The Largie Toad

**Jean Bence** · 23-02-15

Originally Posted by Andre

Nice fly, whats it called? I doubt it would be called "largie toad", as a signature fly........

Andre I thought you left us...

I'm glad you decided to stay. We need some comic relief. Only you can doubt someone else's description of their signature fly.

**Andre** · 23-02-15

Thanks... Im not doubting anything, just asking the name of the fly. A signature piece is usually named after the individual who makes or endorses it., So what is the fly called?

Originally Posted by Jean Bence

Andre I thought you left us...

I'm glad you decided to stay. We need some comic relief. Only you can doubt someone else's description of their signature fly.

**gkieser** · 23-02-15

Gerrit - what is the body made of? Is it just furry foam tied top and bottom of the shank?

**rols** · 23-02-15

That would be good for bass too I'm sure. Looks stunning G.

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 23-02-15

Thanks guys,

Grant the body is 2x pieces of felt in the shape of a Tadpole, Crab or Mussel glued together. The original was tied with furry foam but it's not durable I'll search my records to try find a pic of a 17lber that took my fly apart before the substitution came... :tongue: Not only that with normal wear and tear i.e casting, water, fish,etc it would just come apart and hence the sub with felt. Remember furry foam is actually two pieces glued together so with the earlier version you actually ended up with four pieces on the shank once the lot was glued. With felt you only use two pieces.

You can buy self adhesive felt from Builders it comes in green, black and cream I fish it in green now and then (looks like the felt on a pool table) too!

**Jean Bence** · 23-02-15

Gerrit how would you fish this fly to Largies?

**Gerrit Viljoen** · 23-02-15

Originally Posted by Jean Bence

Gerrit how would you fish this fly to Largies?

Hi Jean,

I fish it on a floater 100% of the time towards any type of lie in very slow bursts of 2cm-5cm strips. You can sometimes increase your speed but I haven't had too much success doing it. The nice thing with this fly is that with the increased speed of retrieve it doesn't spin. Best is to cast towards thick cover like logs or hyacinth & boulders (where I've encountered Tadpoles, Crabs and Mussels) and pull towards you as if the "thing" is trying to escape but slow is more! Have caught plenty on the drop too (probably where the Crab & Mussel idea comes into play) and that is why you need to be waky waky...