Tom L

Absolutely. 1/32oz is the heaviest I would use.

I already tie my own jigs, so I have most of the equipment for flies as well. Thanks in advance for any help!

If you already tied your own jigs then you should try 1/32oz and 1/64oz marabou jigs. You can also add rubber legs to the marabou jigs to make them more potent. Olive, brown, yellow, and white should do for the Fox. Good luck.

With a great customer service like that, I'll definitely consider purchasing one of their rods if I'm in a market for one.

Thanks Mike. I have a few of Lafontaine's books but not that one.

Found this old video on youtube. Well worth watching old masters fishing and tying flies. Lots of good info.

Nice ties, Jim. I prefer simple and less materials flies also.

The blacks and the whites look like good steelhead flies. The run is in full swing, Jim.

It was great seeing on the water, Paul.

I was drooling over these at the blowout. One luck winner went home with them.

Rich & John

Are you tying them in smaller sizes? How big they are they?

I have been tying something similar, but I substituted bucktail for hackle.

These are the flies I'm experimenting with. I want a largermouth bass fly that is easy to cast, can be fished thru heavily weeded areas, and can be dropped in pockets of lily pads. It is still in an experimental stage. I'm starting out with something very simple, in this case a wooly bugger with eyes. I tied the bugger on a tube, inserted a 20lbs mono thru the rear of the tube fly, and then tied down the mono at the hook eye. If it works as I had anticipated, then I'll tied them different styles.

Tom,

do you tie in your marabou the full length of the shank, slide your mylar tubing over the shank and tie it down in the rear and then near the eye of the hook? Then slap on the eyes and cover with glue? Do you have to wrap the shank with anything to keep the mylar tube from collapsing? I've not spent a lot of time working with the stuff and may I ask what size tubing you used.

Thanks, Rob

Yes, Rob. Almost exactly as you described, only minor different is that one marabou goes inside the tube and the other goes over the outside to give a more contrasting back. The marabou inside the tube has enough bulk to keep it from collapsing. Also you can fold the excess marabou double over the shank instead of trimming it away to get extra bulk.

The Mylar that I used was from Cabela's: 1/8", pearl.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/fishing/fly-fishing/fly-tying/synthetics|/pc/104793480/c/104721480/sc/104340780/i/103889880/mylar-piping/709635.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fsynthetics%2F_%2FN-1100437%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_103889880

Have fun tying.

It is cool. I'm working on something very similar.

M&M, as in Marabou and Mylar tube.

I was sorting thru a box of old flies and came across one of the unfinished experimental flies with missing eyes. But I ran out of crazy glue to attach the eyes, so I used Clear Cue Glue instead. When the CCG touched the Mylar tube, it turned simmering and translucent. I went "Whoa!!!!! That is pretty cool."

The fly consists of only 2 plumes of marabou feathers - one for the belly and one for the back - and Mylar tube for the simmering belly. The red spots that you see are just a touch of red marker on the Mylar tube to give a hot spot, a gill, or an injure.

nice!! What materials did you use for the body and the back?

I used to tie them with different variations also. You don't need to adhere to the classic recipe. For the body, you can use silver Tinsel, gold Tinsel, pearl Tinsel, red Flashabou, green Flashabou, or Wapsi Sparkle Braid. For the wing, any combinations of these will work: white/white, white/chart, white/purple, white/brown, white/chart/olive, yellow/yellow, yellow/orange/purple, tan/tan. For the thread, you don't deed to limit yourself to only black. You can substitute the black thread with chart, pink, or red. This will give you a hot-spot on the fly. For better movement when swinging, try substituting Buck-tail with Marabou or Craft-fur.

Be creative. You will come up with all sort of combinations. Certain combinations will work better in certain waters. Have fun tying...

I've been using these boxes for last 3 years.

https://umpqua.com/products/accessories/boxes/upg-fly-box-double-wide

https://umpqua.com/products/accessories/boxes/boat-box

And they are still going strong.

Beautiful flies. Is the bugger tied wtih Dungeon dub?

Been very busy and will get back to tying after the holidays.

Nice flies and they're fish catchers. Amazing how the smallmouth and largemouth went after a 12" fly.

Love it John.

Are the whitebass active in that spot yet?

Future of Chicago’s Historic Lincoln Park Casting Pier in Question

http://midcurrent.com/conservation/future-of-chicagos-historic-lincoln-park-casting-pier-in-question/

Great article, good history. We should all try to help.

Sad to hear. Yes respect the river is rule #1.

The article didn't mention whether the fisherman was wet-wadding or wearing waders and with or without a wading belt.

Yes, it was a very enjoyable evening indeed. Thank you everyone for coming and Ed for setting it up. Looking forward to the next one.

The woks are hot and the Singhas are chilled.

Looking forward to seeing you all tonight.

2 more days!

As Ed had stated, this is not a fly fishers only event. All members and non members are welcome. If you are a new member or not a member yet but have been thinking to join the ISA, this is a good opportunity to meet some of the best smallie anglers in the region.

8 more days!