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  • Gonna Try To Make Some of These Floaters for Potomac Smallmouth



    Add some tail materials to some floating walleye jigs.

  • #2
    I'm also going to try these streamers.
    http://www.flyfishohio.com/Shannons_Streamer.htm

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    • #3
      Those shad are to smallmouth what spot are to stripers. Good luck with the streamers.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by DanMarino View Post
        I'm also going to try these streamers.
        http://www.flyfishohio.com/Shannons_Streamer.htm
        Interesting. Looks like an elongated woolly bugger without palmered hackle.

        There's no end to the ingenuity of some fly tiers.
        Mark
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        • #5
          Originally posted by DanMarino View Post
          I'm also going to try these streamers.
          http://www.flyfishohio.com/Shannons_Streamer.htm
          Like that one!

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          • #6
            I also found Kelly Whites red & white gurgler very effective. He is a guide in the Potomac and knows his stuff.
            http://theanglersinn.com/kellyswhite...tegurgler.html

            And if you come to the seminar at bass pro Jan 14 th I will show you another panfish/ bass fly.

            Harry

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            • #7
              Originally posted by On the fly View Post
              I also found Kelly Whites red & white gurgler very effective. He is a guide in the Potomac and knows his stuff.
              http://theanglersinn.com/kellyswhite...tegurgler.html

              And if you come to the seminar at bass pro Jan 14 th I will show you another panfish/ bass fly.

              Harry
              Step 6 where he pierces the foam and slides it over the hook is very clever. That makes for a nice undercarriage on the fly.

              I tie but I never think of stuff like that!

              Thank goodness for tying books and internet patterns...and people who share them.
              Mark
              Pasadena, MD


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              • #8
                Originally posted by On the fly View Post
                I also found Kelly Whites red & white gurgler very effective. He is a guide in the Potomac and knows his stuff.
                http://theanglersinn.com/kellyswhite...tegurgler.html

                And if you come to the seminar at bass pro Jan 14 th I will show you another panfish/ bass fly.

                Harry
                Thanks Harry. Gurglers are on my list of things to tie this winter as well!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by DanMarino View Post


                  Add some tail materials to some floating walleye jigs.
                  Here's a similar floating smallmouth fly developed by Bob Clouser.

                  P1020445.jpg P1020446.jpg

                  The fly's body is made by gluing two rubber spider forms onto the hook. The forms are available in most fly shops.
                  Mark
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                  • #10


                    Problems:
                    1. Putting the thread through the bobbin.
                    2. Thread kept breaking, causing a repeat of #1.
                    3. I can't whip finish by hand.
                    4. Superglue gel is sticky.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DanMarino View Post


                      Problems:
                      1. Putting the thread through the bobbin.
                      2. Thread kept breaking, causing a repeat of #1.
                      3. I can't whip finish by hand.
                      4. Superglue gel is sticky.
                      Come see us at bass pro January 14 th and Mark, Bignose, or myself may be able to help,with your problems

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                      • #12
                        I hear ya,
                        WIP finish by hand takes practice. I started that way a long time ago but read how to do it in a well photographed book. I just SAT there with cheap sowing thread and a salt hook till I got better at it. "It's all in the wrist"
                        I often get break offs on foam flies. Look for the heaviest thread they sell or switch out for braided line or mono.
                        You can also fish a loop of wire or mono through the bobbin to pull line through. There is a tool for that as well. I remember my bobbins getting gumbed up with wax over time and needing cleaning when I was a kid.

                        Good luck
                        PigPen - Mt Airy
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                        • #13
                          1. You can get a tool that will help you thread the line.

                          https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Slick-Bras...obbin+threader

                          Or you can wet the end of the line with your saliva, insert the tip of the line into the bottom end of the spool, put your lips on the top end of the spool and suck like its a straw.

                          2. Your thread is too light. You're likely using thread for small flies. Get some flat waxed nylon thread for larger flies.

                          http://www.barlowstackle.com/Flat-Wa...lon-P1307.aspx

                          3. Hard to explain but easy to do if someone shows you in slow motion. Use only your index and second finger...spin and twist. You really need to see it. Come to Bass Pro on January 14 and I will show you. Perhaps there are videos online. I have a whip finish tool and rarely use it. I can do larger ties much faster with my fingers.

                          4. Don't use gel for head cement. Use Sally Hansen Hard As Nails fingernail polish. Or you can buy head cement. Neither are as thick as the gel and each dries fast. You can put them on in light coats to make a tight finish.

                          By the way...your fly as tied, as wild looking as it is, will still work. Fish don't care about wayward feathers, too much glue or poorly tapered whip finishes. Only the tier cares. A hungry smallie is not discriminating in the slightest.
                          Last edited by Mark; 12-23-2016, 08:39 AM.
                          Mark
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                          • #14
                            I have Danville's 70 denier flymaster 6/0 waxed thread.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by DanMarino View Post
                              I have Danville's 70 denier flymaster 6/0 waxed thread.
                              You might want to try a heavier thread.

                              Note the link I mentioned above was for 210 denier. The tradeoff, of course, is that you get about 1/2 as much thread per spool as with 70 denier. But the 210 cinches down nicely on jigs and heavily dressed flies and rarely breaks.

                              Good luck.
                              Mark
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