Fly Fishing For Largemouth Bass

[Njardar]

FW, great write up! I will definitely be making some. Thanks!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

fw - i have one of those in white.. killer on taney during the shad run

[sean c]

Nice wrench!

We did really well with articulated stuff this year on the largemouth.

[Gavin]

Great tutorial FW!...have a couple Popovich's silicones in the box. Always effective, and virtually indestructable... That airhead looks like a more refined version......will have to wind a few. Thanks!

[BackCastingGolfer]

The airhead just looks like craft fur, some flash and stick on eyes, I have tied several flies like that.

[eric1978]

The airhead just looks like craft fur, some flash and stick on eyes, I have tied several flies like that.

The airheads are tied with that slinky material. The ones with the craft fur are Deadheads. They're tied differently and Tulip Glitter fabric paint is used for the head.

[Gavin]

Good looking flies Eric!

[BackCastingGolfer]

Very nice, I'm assuming they have pretty much the same action?

[fishinwrench]

Very nice, I'm assuming they have pretty much the same action?

Actually no, not at all. Airheads are constructed of all non-absorbent material, whereas Deadheads are all absorbant material.

To get really technical, Airheads glide forward and to one side or the other on pauses like a fluke or sluggo does, but Deadheads just stop dead on a pause with only the collapsing pressure behind them causing a brief moment of tail movement.

Deadheads are more suited to deeper presentations with sink-tip or sinking lines....Airheads are for surface waking or slightly sub-surface visual presentations.

Pretty confusing until you actually spend some time catching fish on them, then it all comes together.

[Jason R.]

I just tied up a bunch of those dead heads and they look good- haven't gotten to fish them yet with the crappy weather.