Show your flys and teasers!

[DarkSkies]

Met some guys yesterday who gave me some awesome flys. Anyone else out here tying their own flys or teasers, let's see em!

[DarkSkies]

Monty sent me some teasers as well to dress the back of the plugs with. I thought the work was pretty detailed, nice full bucktail, sturdy hooks. He's a little modest. So I thought I would take a pic and show a little of what this guy is capable of.

[Monty]

Dark, I used to tie trout flies (been 20 years). Started up again this past December. Lots of fun!.
I am still trying to come up with durable flies (teasers and tail hooks). Think I am getting there.
The one pic is jrodscustomtackle metal with a tail I tied up (replaced the one that the blues demolished)

[DarkSkies]

Beautiful stuff, Monty. I have been using those teasers for awhile now, and you wanted feedback. I like them because they seem "full" in the water. Whatever amount of bucktail you're using, I think you hit on the right formula. Maybe in the next few weeks I can finally put up some pics of decent fish as the spearing and peanut bunker build up. Great work!

[DarkSkies]

Met these 2 guys a few weeks ago at the Hook, and took them on a whirlwind tour to try to get some fish. We ended up at one place where we had fish for about 2 minutes, and the dolphins came along and put thngs down. Hey, dolphins gotta eat too, right?

These guys were cool, forgot their names though. Think one guy's name was Will, think the other guy's name was Walt. Anyway, they were so generous they gave me some of their hand tied flys, which I'll use as teasers. They will come in handy now as the spearing start to build up. Great work, guys, and thanks.


Made by Walt the retired Army guy, sandeel, and grass shrimp


Made by Will, peanut and small bait imitation with goggle eyes

[DarkSkies]

Surfstix heard that I love throwing needles in the fall. He sent me 2 custom needles for Pebbles and I. He also threw in a few of these hand tied flys.

Peanut bunker pattern




Spearing, rainfish/bay anchovy



Peanut bunker again





Spearing, grass shrimp, etc



His skill set is way up there now...
the level of detail and the way these swim, they're just awesome and the perfect presentation for fall forage fish.

Thanks so much, bro, hope to have some fish hangin on em soon!

[thaistick]

Nice bro those surf candy is just in time for th albeeess

[surfstix1963]

just in time and just what I had in mind for Rich

[vpass]

Here are some flies I tyed up last night. This is the first time I used Plasti-Dip to cover the Eyes, and Wraps. I also spreaded past the hook to keep it from fauling. The fly was based on Steve Farrar MV baitfish.

[buckethead]

Great work guys. surfstix those flys seem to have a good broad profile. How do you do that, just by putting in more hair?
Vpass nice work have you been doing this a long time?

[vpass]

Vpass nice work have you been doing this a long time?

Since 94. first time using Steve Farrar blend material that I picked up at last year flyfishing show, and Plasti-Dip. I usually use natural stuff. Ex. peacock herl, Bucktail, marabou, and hackel.

[buckethead]

Thanks keep up the good work guys.

[finchaser]

Here you go

[DarkSkies]

^^ Told ya's he's a grouchy ******* basstid......
some of ya's don't believe me.........

My day isn't complete...until Fin yells at me at least once....

[vpass]

I'm sure you can catch some really smelly fish with that.

[cowherder]

What is that finchaser, the wiggle worm fly?
btw beautiful work surfstix and vpass!

[J Barbosa]

This is one of my first ties...a nice little clouser ready to be sacrificed to whatever is willing to bite it; I now try and tie them with a little less bucktail on top. Special thanks to DS for always having a camera handy.

[jigfreak]

That's only one of your first? Sweet work.

[surfstix1963]

Nice work V how goes it.

[J Barbosa]

That's only one of your first? Sweet work.

I would say I have only tied 6 flies in total Max, all were clousers. I went heavy on the flash with this fly as it was intended for the bluefish. I need to pickup some more materials for some different ties next week.


I have watched a lot of videos online and spent two days at the Somerset fly fishing show picking the brains of some FF legends including Bob Clouser. What a class act Bob is; I can't say enough good things about everyone who helped at the show.


This video is of Bob Clouser showing how he ties the clouser minnow:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k0gX83J1Kvg