What did you tie today?

Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 9:27 am

Salty Bum wrote:any ideas on the swap

I'm back in the swamp next week.
I guess we need to have a "swap-master" who will coordinate and organize the thing. And set up rules as to what kinds of flies, etc. I'll post up a new thread with my first crack at all that, unless somebody with more experience wants to (hint hint) being as I've never even participated in a swap.
Should we restrict it to gulf coast flies for reds, trout, etc? Or include bass, panfish, trouts, etc?

Salty Bum · Post by **Salty Bum** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 12:47 pm

Cuervo Jones wrote:
Salty Bum wrote:any ideas on the swap
I'm back in the swamp next week.
I guess we need to have a "swap-master" who will coordinate and organize the thing. And set up rules as to what kinds of flies, etc. I'll post up a new thread with my first crack at all that, unless somebody with more experience wants to (hint hint) being as I've never even participated in a swap.
Should we restrict it to gulf coast flies for reds, trout, etc? Or include bass, panfish, trouts, etc?

If you like I will take the lead. I have done quite a few of these. They are fun to do and you meet a lot of good people. I still swap flies and fish with some of the people from my first swap.

Highland yak'er · Post by **Highland yak'er** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:49 pm

Not enough time to fish so I sat at the vice for a few. I have been trying to come up with a topwater pattern that rides hook point up, trying to keep it weedless. Finally gave it a shot. Excuse the exceptional butt-ugly...ness

Salty Bum · Post by **Salty Bum** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:30 am

I like it

Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 9:58 pm

Been working on some threadfin shad patterns for the bigmouth basses to chomp.
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Also some frogs to be finished up tomorrow.

Salty Bum · Post by **Salty Bum** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:40 am

lets get this thing started

Puck · Post by **Puck** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:51 am

Tied a version of Drew’s baitfish:

Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 7:42 pm

Nice baitfish Puck!
Here's a tarpon sized gurgler I tied for my trip to the jetties next week. Gonna wrap a few more in different colors to mimic shrimp and baitfish. Never hooked a tarpon on top.

karstopo · Post by **karstopo** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 8:27 pm

Nice tie. Let's us know what happens to that tie and his brethren. I've had the distinct dishonor of never getting an eat from a salt water fish on a Topwater fly. Go ahead and laugh, ridicule is underated, I exist for your amusement. No, good luck. Catch a tarpon.

texasag07 · Post by **texasag07** » Sun Dec 27, 2015 9:06 pm

Cuervo Jones wrote:Nice baitfish Puck!
Here's a tarpon sized gurgler I tied for my trip to the jetties next week. Gonna wrap a few more in different colors to mimic shrimp and baitfish. Never hooked a tarpon on top.

Fed this almost exact fly to a spec that was floating high in the water column sipping minnows in a light two nights ago. 3 strips later i retrieved my fly from the inside her mouth.

Only difference I do is use a homemade ep brush for the leg parts or alpaca.

Texjbq85 · Post by **Texjbq85** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:11 am

My first attempts and anything small. Size 20-22 Midges and Size 18 Eggs, not to hard once you do a couple.

Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:25 am

Nice ties Texjbq85! The troots will eat 'em up!
I'm sitting in my camper now in Port Isabel, finishing coffee and planning to wander into the wind and rain to look for tarpon. Yesterday I saw none, but did see tons of dolphins, turtles, pelicans, red knots, and egrets. Not too shabby for a winter day.

No opportunity to deploy the gurgler, but I did blind cast with a deceiver just to get the kinks out. 2016 will be a year dedicated to more time on the jetties, throwing flies.

GoDoe · Post by **GoDoe** » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:47 pm

I thought the tarpon left when the water got colder. I don't go for them but thought my buds said that Oct or Nov was pretty much it at the Port A jetties?????

I like the really low tides on the flats in late Jan early Feb. Will be back to AP then.

Hope you get something to stretch those lines. Post the pics.

John

badfish · Post by **badfish** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 5:25 pm

That the jetty just south of the rv park?

These are what I been playing with glass minnow imitations.

Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Thu Dec 31, 2015 9:33 pm

badfish wrote:That the jetty just south of the rv park?...

That's the one. No fish other than mullet, bait, and some sheepheads. But it was a nice trip. Nice glass minnow ties!
Here's the final ties of 2015, fresh from "The Snotty Mermaid Fly Shop" aka Cuervo's tying room.

Salty Bum · Post by **Salty Bum** » Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:10 pm

badfish wrote:That the jetty just south of the rv park?

These are what I been playing with glass minnow imitations.

Nice

StrykerDM · Post by **StrykerDM** » Wed Jan 06, 2016 10:37 pm

I've been trying to organize my hooks and fly thing stuff better so spent some time the last few days doing that.

But I did have time to experiment with some size 16 jig hooks tying a little cdc pheasant tail nymph with a tungsten head. I've got Trout on the mind after fishing the guad last weekend. I like the one on the right better (used one feather for the collar rather than two like I did on the left).

jeff89 · Post by **jeff89** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 10:21 am

Come on spring.....

texoma1231 · Post by **texoma1231** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:12 am

We usually go to South Padre during the winter months but did not get to this year. Still tied some redfish flies just in case we do get to go!!! The photos of the jetties and the fly rods really make me want to be there!!!!!

StrykerDM · Post by **StrykerDM** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:01 pm

Those shrimp and spoons are awesome. Do you have a recipe for those that you could PM me? I need to learn to tie my own spoons, those things are expensive.

texoma1231 · Post by **texoma1231** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:10 pm

StrykerDM.....I sent pm

NativeSon · Post by **NativeSon** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:45 pm

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Work buddy asked me to tie him something for bass,
so I tied my first Upside Down Frog.

NativeSon · Post by **NativeSon** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:46 pm

jackh · Post by **jackh** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:11 pm

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Cuervo Jones · Post by **Cuervo Jones** » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:09 pm

Great ties all! Salty bum has prodded, probed, nudged, and shoved me to the point where I'm finally calling it fly swap time. New thread has details.

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