Chuck, Too bad we can't just sit and tie together. If you're going to make bass-bug poppers, you'll be able to get more detail in than you would with a bluegill popper. Usually just one or two colors are good with a 'gillppopper. The rubber legs really get them going. Don't make the tails too long or they'll just swim around with the tail in their mouths and won't get hooked when you strike.
On bass bugs, note the differences in the shapes of the heads. Some are flat in front, others are flat top-to-bottom. It depends how you want them to swim and create action as you start, stop, and drag. Some styles are divers. Some are gurglers. Some just push water to set up a v-wake. Any of these actions can entice bass at different times. Don't forget to tie dark ones- black, purple, dark midnight blue, dark olive- these work in very low-light conditions- as they key in on silouhette against the sky rather than color. Once the sun comes up- bright colors for a bright day, muted colors for a cloudy day (kind of a 'rule of thumb' when I grew up, but that was with lures). Experiment with feathers and fur strips for the tails. Watch the action and see which the fish like better. Careful of the weight of waterlogged bass bugs. Very hard to cast properly. Fish from a boat towards the shore, sneaky, keep your casts short and accurate. I like the stiffest flyrod I can find to set the hook quickly and then drag him out of the brush before he can foul me up. I'm sure JimmyD can give you a lot more fishing tips than me, since he lives in bass country and fishes them quite often (although he is a 'chuck-'n-winder, too). I'm a firm believer in a couple of things. The first is 'eyes'. Fish recognize eyes- that's why so many fish have false eyes. The second is the color red. Fish see red and connect that to wounds and breeding colors. Don't forget your water-proof markers. Marking up white legs with colors and dark bands makes for buggier looking flies. Marking a red blotch on the bottom makes the bass think that whatever this is is wounded. Since you're going to try your hand at deer-hair bugs, I'll send you some epoxy eyes and wide-gape hooks, and more rubber legs. Don't worry, I won't miss them. No bass here in Wyoming. Learn how to tie in or glue in weed-guards, too. Most helpful. Learn how to tie mice, too. Chris Helms has videos on that too. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Deer hair poppers > Jack, Rob... Thanks.. Bookmarked them both.. They look like they would be > great on Large Mouth Bass here.. Maybe even big gills if I tied them, say on > a # 6 or 8.... Thanks, Chuck > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rob poutre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:58 PM > Subject: Re: [VFB] Deer hair poppers > > > > Chuck~ > > > > Kelly Galloup ties a pattern call a Zoo Cougar. Check > > that one out too. It's KILLER!!! > > > > Rob P. > > > > --- Jack Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > Here's a link for the type of fly I think you're > > > describing; > > > http://www.warmwaterflytyer.com/patterns2.asp?page=3 > > > > > > See if that don't help. > > > > > > Jack > > > Austin > > > > > > Kevin W. Machon wrote: > > > > > > > And get the "Brassie" hair packer - recommended by > > > Mr. Helm. > > > > > > > > > > > > From: "Ed Roden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: [VFB] Deer hair poppers > > > > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 06:22:13 -0400 > > > > > > > > Any of the DVD/videos by Chris Helm (I just > > > checked and Lines End doesn't > > > > have them). > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/318 - Release Date: 4/18/2006 > >
