Monster bait - A look into my Largie boxes.

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 08-08-11

Natural Box

(Articulated CDC Buggers & Articulated Double Bunny's)

Synthetics Box

(Articulated "Fin" Minnows & Crabs) No Crabs just yet but half of the empty side will consist of Crab patterns and the other half space to put used flies.

**Andre s** · 08-08-11

G looks awesome as usual. Well done. Have you had success with any of these patterns yet? And maybe this is a silly question but how do these articulated flies cast in the wind opposed to a solid less bulkier fly, like a Go-To.

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 08-08-11

Hi Andre,

I haven't seen gold/olive

since March. Apart from pool action I can't comment about castability yet. These flies are big yes but I can't foresee too many issues with wind and so on. I have plan b's and c's should I struggle with wind. Will comment once they saw real water ok.

**Quintin** · 08-08-11

Hi Gerrit.

Your fly boxes looks as neat as ever!

Where did you buy those boxes? They look like they can hold quite a lot of bulky
flies... (Perfect for my saltwater collection)

Q

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 08-08-11

Hi Quintin,

Thanks man, the box is called The Justin case.I bought mine at Frontiers in JHB.I haven't seen or used anything better. I also use the Bugger Beast Jnr.

**Frontier Fly Fishing** · 08-08-11

G, your box is looking good, flies are a little untidy, but OK'ish...

Nice work... you can bring that box into the shop for us to have a little squiz... we wont steel any...

Quintin, that's a Justin Case...

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 08-08-11

Originally Posted by Frontier Fly Fishing

you can bring that box into the shop for us to have a little squiz... we wont steel any...

Thou shalt not touch.....

**gkieser** · 08-08-11

Originally Posted by Andre s

G looks awesome as usual. Well done. Have you had success with any of these patterns yet? And maybe this is a silly question but how do these articulated flies cast in the wind opposed to a solid less bulkier fly, like a Go-To.

I tied some of those articulated flies up and fished them on the Zambezi last week. They were fine to cast but i was using an 8wt and the flies were 4/0 front hook, 2/0 back hook) so with the smaller sizes that Gerrit has tied they shouldn't be uncastable at all.

The wind did come up at one stage, and i did hear the fly flick past my ear at one stage, but i put that down to caster ability rather than the flies. I didn't actually hit myself with them, which is more than i can say for my tungsten dumbelled clousers which left me bruised all over!