Pruett's "pop-Ness Monster"

[pruett417]

Thought you might enjoy this......My new musky popper straight out of the mad scientist lab, the "Pop-Ness Monster.....

The triple articulated popper from hell, 2 articulated shanks, foam popper head, the middle is a foam cylinder, Clear Cure Goo Expando Tube, jig skirts, Clear Cure Goo Tack-Free and Hydro, all followed up with a 4/0 Partridge Pike hook.....

Working on several variations including a double articulated version, the "Junior", for bass, etc.

If anyone is interested in more details, or to purchase send me a pm.

[ness]

I like it, of course.

[Jason R.]

I tried a similar idea- http://flyinthesouth.blogspot.com/2013/02/at-vise.html

Tied for bass- I decided the back hooks needs to be clipped- not the front. The bass tend to hit the head and then get hooked in the gill plate or face- which is not cool. Plus you need about a 10wt to cast the thing. I'm sure pike/musky are a totally different ballgame. Yours is cooler than mine.

[Flysmallie]

I like them both.

[Wayne SW/MO]

So have you thrown it of the long rod yet?

[Jason R.]

I dont know if thats for pruett's fly or mine- but mine casts like a wind sock. 8wt will throw it about 30 feet.

[pruett417]

The triple articulated version of this fly is primarily a musky/pike thing of course northern smalljaws will chomp flies bigger than this. As far as hook placement a lot of our new patterns are being tied on big aarticulated shanks, split ring connections, and single rear hooks, and hookup ratios have been just as good.....this fly is actually small compared to most of our stuff and most of us have an arsenal of 10 and 11 weight rods to get the job done....

I can tell you that hook placement on the Junior version of this fly has been taken into considerat as far as hookup success and the health of the fish.....pics should be coming soon

To be continued...........

[pruett417]

I dont know if thats for pruett's fly or mine- but mine casts like a wind sock. 8wt will throw it about 30 feet.

Its not fun unless your fly casts like a 14" wet wool sock lol

[pruett417]

So have you thrown it of the long rod yet?

Yeah I have ive casted it on a Redington 9' 10wt Predator, and the "Musky Hammer" my Beulah Bluewater 10/11.....casts like a dream ;-) wink wink lol. No actually it casts pretty much like most of our big articulated stuff. Its definitely not like presenting a #14 adams to a rising trout, its doin work.....

[Wayne SW/MO]

I knew it wouldn't want to fly and would do so reluctantly, but I did wonder if it would at least get out of the boats shadow.