Post by reelteacher on Jun 16, 2009 21:28:29 GMT -5
The fly featured below was shown to me by one of the most innovative fly tyers I know. Phishinincident. Weeks before Phish showed me this fly, Krebsie gave me a fly and showed me how to tie a fly extremely similar to this. It is amazing how great minds think alike. I would like to thank these two gentlemen for showing me what has been the most productive bass fly I have ever fished for largemouth bass. To them goes all the credit, I just thought I'd share it here for our members. These things work, let's tie one, and then you can give it a try for yourself.
The Dub-ciever.
Materials
Hook: size 2 Mustad signature series C70
Thread: 210 denier white flat waxed
Tail: sparse yellow bucktail, 2 pair of matched grizzle hackles,
DNA Halo flash
Body Veil: white Arctic Fox fur or white Marabou
Head: top Chartreuse Brite Blends dubbing ; bottom white antron
Eyes: 3D molded glued with shoe goo or apoxy.
Step 1: Place hook in vise and tie in a sparse amount of yellow bucktail. The bucktail should extend beyond the bend of the hook about the length of the hook shank.
Step 2: Select 2 pair of matched hackles, I used grizzly here, but you may use any color or combination of colors. Tie them beside the the tie-in point for the bucktail. This works best if you tie in a pair on one side first, then tie in the pair on the opposite side. The feathers should flare out away from each other. This seems to give the greatest action of the fly in my opinion, but if you would prefer to put the hackles so they do not flare, that is fine. Let me know how that works for you. (Lefty Kreh does not flare the feathers in his Deciever) Here is a picture of the hackles flared out away from each other.
Next, I add some flash. This material is DNA Halo. It's pretty neat stuff, but you could use a combination of crystal flash and flashabou for the same effect.
Now I want to add a white veil around my thread wraps and create more movement in the body of the fly. I can do that with white arctic fox fur or white marabou. Tie this in all the way around the thread wraps.
Next, tie in the head of the fly with dubbing. Pull a rather large peice of dubbing from the package and pull it apart, and line up the pieces, so that you make it as long as possible. Then tie it in on top of the hook, securing with two thread wraps. Repeat on the bottom wth the white antron.
With the completion of each top and bottom section, move your thread wrap forward and repeat until you reach the hook eye. This may take 3 or 4 steps. Caution, do not make the head too thick. The thinner or sparser this head is the better it works. If you get too much, the fibers will be stiff and won't act real in the water. It will act like a stiff piece of steel wool. Use a bodkin to tease out the dubbing to make a nice neat bi-colored head.
Use goop or epoxy to finish the eyes.
Work this fly as you would other streamers. Try different retrieves, sometimes they want it fast, near the surface, at other times, they want it slow and low. Strip, strip, pause, strip, pause, strip, strip, strip, p a u s e . . . mix it up until you find the action the fish are looking for. Remember, presentation is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than how the fly looks. Good Luck!!
Here is a pic of a monster that really nailed this fly.
Don't forget to give your fishing reports to this website.
See you on the water.
The Dub-ciever.
Materials
Hook: size 2 Mustad signature series C70
Thread: 210 denier white flat waxed
Tail: sparse yellow bucktail, 2 pair of matched grizzle hackles,
DNA Halo flash
Body Veil: white Arctic Fox fur or white Marabou
Head: top Chartreuse Brite Blends dubbing ; bottom white antron
Eyes: 3D molded glued with shoe goo or apoxy.
Step 1: Place hook in vise and tie in a sparse amount of yellow bucktail. The bucktail should extend beyond the bend of the hook about the length of the hook shank.
Step 2: Select 2 pair of matched hackles, I used grizzly here, but you may use any color or combination of colors. Tie them beside the the tie-in point for the bucktail. This works best if you tie in a pair on one side first, then tie in the pair on the opposite side. The feathers should flare out away from each other. This seems to give the greatest action of the fly in my opinion, but if you would prefer to put the hackles so they do not flare, that is fine. Let me know how that works for you. (Lefty Kreh does not flare the feathers in his Deciever) Here is a picture of the hackles flared out away from each other.
Next, I add some flash. This material is DNA Halo. It's pretty neat stuff, but you could use a combination of crystal flash and flashabou for the same effect.
Now I want to add a white veil around my thread wraps and create more movement in the body of the fly. I can do that with white arctic fox fur or white marabou. Tie this in all the way around the thread wraps.
Next, tie in the head of the fly with dubbing. Pull a rather large peice of dubbing from the package and pull it apart, and line up the pieces, so that you make it as long as possible. Then tie it in on top of the hook, securing with two thread wraps. Repeat on the bottom wth the white antron.
With the completion of each top and bottom section, move your thread wrap forward and repeat until you reach the hook eye. This may take 3 or 4 steps. Caution, do not make the head too thick. The thinner or sparser this head is the better it works. If you get too much, the fibers will be stiff and won't act real in the water. It will act like a stiff piece of steel wool. Use a bodkin to tease out the dubbing to make a nice neat bi-colored head.
Use goop or epoxy to finish the eyes.
Work this fly as you would other streamers. Try different retrieves, sometimes they want it fast, near the surface, at other times, they want it slow and low. Strip, strip, pause, strip, pause, strip, strip, strip, p a u s e . . . mix it up until you find the action the fish are looking for. Remember, presentation is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than how the fly looks. Good Luck!!
Here is a pic of a monster that really nailed this fly.
Don't forget to give your fishing reports to this website.
See you on the water.
