Fly Fisherman's Café: Flats Fever Part II

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Flats Fever Part II

4 comments:

BLUEANGLER said...: WOW!!! What a great shot! Great fish! Vlad,
Congratulations!! The sea must treat you guys really well! : )

Mark; 5:10 AM
Anonymous said...: Love the pics. that bass, is that a shrimp fly thatis pictured below in the first series of this "post"? would a recipe be possible on that fly?

Awesome stuff,
Will; 1:08 PM
flyfishingunlimited said...: Thanks guys... Will, the fly in striper's mouth is Dave's pattern, a different fly. Here is the recipe for the shrimp pattern pictured below:

Long Legged Shrimp

Hook: TFS Jig 60 degree, size 2;
Feelers/legs: motor oil and clear sili legs, and few strands of rainbow krystal flash;
Eyes: burnt mono;
Body: Jay Fair long shuck, dk. cinnamon;
Wing: red squirrel tail;
Weight: lead or brass dumbell eyes;
Tail: wing butts left longer to form paddles, coated with Liquid Fusion.

Better pics:

http://musicarskikafe.blogspot.com/2010/01/tidal.html; 9:20 AM
Anonymous said...: Thanks a bunch! it looks like a pattern that will work great on speckled trout, snook, reds etc when visiting my mother in law down in FL... as well as for stripers up here.

Will; 10:23 AM

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