coryg Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 The Bassbuggers 4th Monday Fly-Tying group had a very successful start last night with 7 members in attendance. Thank you to Michael T. who demo'ed 'The Trojan Fly' (you had to be there), a smallie pattern he has used quite successfully this year. We tied up 2 'Trojan Flies' apiece (1 to keep; 1 to fish) and learned about a new material (EZ Body) to boot. A special Thank You to Joseph M. and Bob D. for hosting the outing at One More Cast. Plus a big welcome to Steve S. who joined us for the first (and not the last) time and Ed B. our faithful (witty one-liner) observer. Our next meeting of the 4th Monday Bassbuggers will be at OMC on Monday October 26th - 6 to 8pm. Bob Davenport will be teaching the "Rabbit Mouse". Looks like a fun tie and a very fishable 'fly' (Do you really call a 'mouse' a 'fly'. There's room for more fly-tyers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonn Graham Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 I would love to come if you would have a meeting or two maybe south and west of there. Maybe somewhere around Plainfield or something. That is a long drive for me to do on a weekday night. Tell me more about the EZ Body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Clifford Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Thanks for all the hard work and support for and from our Bassbuggers. I was thinking the other day about how many fly enthusiasts there must be on the "south side"......and I do mean "south", like Kankakee River country. I'd drop in on something local to learn something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsouth Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Hey Guys, I'm a new guy here, and interested in the Bassbuggers. What are the details other than once a month at One More Cast? Also, any pictures of the Trojan Fly? I'd like to see it, you know, for new ideas! thanks, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark K Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Ha. You guys are on the north side....Of Oklahoma! The south side ends at Cal City. Some might argue 35ths st. Sorry Norm... I'll pencil the next event in my schedule. Sounds like I missed out and it was right in my backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alank Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 I'm not a fly guy...but I was curious what the Trojan Fly looked like also. a quick search turned up this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kast Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Excellent find, Alan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve SPIZ Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 thanks to rich and cory and of corse OMC for a fun ty look foward to the next one - MOUSE looks like zooro with hair LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael T Posted October 3, 2009 Report Share Posted October 3, 2009 Great pic Alan! I'll get a few pics of the Trojan in a hour; the camera battery is dead. The Trojan Fly is well.....a minnow pattern. I still think the original material I used and had Monday night is Flexicord not EZ-Body. I'll take some pics of both materials. The EZ-Body material seems to be a stiffer less supple product, but it will work nicely for the Trojan as well. I have a bad habbit of taking the material out and throwing the package away. Both are a tubing material used for minnow bodies and most famously used for Zonker patterns. There's also a mylar tubing which is a very similar material. Joseph gave me a short length of small diameter mylar tubing to experiment with. I spent some time at the vise this morning and found a use for all the wide-gap worm hooks I don't use much any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael T Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Here's the tubing shown tyed in at the front of the hook: Push the tubing back over itself: "Roll" the tubing down the shaft : Tye it off and leave the frayed ends: The Trojan fly paid off on the Fox today. Hit the river with Jim Jones for a few hours. 3 minutes after Jim called it a day, the Trojan fly saved me from a skunking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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