Float N Flies

[Fish24/7]

jdmidwest those jigs are primo, multi species for sure

what kind of floats are you going to use?

Made some of Mike B's modified cigars  , but find myself using slip bobbers just as much with the same success. I broke my 12' rod last year so I use a 7'4" for now. When fishing from shore that 12' was ideal for casting distance.  Just finished making some handmade heads with the lil nasty hooks last week and will be tying some by the end of this week as soon as my new vice is delivered. 

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

More patterns. 

What about it crappie guys, will they catch a crappie?

Very nice! Should get you a few fish fries with those. Good luck!

[jdmidwest]

9 hours ago, Fish24/7 said:

jdmidwest those jigs are primo, multi species for sure

what kind of floats are you going to use?

Made some of Mike B's modified cigars  , but find myself using slip bobbers just as much with the same success. I broke my 12' rod last year so I use a 7'4" for now. When fishing from shore that 12' was ideal for casting distance.  Just finished making some handmade heads with the lil nasty hooks last week and will be tying some by the end of this week as soon as my new vice is delivered. 

Depends on depth, fishing from boat with 10' road. Probably use slip bobbers. 

[BilletHead]

            Here you go fellows,

  We are going to travel many moons ago. This thread brought many memories back. I dug through the BilletHead mess because I knew I still had this somewhere. Was not going to mention it until I found it. One of the original Charlie Nuckols Float and Fly kits. I caught many, many fish with this. Bass, walleye, crappie, white bass and even channel cat. I did not have a long rod back then and it was quite a chore to cast it as at that time it was fixed pear floats being used. 

       This is all I have left of the kit,

  It came with four pear floats. Two each of two sizes. Three colors of craft hair jigs and two sizes of each color 1/8th and 1/16th . Chartreuse, a brownish crawfish and missing now a shad like color. The jigs were tied pretty sparse and not too large. About an inch and a half on the smaller size and a bit over two inches on the bigger one. I did tie up a few replacements way back when but as most first time tiers do they over dress and I was in my tying infancy back then. I think I may rebuild this old kit and maybe use it

   Thanks for the walk down memory lane,

  BilletHead

 

 

[Ham]

I got very interested after reading about FNF in BassMaster. I have Charlie a call and he talked to me quite a while. I had that kit and have restocked with Punisher jigs and some other DYI FNF jigs. 

I am perfectly Happy to use BPS FNF rods.

[Dutch]

When I first got into FnF I ordered some samples and a kit from Dale Hollow tackle.  I'm not sure but I think Punisher was developed by them.  The longest rod I could buy at the time was an 8.5' 2 piece from BPS.  I have some of them gathering dust in the rod closet in the garage.  I use them on occasion in the hot summer for long poling but haven't done FnF in a very long time.

[jdmidwest]

So I may be on to something.  Time will tell, strong front coming in Friday and planning a day out on Sat.

Most I have tyed so far have been on the large side, I am working on smaller ones now.  Marabou, artic fox, and some kind of goat hair that flows well.  That artic fox when wet looks pretty good.  May do a few shad in craft fur to test also.

[JUNGLE JIM 1]

Nice ties, craft fur is fantastic for all species. Solid black with a couple strands of flash along each size has been working very well for me this year in local STL  county park lakes. Several bass over 5 lbs. and a giant which is now my PB that I guessed at over 9. Was at least 25" and very fat. The second blue thread ring is 17.5 inches from the rod butt  for reference. Wish I could have held it for a good picture but nobody was around then. I fish by myself a lot, no one wants to fish with me.  I use a Herring head on a 1/0 Gamakatsu 114 jig hook. 

[jdmidwest]

Nice

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, JUNGLE JIM 1 said:

Nice ties, craft fur is fantastic for all species. Solid black with a couple strands of flash along each size has been working very well for me this year in local STL  county park lakes. Several bass over 5 lbs. and a giant which is now my PB that I guessed at over 9. Was at least 25" and very fat. The second blue thread ring is 17.5 inches from the rod butt  for reference. Wish I could have held it for a good picture but nobody was around then. I fish by myself a lot, no one wants to fish with me.  I use a Herring head on a 1/0 Gamakatsu 114 jig hook. 

Thats a great bass and a very nice jig! Congrats on the PB! I would definitely fish with you if I was living out by STL. You've seen my posts and know that I love a good panfishing trip especially if there are some more bonus bass like that around ! Don't think that I will find bass (at least not LMB) that size when we finally head out to Maryland later this spring.