[d. rose]

Puget Sound implications?

 

[riseform]

Hmmmmm....
I suppose if there were barbell eyes underneath it'd help it track without spinning during strips. Casting would also be an interesting experience.

 

[d. rose]

I've definitely seen a lot of these little guys running around in the shallows in the south Sound at certain times of year. You're right it's probably horrible to cast and bordering on a "lure" but I thought interesting.

 

[kelvin]

bet it works on SRC

 

[floatinghat]

Looks great, wonder how it fishes!

 

[dryflylarry]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Richard Torres]

Puget Sound implications?

D.
Aside from the hackle, what's the body made of?

A good cripple pattern if it swims irratically?

 

[Mayfly Aviator]

Looks like the body is made of an old leather shoe?

 

[d. rose]

I believe the body as made out of "Bug Skin" or something similar to a thin sheet of rubber/latex.

 

[kelvin]

I think it is leather actually
or you can use foam

I saw a recipe for it on an East Coast fly tying site
used for strippers

was thinking about tying one up never got around to it

maybe now I will if I can find recipe for it
I seem to recall it mostly glued more than tied
thats how you get the hackle on the ends
glued between two sheets of leather one dark one white

 

[kelvin]

here it is
its called the flounder around

http://www.flyfishsaltwaters.com/fly_flounder_around.htm

 

[kelvin]

tied one last night
made me go Hmmmmmm....

 

[d. rose]

Should give credit where credit is due. The name of the fly I posted is called Furimsky's Bugskin Flatfish.

Kelvin, I think I like the Flounder Around even better. Now to work up the resolve to actually "tie" that thing.....

 

[Bob Triggs]

The Furimsky boys run The Fly Fishing Shows around the country, as in our former Bellevue show. Nice guys and they love to fish.

I tie a similar pattern (for striped bass) but without the foam, I use some Softex painted on both sides of the feather. And less weight.

For Sea Run Cutthroat Trout I think you will need to tie this on a much smaller hook, like size six or eight and a shorter shank too.

Some of the pocket estuaries and tidal lagioons that I fish near hold tremendous numbers of juveniles just like this pattern.

 

[kelvin]

first cut
dont laugh too hard

 

[Tyler Watters]

I bet it works.

 

[d. rose]

Kelvin, that thing is awesome! And hilarious at the same time. I'll take a dozen brotha. Could you get on that please?

 

[chrome/22]

first cut
dont laugh too hard

W/ the wind knocking the power out & the sewer treatment plant dumping 1,000 of gallons of raw into PS by West Seattle the other day....

That little turd might just match the hatch.

:beathead:

c/22

 

[Richard Torres]

They both look fishy to me....

 

[JesseC]

first cut
dont laugh too hard

this thing looks like a fishing accident gone horribly wrong!

scalping!