Have been wanting to get out and throw the fly rod for some :bigfish: at some of my local small reservoirs. But about the only flies i have that are geared for truly big fish are top water spun hair flies and some zonker patterns - so i fixed that!
These clousers are all bigger that anything in my fly box - all on #4 Mustads or EC's except for the 2 at the right of each pic that are #6 Mustads. One set i made with natural combos and one with brighter colors. The 1st one pictured is around 4.5" long so my make-shift fly boxes ( altoids tins
) won't do. Going to have to make up a VHS fly box like i have for some of my larger jigs. These all have lead eyes but i did make a few with bead chain as well - forgot to take pics of them.
I also made up a few Arkansas Bucktails (sorta) in larger sizes as well. These are all on #4 Mustad hooks and run around 4". I like adding in a zonker strip in the tail instead of the traditional B.Tail. These make killer shad mimics! Even tried one in a fire tiger pattern, but wasn't all that impressed with my end result.
Last pick is one that i got wet to show a better profile of it.....
Wet version of the one above...
Last one is just somethin i threw together for the river with smallies in mind on a #6 hook.
These clousers are all bigger that anything in my fly box - all on #4 Mustads or EC's except for the 2 at the right of each pic that are #6 Mustads. One set i made with natural combos and one with brighter colors. The 1st one pictured is around 4.5" long so my make-shift fly boxes ( altoids tins
) won't do. Going to have to make up a VHS fly box like i have for some of my larger jigs. These all have lead eyes but i did make a few with bead chain as well - forgot to take pics of them.
I also made up a few Arkansas Bucktails (sorta) in larger sizes as well. These are all on #4 Mustad hooks and run around 4". I like adding in a zonker strip in the tail instead of the traditional B.Tail. These make killer shad mimics! Even tried one in a fire tiger pattern, but wasn't all that impressed with my end result.
Last pick is one that i got wet to show a better profile of it.....
Wet version of the one above...
Last one is just somethin i threw together for the river with smallies in mind on a #6 hook.
Most important thing with them, DO NOT use much b.tail in each clump you tie in, keep each clump VERY thin. If you use too much, it bulks up quickly around the shank when you bend it over and back and the head tie off can be a real pain. Interested to see how yours turn out if you give them a shot.