Foam flies for Trouts and Basses / anything

[kjackson]

Here's a quick shot of the Gurglers I used for cutthroat. All are tied on saltwater hooks about size 6... They didn't have much other dressing than the tail, body, hackle and foam wing.  

[tjm]

22 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I’m not speaking in general but skating one across a tail out for smallmouth will result in multiple misses. It’s just the nature of it. 
 

Using one as a popper or dead drifting it you won’t have any issues. 
 

 

Different approaches, I usually work them in and across  the riffles and where the riffle pours into the hole or into root suctions and often pull it under. I seldom fish tailouts for bass, but maybe I should. As far as poppers go, I've never found them useful except in ponds. I know others that have, but popping never works for me, so maybe I do it wrong. that white gurgler is about the only topwater lure I use for creek bass, though. I guess need to try dead drifting one too. Still learning.

[Flysmallie]

20 minutes ago, tjm said:

Different approaches, I usually work them in and across  the riffles and where the riffle pours into the hole or into root suctions and often pull it under. I seldom fish tailouts for bass, but maybe I should. As far as poppers go, I've never found them useful except in ponds. I know others that have, but popping never works for me, so maybe I do it wrong. that white gurgler is about the only topwater lure I use for creek bass, though. I guess need to try dead drifting one too. Still learning.

The tail out thing is just fun. It’s not the best way to get a fish in hand but it is the best way to get huge explosive strikes. 
 

Dead drifting one works but it isn’t very exciting. I even caught a 13 inch crappie dead drifting one in a tiny creek. 

[Nick Adams]

Note, I did not tie the poppers. The beetle page are all my Franken-beetles that I saved for my panfish box. My decent beetles are in the trout box.

 

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Easy ant body - and they float!

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Put an eye only on the belly - it works!

(upper right)

 

My eyes are all for show... they never stay on. 

[tjm]

9 hours ago, Brian Shaffer said:

My eyes are all for show... they never stay on. 

have you used UV goo over them? What glue do you use to put them on with?

[Nick Adams]

11 hours ago, Brian Shaffer said:

My eyes are all for show... they never stay on. 

What are you heads made of? (I know foam). Are you buying those or making them?

[Brian K. Shaffer]

Shaping the foam with scissors first... then hand sanding them down... was a fun project for sure!

[jdmidwest]

On 1/31/2022 at 12:12 AM, Brian Shaffer said:

Easy ant body - and they float!

You made that ant out of that plastic dumbell?  I want to see the pattern sheet for that.  The legs have the real claspers like nature made them on the ant.