Very good. If I ever learn to cast one of these things, I'll try them out! :D
Kevin (deathb4disco) said I should post more so...........
Here is another FAOL thread post on a minnow type fly you might find interesting. Link below.
Crappies like these!
Robert B. McCorquodale
"Flip a fly"
Very good. If I ever learn to cast one of these things, I'll try them out! :D
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Dixie, Great looking fly. Never tied using mylar before, your instructions make it look easy. Guess I,ll sac up and tie a few.
Randy
Its not my fly or instructions, Randy. Its David Merical of Ankeny, Iowa. I just put the link up to the thread post.Originally Posted by Badcast
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Robert B. McCorquodale
"Flip a fly"
How would you use a fly like that? Strip it, fish it below a float? Just wondering
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Either way. Whatever the fish are doing. Fish it straight line unless they are suspending.Originally Posted by Miller
Robert B. McCorquodale
"Flip a fly"
Can be used on a spinning rod by tying flies on to main line with a short leader and a weight at end of main line. Space flies 18 to 20 inches apart and weight 6 to 12 inches below.
Casting a fly "like that". Single haul, crisp back cast and make sure rod loads your slack line b4 coming forward.
Crappies seem to like any "sparkle" type fly, looks like a minnow "flashing" when using a slight twitch (to get a flash) and pause on the retrieve.
an imitation of a Brook Silverside minnow. That's those little pencil shaped minnows you see skipping across the water, and leaping about along the shoreline. Light green across the back and a white lateral line, with a see-thru belly. All the flash & sparkle of the fly, also resembles a small Shad. Either one of which is "el primo" Crappie bait ... so I see no reason why a Crappie wouldn't jump right on one of those flies !! :D
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