Gunnar designed this fly with 90% of the body using FrankenDub Monster dubbing. Very cool! -Paul
Gunnar says”A simple easy to tie crawfish pattern I designed. Extremely effective on river smallmouth, but also a great fly for stream trout, carp, and anything that may fancy some craw.”
For fly orders head to my website at www.streamersbygunnar.com
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How’s the Bucket Mouth League doing out there this summer? Well, see for yourself!
#bucketmouthleague
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Tom Rosenbauer explains in great detail all the fundamentals you need to know about streamer fishing for trout. There is a lot of information in this video. It’s a great video for fly fishers just getting into streamer fishing. This video includes: understanding why trout eat batifish, what streamers to choose and why, flylines choices and much more!
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Are you interested in fly tying contests? Here’s a good one featuring the new Double Barrel popper & slider bodies from Flymen Fishing Company. See details below.
Since launching our new Surface Seducer Double Barrel popper & slider bodies, we’ve seen more and more photos of amazing flies tied by people like you on social media.
The flies we’ve seen are just the tip of the iceberg, so we’re holding a fly tying contest on Instagram to help you show off your patterns to the world and give you the chance to win grand prizes from 3-Tand Reels, Postfly – The Original Monthly Flybox, and Rep Your Water, as well as weekly Flymen prize packs!
The contest starts now, July 7, with the preliminary rounds ending on Friday, September 2.
Tie a fly with a Surface Seducer Double Barrel popper & slider body and take a photo of it.
Post the photo on Instagram, tag @flymenfishingco in your post (make sure you’re following us!), and hashtag #DoubleBarrelDuel2016.
The Flymen team will vote to choose 1 weekly winner for 8 weeks. Winners will be announced on the Friday of each week.
Each winner will be sent a Flymen prize pack ($60 retail value!). The criteria for winning can be anything from realism to creativity, so go crazy with your design. We love seeing innovative ideas.
I posted some fly photos before the contest started… Can I enter them in the contest?
Photos from the past can be entered in the contest, so if you’ve already posted some awesome Double Barrel flies, go back and re-post the photo, tag us in them, and add the contest hashtag (#DoubleBarrelDuel2016). One may be a winner! This also means a photo you post on the first week could be a winner on the eighth week.
At the end of the 8 weeks, we will re-post the 8 winning flies for a 1-week voting period.
Follow this link to see prizes.
http://flymenfishingcompany.com/pages/surface-seducer-fly-tying-contest
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This is kind of a tongue-in-cheek, fun, fly tying video from the Fly Farm Coalition. However, it is a nice little pattern and the materials they are using are top notch. I highly recommend the alpaca. You can see how it makes a nice little streamer body in this video. Also, check out the hackle, it looks awesome!
The Dirty Granny mentioned is the color of the alpaca he is using. You can find out more about that at The Laughing Fly.
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The Pink Pookie is a hopper pattern developed by Dean Reiner in Montana. The Pink Pookie imitates a grasshopper and the fish really go crazy for it! The Pink body is very different than many other hopper patterns out there. But don’t be fooled by the bright appearance, this pattern really fishes!! The Pink Pookie is usually tied in sizes #06 and #08, but larger and smaller versions can be tied. The best color is…of course…Pink. But many other anglers tie them in Tan, Yellow and Olive. A great terrestrial pattern to have in your summer Montana Hopper box!!
Pink Pookie Fly Tying Recipe:
Hook: #06-08 Tiemco 5212
Thread: Red Veevus 6/0
Underbody: Pink 2MM Thin Foam
Overbody: Tan 2MM Thin Foam
Wing: Natural Deer Hair or Elk Hair
Hot Spot: Orange 2MM Thin Foam
Legs: Yellow Grizzly Barred Rubber Legs
Glue: Brush On Zap A Gap
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An interesting upside down emerger tied by Robert Strahl.
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Check it out!
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