Tom L Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I've been tingling with a hook point up version of the craft fur minnow for several months now. After the recent trip to Sanibel, I got the final tweak on the fly done. This fly is very similar to the CF Muddler in that it has a craft fur tail & wings and a deer hair head, but with a dumpbell eye added to make the fly rides hook point up. It is a combination of a Muddler minnow, a Clouser minnow, a Borski slider, and some ideas of my own, thus the name "LooMudClouSki". Goby Loomudclouski Hook: Streamer size 4 - 0/1 (also can be Jig hooks 60 or 90 degrees) Thread: G.S.P. 100 (black, brown, or olive) Dumpbell Eye: small eyes for size# 4, medium eyes for size#2, large eyes for size# 1/0 Wings: Brown bucktail, Brown Craft Fur, Tan Craft Fur, Pearl Baifish Emulator, Gold & Silver Flashabous. Gill: Red or Pearl Krystal Flash Collar: Brown Deer Hair Belly: Tan Deer Hair Head: Brown Deer Hair Spots (optional): Black Sharpie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just wonderful, I'm going to need a dozen of those for the next swap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Yes. I would participate in a swap just to get one of those. Ever think about using a 30-60 deg hook for this inverted pattern? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gillio Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 That makes a great sculpin imitation. Great looking fly Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Whipped up a few last night with Gami 60 deg round bend jig hooks. Rich also suggested on straight eye long shank hooks for finesse worm style presentation. Now all I need is open water to test them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikea Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Goby pattern ? Tom what was your source for craft fur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom L Posted January 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Round goby that we found along the lake front has brown & tan body with brownish & blackish spots. These are my attempts. One nice thing about craft fur and deer hair is that they are readily available in a variety of colors. Mike, I got my craft furs from Cabela's, BassPro, and Feather-Crafts. My free samples from Distinctive Fur were long gone. Lots of fly shops carry them. If you have a choice, get Rainy's instead of Hairline. Rainy's craft furs are longer, straighter, and less under guard hairs than Hairline's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gillio Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Those sculpins look real enough to leave slime on those reels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim A Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tom, I really like that last set. Just curious, what, in your opinion, sets your version apartfrom other sliders? And you can still get loads of CF from DF, just order at least one swatch ($1) and get 5 sample swatches free. Do it before they realize fly tying is a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tim, Referring to Tom's dumbbell weighted fly as a slider threw me. I am used to using the term for floating flies like Sneaky Petes and other creations designed to make minimal disturbance on the surface. Then I came across a SW fly called the Borski slider that uses dumbells. So slider means either a surface fly for bass and panfish or a bottom hugging fly for bonefish. For craft fur I tried the trick of ordering one swatch for a dollar to get five more free. It did not work. The order calculated to $6. You can get more free, however, since accounts are keyed to email addresses. So family, friends, and neighbors can be tapped to request free swatches. If I could I would give a hint to the employees at Tom's restaurant about an easy free way to butter up the boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikea Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Thanks Tom. Round goby that we found along the lake front has brown & tan body with brownish & blackish spots. These are my attempts. One nice thing about craft fur and deer hair is that they are readily available in a variety of colors. Mike, I got my craft furs from Cabela's, BassPro, and Feather-Crafts. My free samples from Distinctive Fur were long gone. Lots of fly shops carry them. If you have a choice, get Rainy's instead of Hairline. Rainy's craft furs are longer, straighter, and less under guard hairs than Hairline's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Tom, I really like that last set. Just curious, what, in your opinion, sets your version apartfrom other sliders? Good question, Tim. Borskie designed his Slider to imitate crabs and shrimps for redfish and bonefish (although, it can also use to imitate minnow), but Loomudclouski was designed to imitate minnow or sculpin. I did borrow some technique from Borski to create the head of the fly. So with that in mind, there are some subtle differences and similarities that were hard to tell from the photos. First, Borskie used hackles for collar on the slider. I used deer hair collar to get the minnow profile and colors that I like. Second, Borskie slider doesn't have a belly. I used red Krystal flash as gills and pearl Krystal flash + deer hair as belly. This is the same technique that I used on the CF Muddler. Third, I added some bucktail wings in addition to the craft fur wings (If you look carefully in all the pictures, you'll notice them kind of stiff and on the very top layer of the minnow bodies). I found that B's slider tends to wrap the craft fur wings around the hook. The bucktail will minimize this problem. This was the final tweak that I modified after the Sanibel trip. Fourth, I used similar technique (with a slight modification) that I used on the CF Muddler to stack the craft fur and flash materials (baitfish emulator, flashabou) for wings to form a minnow body profile. B's slider used on big clump of craft fur. With all these minor differences, that's the reason why the Loomudclouski looks different from the B's Slider. btw, Mike did a very nice job on tying a Slider. B's Slider is a great fly. It can imitate multiple baits (crab, shrimp, and minnow). Like I said, I just put a few different spins on it to come up with the new fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Just added the recipe for those interested. I'll add the S-B-S soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom L Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 s-b-s added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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