Report from Monday morning

[adglife]

Went out Monday hecka early and threw my first personally tied flies, the Dirty Rat and the Gurgle Bug.

I got an amazing strike on the Dirty Rat, but from what I can tell, I put too much maribou on both of them. Seems like there was too much fly, not enough hook. If anyone has any other input as to why my hookset failed, let me know.

The Gurgle Bug took the First Fly Trophy, though. The action was great, with lots of twitching and, well, gurgling. I tied on my third version and caught a bass four feet from shore as I was pulling up for a close backcast. Instant hookset.

I was apprehensive at first with this fly because the original recipe calls for Eyelash Yarn - which until this writing I thought was fly fishing specific, but is really a yarn that people use in crafting - to give it body and simulate legs. I'm sure this gurgler would be gorgeous with the yarn, but the brown chenille did great.

If you would like to see pictures, head to my blog. Link in my signature.

Rock on. I love it with personally tied flies.

[darrin terry]

Tony, those are some sweet fish. I dig the fact that there are so many varieties to the sunfish group. Very cool fish.

If you think you used too much maribou, I'd simply tie up a couple more and cut the amount by about a 1/4 to 1/3. Then present them to the fish for their opinions. They are, after all, the ones who have to like them most.

Did you get the PM I sent you last week? If not, check the upper right area of this page for the link to your messages.

Darrin

[adglife]

Did you get the PM I sent you last week? If not, check the upper right area of this page for the link to your messages.

I did. Thanks for moving that.

[darrin terry]

Cool. I did not want you thinking it had been deleted or anything and had not seen you online since.