Gurgler

[troutbum479]

Gurgler fly that I started tying last summer for the smallies and largemouths on Elk river. Hope you enjoy.

[Arofishing]

Interesting. Is it very stable (does it stay upright) with all those feathers?

[Flysmallie]

The Gurgler is the best warm water fly ever. Nice job Troutbum. You spend way more time dressing them than I do, but it looks great.

Aro - If I use hackle on mine I always cut the belly flat so it sits in the water the way it should.

Nothing better than skating them across the end of a run and watching the water explode.

[eric1978]

Awesome fly. AND I feel like dancing! Now where are my glow sticks?

[troutbum479]

Once the hackle soaks up some water it stays upright. I usually put a few drops of zap a gap at the front tie in point to keep the foam from twisting on the hook shank. I've used this fly for an entire day of fishing with repeated abuse and it held up very good.

[BackCastingGolfer]

I've tied a ton of these recently. I tie them with different tails, some with marabou, some bucktail, and spread neck hackle (frog legs). I also have a tone of smaller ones, the bluegill love these suckers!

[Jason R.]

That was about 20 dollars worth of grizzly hackle. A hairdresser would be ticked if they saw that. I tie those things with a maribou tail, no hackle, and a few short rubber legs- they work pretty well but I bet anything gugglerish works like a charm.