First attempt at bass flies

[Gavin]

If you want to get “Good” tie 100 and try to make them all the same. Rarely tie under 2 dozen, and tend to pitch the first few into the Grave Yard (cigar box full of ugly flies I never want to see again).

[BilletHead]

18 minutes ago, Gavin said:

If you want to get “Good” tie 100 and try to make them all the same. Rarely tie under 2 dozen, and tend to pitch the first few into the Grave Yard (cigar box full of ugly flies I never want to see again).

         I think I still have an ugly fly stash Gavin

[tjm]

I'll just stick with the stupid fish, I once tied 3 1/2 dozen of the same #18s and swore I'd never do that again. Those flies you throw away would work just fine for the fish that didn't read the books.

[Gavin]

The ugly fly box gets donated to some fly fishing organizations every couple of years...Don't show to your friends though..Some of their flies might be in the box! That has happened before!

 

[fishinwrench]

49 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Don't show to your friends though..Some of their flies might be in the box!

Fly swap fly's. 😂

[tangledup]

4 hours ago, tjm said:

I don't have the patience to tie two in a row the same and so rarely actually tie any that are "Patterns"  and some how I catch the odd fish now and again. I only target the fish with IQs lower than mine though, I reckon that them smart fish know when the pattern ain't quite right or the color is a bit off. I'm real lucky that there are always a few fish that cut class and didn't learn all that stuff.

We must fish the same waters because my flies definitely aren’t pretty or professional quality but I manage to snag a few fish every now and then. I strive for perfection, fall short every time, and am happy with whatever fish are dumb enough to eat my ugly flies.

[snagged in outlet 3]

In the early days of fly fishing “used” flies were thought to be better than the same pattern brand new.  To the point of giving them to others to fish them first then get them back and use them.  

[Gavin]

If you have any "Used" or "Unused" Jerry Jarosik flies....I'll take those off your hands. You don't want those cluttering up your basement. Humpy's, Beatles, Deer Hair bugs, etc. I'm down to less than a dozen.

 

 

[tangledup]

29 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

In the early days of fly fishing “used” flies were thought to be better than the same pattern brand new.  To the point of giving them to others to fish them first then get them back and use them.  

I have a few old bass plugs like that. Beat up, paint chipped off, but they catch fish better now than they did brand new. 
 

I fish a lot of tubes for smallmouth and I swear a tube fishes better after it’s been chewed up by two or three of those little bronze bastards.