jude Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Finally got to put the JudeBug to the test in slider mode yesterday. I was confident of it in popper mode, 'cause I caught gobs on it last summer. As far as slider mode goes, I knew I liked the action from tests in ponds earlier in the year, but hadn't really fly fished (fished period, actually) much to give it a real field test. Went to the S. Branch of the Kish (Deer Run) around 1:00 yesterday. By 4:30, I'd only caught one on a clouser. I was standing on the bank jigging the clouser in a hole, so I can hardly even say I was fly fishing. I was thinking of calling it quits, but opted to head up a different arm of the river. I flipped a white JudeBug into slider mode and cast upstream towards some sunken branches in a still area. As I stripped the Bug past the debris, I saw the flash and set the hook on my first smallie ever in slider mode. He was only about 10", but I was pumped anyway! I proceeded to pull several more out of the same area before heading upstream to a creek mouth. The action really picked up at the creek mouth. I would cast up into the creek, and as the Bug entered the main flow it would get nailed. The water was clear enough that I saw almost every strike. I was in HEAVEN. None were huge, two were about 12" and fat. But I ended up getting 14 smallies on the same white JudeBug in about two hours! God I love this hobby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Smith Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Terrific trip, Jude. When you showed me the slider action of the Jude bug, I thought it would probably produce nicely. Looks like you have a genuine winner there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Gunnon Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Nice Jude, sounds like you had a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted May 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2007 Tonight wasn't quite as productive (7), but still a greattime. Jeff, I'll be throwing some bugs in the mail this week. Since you said you wanted to try to tie some, I'll send you some foam cut to size to give you a head start. Some instructions, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rich mc Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 jude, what tying step is differant to make the jude bug both a slider and popper?. we had the directions for the jude bug popper in a newsletter rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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