Is there longer banded mylar or other similar material for making longer flies? I want to try some big baits this year and big flies are on my list of experiments. Has anyone placed a fly inside of another fly, seperated by some beads so that the inside fly hangs back farther giving the appearance of a bigger fly?
Post edited by: WingNut, at: 2005/01/14 22:06
Jim...I Fish Therefore I Am
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Keith is kinda a pervert when it comes to thinking out of the box on flies.He has tried lots of off the wall stuff.I have a coho fly he made that is not your typical coho colors and when run with the dodger color he told me to use it was as good or better than the typical coho stuff.Ya gotta love his never content with the status quo way of thinking.I see mirage red glow mirage in my box now that ya brought it up dang now I have to write a note to do that!
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Hi guys, thanks for the "kind" words Coz Yes I have made a double fly 6 inches long. Make 2 skirts one with a head and one without, tie on a hook add a few beads so that hook hangs near the end of the fly skirt, add headless skirt, tie on another hook just high enough so it won't interfere with the first skirt then add the second skirt this will let it overlap the first by an 1-2 inches, add second skirt the one with the head. Now you have a 6 inch fly. The only "problem" with this setup is that the first skirt won't slide up the line like normal flies do. It would be better if you could find longer material, I thought of using flashabou but that stuff is a bit hard to use without making a big mess. I may have to try it anyway, that's the only way I'll learn to use the stuff properly. below is a picture of the double fly I made last july and never tried
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Instead of adding the second hook, how about just adding another set of beeds. This would allow both flies to slide up the line. Just a thought or are you woried about strikes in the middle of the bait because it is so long?
Richard
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I've used that setup on Lake Michigan before and couldn't really see a difference in strikes. I have made some big flies out of flashabou. Same thing is I couldn't really see a big difference.
As far as I know they don't make the banded mylar in anything larger than 4"
ChinookKeith, If your looking for an easy way to use flashabou give me a shout. I've got a real simple way without makeing much of a mess at all.
Curt
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Shhh, don't tell anyone, Keith, but the king pictured in my signature was actually caught on one of your flies. The one that I liked that you haven't been able to duplicate yet
Post edited by: Josh, at: 2005/01/19 18:17
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Not really. I deleted the hi-res version by mistake. In the full version you can barely see the fly in the corner. It's a little bit lighter blue than the shirt.
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Kieth, my daughter and I have been tying a few flies lately, would like to add a head to them though. I know you told me at Mckinnley in November what you were using for heads but I can't remember. BTW having my daughter do them without guidence is one of the best things I've done. She's come up with some colors that I wouldn't have thought of putting together, but look really sweet.
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One way I bulk up my fly's come mid-summer is to slid a fly over a 4" scented tube jig. I ussually run this set up off an 11" flashers and have had good success. Because of the wieght it will have a slower action. It never takes a lot of Fish but ussually it catches the bigger ones of the day. Fish-On! Mark <t><
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