checked too closely and refused.

[OKFlyFisher44]

Look up the Foamulator and the Clodhopper on YouTube. Both are very easy to tie and work great. I tie the foamulator for my big nasty foam fly and to use in a hopper/dropper rig. I usually tie it in sizes #4 to #8. Its what I used last Sept when we went to the Current and fished hopper/dropper all weekend. The clodhopper is SUPER simple to tie and works great as a smaller hopper pattern to fish by itself. Both flies ride very well in the water. Check them out...I think you will like them.

[Nortrad]

Look up the Foamulator and the Clodhopper on YouTube. Both are very easy to tie and work great. I tie the foamulator for my big nasty foam fly and to use in a hopper/dropper rig. I usually tie it in sizes #4 to #8. Its what I used last Sept when we went to the Current and fished hopper/dropper all weekend. The clodhopper is SUPER simple to tie and works great as a smaller hopper pattern to fish by itself. Both flies ride very well in the water. Check them out...I think you will like them.

Thanks man. This time it's foam flies for me. It took some convincing, but your guys' trip last Sept. and this year's cicadas sealed it. Thanks for the tying tips. Started tying a modified chernobyl to reflect cicada characteristics, might get some holdover's who remember the protein bug.

[Nortrad]

Look up the Foamulator and the Clodhopper on YouTube. Both are very easy to tie and work great. I tie the foamulator for my big nasty foam fly and to use in a hopper/dropper rig. I usually tie it in sizes #4 to #8. Its what I used last Sept when we went to the Current and fished hopper/dropper all weekend. The clodhopper is SUPER simple to tie and works great as a smaller hopper pattern to fish by itself. Both flies ride very well in the water. Check them out...I think you will like them.

"I see, young Grasshopper. When you can snatch the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave...(and go fish the Current with a Clodhopper...)"

[OKFlyFisher44]

Lol! I remember that fish. It came from 6-8 ft away from under a limb to eat the Foamulator. He killed it too! It was an awesome take. Something u might try as well, drop a foam beetle or parachute ant off the back of the hopper and run double dries. I bet it would work on a sunny breezy day...

[Nortrad]

Look up the Foamulator and the Clodhopper on YouTube. Both are very easy to tie and work great. I tie the foamulator for my big nasty foam fly and to use in a hopper/dropper rig. I usually tie it in sizes #4 to #8. Its what I used last Sept when we went to the Current and fished hopper/dropper all weekend. The clodhopper is SUPER simple to tie and works great as a smaller hopper pattern to fish by itself. Both flies ride very well in the water. Check them out...I think you will like them.

You talking Charlie Craven's version of Foamulator, or another one? There's a lot of variations. I'll just tie the one I like the best.

[Nortrad]

Lol! I remember that fish. It came from 6-8 ft away from under a limb to eat the Foamulator. He killed it too! It was an awesome take. Something u might try as well, drop a foam beetle or parachute ant off the back of the hopper and run double dries. I bet it would work on a sunny breezy day...

Double terrestrials, who would have thunk it...double midges and caddis flies forever, duh...

Tied some versions of Vince Wilcox's Herbie's. No love for them Sunday, nice little attractor foam fly. It has potential. Oops, giving away the new patterns...go ahead lurkers...

[OKFlyFisher44]

Yes. Charlie Cravens version. Its way "buggier" than the other versions especially with the rubber legs. It's a freaking sweet fly. I get a kick outta tying and fishing them. Something about chunking big nasty foam bugs really gets me amped up. Especially when a big fish makes it disappear!

[Gavin]

The hopper, beetle, ant program works well down there....Long leaders if its low & clear, toss em under stuff, and bounce them off the bluff faces. Foam flies are great at times...but they float higher than stuff tied with natural materials...As for beetles....Its impossible to top a Jarosik Beetle....Jerry doesnt tie anymore...but his beetle is a stunner...I save the dozen or so I have left for for big picky fish that have refused other offerings.

Al Borisaw, did a pretty good tutorial on the Jarosik Beetle...The ones I tie are pretty good...but they arent as good as Jerry's IMO.

http://www.ozarkflyfishers.org/fly/printfly/crowebeetle.pdf

Cheers.

[Nortrad]

Thanks for the beetle recipe. Tied some last year but didn't have enough confidence in them I guess. This year, turning up the surface fly action.