Tonight at the Vise: Share Your Creations

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

What do you guys think of the first part of this fly (before he articulates it) for warmwater and/or saltwater species?it looks pretty cool.

 

[fishinwrench]

Jerk stripped across current it will move like a standard Deciever.  Stripped through still or slow water it's just gonna tow through the water like a wad of grass.  

Where flys like standard Decievers shine is when you need to make LONG casts quickly to extremely active fish, like blitzing stripers that are in a mood to eat anything that moves..but you can't get very close to them without putting them down.  

Pointy nose flys cast really good, but unless you can quarter them across a decent flow they just don't have much action.  

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

Went out today on the boat. They were running about 2 units most of the morning at least. Caught 1 on Tiger Tail, cousin got a decent one on an egg pattern. That sums up the entire trip... pretty slow goings. Back to the vise for the week~

 

Anyone whipping up some captivating creations?

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, Ozarks Chillbilly said:

Anyone whipping up some captivating creations?

Nothing but leeches and other boring stuff from me until I can get out and put a few to the test.  

I'd like to find a good "worm" fly.  Or something that can be worked right down in the log jams and root wads, for the times when Smallies won't come out and chase anything.   

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Nothing but leeches and other boring stuff from me until I can get out and put a few to the test.  

I'd like to find a good "worm" fly.  Or something that can be worked right down in the log jams and root wads, for the times when Smallies won't come out and chase anything.   

Yeah I feel ya there. 

One time I tied a black chenille off the back of a hook, wrapped copper UV polar chenille up to the hook eye which had a ex. Small gold conehead. Looks pretty cool in the water, only fished it once and caught a dat little bluegill. I'll see if I can't find a pic

 

EDIT:

Similar to this but without the wacky colors 

[fishinwrench]

I've tried the furled chenille worms, and rabbit strip worm flys.    Success was not there.   There was a rubber band worm/leech fly that I messed with years ago that had promise, but I abandoned it for some reason that I'm sure I'd remember if I tried it again.

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

Right. I feel like they're kind of a shot in the dark. 

 

Attempting to organize the chaos which is my desk at the moment, planning on some rabbit/schlappen/conehead flies in a bit. Trying to get a leach/sculpin immitation. 

 

Anyone have color suggestions?

[Ozarks Chillbilly]

Round one:

Black barred white/hot orange 

Small black chenille

Black schlappen 

MS nymph dubbing & copper cone

 

 

 

These colors are kind of foreign to me but the scheme seemed intriguing.

 

[fishinwrench]

I can see an angry brown taking a swat at that.  

[Old plug]

WRENCH  If I can find sufficient  sized shad back in the coves I will be  after them this evening with jigs tipped with shad. Need to get the shad about about 4-5 then beat to the spot while they are frensh in the Ice water in my little linch box.