Acouple of new flies I have messing around with

[Gogga]

Here's an extension of some flies I've been messing with recently using some kind of natural tail of bucktail and/or feathers and a head of "spun" kinky fiber blend hi tied and trimmed like deer hair.

I started with smaller baits, like sandeels, but I'm now trying out some fuller bodied generic baitfish. I'm exaggerating the head profile to be a little fat, like a muddler minnow, to provide a little mass at the front and make the tails kick more on the strip or in current.

Every time I test a fly with a denser head and a wispy tail, that tail swims and wiggles more. The purple/black is just a straight bucktail tail (two BTD collars, actually), while the generic olive and the little mackerel have bucktail surrounded 180 degrees on top of the shank by saddles -- "tented"like the upper 1/2 of a semper fly tail. Kinky Fiber is great stuff.......

[deewy]

My word, a long lost sould has returned

Awsome flies Mike! How do you spin the head with that kinky fibre? I find that it gets water logged and hets heavy to cast.

[muddler]

Those are very impressive. I like the way you've built up the heads. Thanks for sharing.

[Gogga]

My word, a long lost sould has returned

Awsome flies Mike! How do you spin the head with that kinky fibre? I find that it gets water logged and hets heavy to cast.

Deewy, how are you mate? Yep it has been a long time, lost computers and web sites, not to mention log inns and all the other crap.

Anyhow, I'm back - not that I ever left - but here we go, the adventures continue I have fished - Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Alaska, California, and BC so far this year, ( thanks to the job - not the bank account)

These flies work brilliantly, I keep the kinky fibre sparse and short, I have had a little trouble with water logging but not much if I have to be honest.

[Andre]

The're niiice..can see you've been around the block once or twice....
Well done.

[nkula_nkula]

Great flies there!

What size hook you tying them on as per the pictures?

[swsmith]

awesum flies mike,i need to learn how to get that head profile like that.

[nkula_nkula]

awesum flies mike,i need to learn how to get that head profile like that.

Leerie "ON DAD"????

[Scythe]

Fantastic flies, good to have you back on the forum.

How about an SBS or two ?

[Rendier]

Awesome profile Mike. Any chance of a SBS?