[Ricky Bobby]

I dont have too much time to tie flies, now that I have kids, so when I do find some time... I try to bang them out as fast as I can.

All these where tied in a little over an hour.

To do this, you must have hands like a sri lankan child, and keep all the materials simple. All these flies were tied using either Just Add H2o Farrar Blend, Supreme Hair, Clear Cure Goo, Hook and Eyes.
http://fishient.com/materials_.html-Just Add H2o Great products all around.
http://clearcuregoo.com - Clear Cure Goo

By using the Clear Cure Goo, I cut out the set up time and harding of the flies, I dont have to put it on a fly turner. Using the Farrar Blend, I dont have to do any mixing of material such as adding some flash to the mix or additional colors to make a more natural look. So that saves me time as well.

I used 1 clear cure goo tube to make all these flies and still have about 1/3 of it left.

Anyway- I know that I could have made the flies a little more "smooth" by placing it on a turner, but like I said... Its all about finding some time.

Any comments good or bad would be very much appreciated. Aside from spend more time and slow it down.
Micro Baits

(Yeah, thats George pulling a bandito)

Now for the Bait... Name That Bait....

How do you feel about Blind Bait?

Dont kow what to call thses...

Thanks for looking and comments.

 

[11961]

Looking good, I'd eat em if I lived in the big blue ocean.

 

[cabezon]

Several of those are great bunker (menhaden) / herring mimics. If you put in a black spot over where the operculum should be, you would have some nice shad imitations. Black spot and barring = pinfish, the saltwater equivalent of young sunfish.

Steve

 

[brood dude]

do you guys find that you miss strikes with those short shanks?

 

[Ricky Bobby]

Never had an issue with shorter shanks, I also thin the benefit of a short shank for out ways any missed strikes. Shorter shanks provide less leverage for a fish to force a fly out of its mouth. Similar concept of why tube flys work.

 

[brood dude]

Never had an issue with shorter shanks, I also thin the benefit of a short shank for out ways any missed strikes. Shorter shanks provide less leverage for a fish to force a fly out of its mouth. Similar concept of why tube flys work.

i agree , i guess i was thinking that i was missing strikes with shorter shanks on swung fly's not a striped fly's.

i think i will tie some up for this next season.

thx

 

[cabezon]

Ricky,
What are your targets for these flies?? Fw stripers, lm bass, redfish, seatrout??? Or just general baitfish imitations?

Steve

 

[Ricky Bobby]

The Micro Baits, I use for False Albies, they often feed on very very small bait fish- we call them sippers.

Around here I use those flies for Lake Stripers- Below damns I use the small micros, and on the lake itself I use the larger flies.

The larger flies I take up to NY when I go, and use them for Bluefish, I know many dont like them because they are so easy to catch, but I dont do it often enough for me to get tired of them.

The Farrar Blend and the CCG hold up very very well to those Blues...

I can post up some pics of what I use for Redfish, Black Drum, Specks, Jacks and Tarpon here on the Texas Coast.

I miss the heck out of Washington- and was very grateful for the help you all gave me. If there is anything I can do to help anyone out who is coming down to Texas Id be happy to.