Foam flys

[Bluegill kid]

What are some good all around foam flies or foam trout flies. I have a lotof different color foam and some #12 long shank hooks that I want to experiment with...
pictures welcome
thanks

[Kevin Rudzinski]

the chernobyl ant is a proven pattern and is easy to tie.

[cabezon]

My foam collection keeps growing too. I need to find a 2mm sheet of olive at a craft shop.

I tied a foam October caddis for the 2006 Summer Steelhead Swap. You can find it at www.washingtonflyfishing.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=13499&cat=18238.

Also, I often substitute foam instead of dubbing in tying the abdomen of grasshopper and stonefly patterns.

Steve

[Michael Brady]

Foam Hoppers and stones (including egg laying variety). Foam humpies. Foam Caddis. Foam ants and beetles and bees. Foam everything.

Great versatile stuff.

[earlsmith]

I like the foam hoppers and salmon flies, I have been searching for a good foam stimulator or ehc, but as they are easy ties, it depends on the current of the water I'm fishing as to using / tying them.
You may find the toughest part about many foam paterns is hiding undesirable wraps when building the fly, and anchoring the hook in the "down" position, I have made improvements in hiding unwanted wraps, but havent found great ways of combating the shank rotation. Some say glue, but you may interupt your vice time unless you take a fly to this stage and glue it to be set aside for later completion.

My two cents

Earl Smith

[Warren Perry]

I like to tie my stimulators with a foam body. I cut a thin strip of foam and "dub" it around the hook shank to form the body. They float well.

Warren

[always on top]

Way to go...stimulate the top...TOPWATER!!!!!!