First attempt at bass flies

[tjm]

40 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Take 45 minutes to tie

so, it wasn't just me.

[fishinwrench]

24 minutes ago, tjm said:

so, it wasn't just me.

No, not at all.   Even Andreas Anderson takes 43 minutes to whip one up.....and he has all of his material and tools laid out in front of him already.  

Here are some flys that dive and wiggle, that will last until you loose them in a tree. 

[Flysmallie]

I like the wiggle minnows!!

[tangledup]

I agree there are several patterns out there that are more time efficient and probably more effective. Like I said, it was mainly just a fun tribute project. But I did learn a lot about selecting bucktail from different parts of the tail, different ways to tie it in to build different looking baitfish profiles and things like that. I'm going to start tying up a few different types of flies using bucktail and try to do more bass fishing with my fly rod. It was a lot of fun and challenged me to learn to cast farther. So far the majority of my fly fishing has been small stream wild trout so I really don't have to cast very far. 

[fishinwrench]

LM Bass are a blast on the flyrod when you can get them to eat topwater stuff.  

2 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

I like the wiggle minnows

I still haven't had my day with that fly.  I have a mental hangup about it.  It's effective though, sure enough.

[Flysmallie]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

LM Bass are a blast on the flyrod when you can get them to eat topwater stuff.  

I still haven't had my day with that fly.  I have a mental hangup about it.  It's effective though, sure enough.

I wasn’t a fan either until Trigg changed my mind. They have worked pretty good since then. 

[Flysmallie]

7 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Here it is.  👍 

Dally has stolen it.   😅

Has anyone ever really stolen a fly pattern? 
 

I like those heads though. Used to catch a bunch of fish on a diver using those heads. 

[fishinwrench]

12 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Has anyone ever really stolen a fly pattern? 

Darn near every good fly pattern we know of is stolen.  Only a few defy the ability to be stolen, because if you change anything at all the fly looses its effectiveness.    A Clouser minnow would be a good example.  You can add synthetic hair instead of bucktail....but you still have to call it a Clouser.....and it will not be as good of a fish catcher.

[tjm]

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.

[Gavin]

If it takes 15 minutes to tie, it’s not one I’d tie these days. Did some classic Salmon flies years ago, 3-4 hours each, and a month or more to source and get the materials. It is just winding thread clockwise mostly.