Last week I posted a link to an article written by Joe Cermele which was titled "Use the Green Weenie to Snag Huge Trout". Using the fly from the article, a few YouTube videos, and my own intuitions, I decided to give this simple fly a shot with a few minor tweaks. I tied up a few variations and thought I would share them with you. Here's what I came up with:
In the past, I have thought/hoped that I had stumbled on the next great trout fly. I have my favorites, don't get me wrong, but I am always on the lookout for the next fly that will catch the big one or put up ridiculous numbers in a trout park. I am currently of the belief that I might have stumbled on a potentially good pattern, but beauty is in the eye of the fish, and not the fisherman. However, since it will be a while until I am able to get to a trout stream to try these babies out, I have a proposition.
In order to get these flies on the water sooner rather than later, I would like to ship these flies off to someone to try them out on the water. All I ask for in return is that you to let me know how the fish responded to the flies and what color combinations worked best along with any other thoughts both positive and negative. I have 1 dozen of these to give away and I will split them up into two halves. I will send one half to one person and one half to another. I will randomly select two winners and all you need to do to enter is to email me at showmeflyguy@gmail.com. A winner will be announced next Monday and I will get the flies in the mail to you as soon as possible. All you need to state in your email is that you would like to enter the giveaway. I promise, I will not share your email address with any outside parties.
Finally, I am still playing around with some color combinations and materials so the pictures above are not the complete set. The flies are tied on Mustad 37160 hooks in a size 16. The materials that I have used so far include ultra chenille, peacock, ostrich, and hackle. They are also weighed with approximately 10-14 turns of .020 lead wire. Here's some more up-close pictures to give you a better reference. Sorry the pictures are lousy; I was in a hurry.
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| Ultra chenille and ostrich. |
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| Ultra chenille and ostrich. |
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| Ultra chenille and olive/black grizzly hackle. |
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| Ultra chenille and peacock. |
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| Ultra chenille and grizzly hackle. |
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| Ultra chenille. |
A Surprising Catch
In other news, I got to get out on the water with my Woodard Pinnacle 4 weight on Friday before all of the rain ruined the rest of the weekend. In my neck of the woods, we got 5 inches of rain on Saturday, thus making Sunday flooded. The good news is that I was able to fish Legacy Lake in Lee's Summit, Missouri, and caught a few. Bass, bluegill, green sunfish, and crappie were all biting on mini jigs under floats as well as on olive and black woolies. I knew that all of these fish could be found in this body of water, but then I caught something that was a pretty big surprise. Surprises like these are what keep me in love with our beloved sport, among other things. I first thought I had hooked into a 1-2 pound bass, and then a big crappie, and then some sort of strange hybrid. When I finally landed the great beast (great in terms of big for it's species or a big, little fish in other words), I was shocked to have an 11 inch, 13 ounce redear sunfish on my hands. I didn't know there were redear in this lake first off. Secondly, this is one of the biggest, if not THE biggest redear I have ever caught. I wanted to share this with you not out of pride, but out of respect for such a fine representative of the often underappreciated redear sunfish!
A Strange Way to Land a Fish
I also managed to land a fish on a fly (mini jig) that had broken off the hook near the barb. I missed a few bites before landing a small bluegill on the fly. Only then did I recognize that there was no point or barb, but only a blunt piece of metal after the bend. I thought this was pretty strange so I thought I would pass this along as well. Here's a picture of said fly.
You know it's time to change the fly, when the hook is wore down to a nub....
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