Comments on: Time At The Vise

By: darklake

darklake — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:15:55 +0000

How about “The Abominator” …. that sounds kick-ass and a little scary. I think we want to strike fear in the hearts of our prey, while at the same time instilling confidence in ourselves, and that should do it! I do like the collar idea and am going to tie up some smallmouth flies that way this evening.

By: winonaflyfactory

winonaflyfactory — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:05:57 +0000

I agree Brian, the SMB has me singing…

By: winonaflyfactory

winonaflyfactory — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:54:59 +0000

Man, I appreciate the comments guys.

Greg, the sporty girl foam idea came from Whiskey Creek Blog (link at bottom) he has also done several other flies with it, excellent stuff. Cheap too.

Minnesota, specifically how are you fishing those cricket’s? On top? Riding really high? Half sunk? Totally sunk? Deep?

Wendy, I about shit myself laughing when I shouted “sprinkle me baby” for the first time, my dog loved it, so did I.

Sershen, your on. Slutty Leech. Ha!

Thanks for the rest of the name ideas. I’ll post it when it’s been decided. Take care all.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:24:09 +0000

Great looking stimulators! I hate buying dry fly hackle… pisses me off.

and I vote yes on the SMB name (super gay).

By: SershenBros

SershenBros — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:22:33 +0000

My pattern was unweighted, had no bead head or feathers and instead used rubber legs. Next time we get out lets have a fly off. We can fish two buggers in tandem each, one of mine one of yours, and see which fly is in most demand by trouts..

If a bugger were a creature it would be a leech in the summer. Therefor I suggest calling it a slutty leech, after yourself of course.

h-man

By: Wendy Berrell

Wendy Berrell — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:54:49 +0000

The added bonus with the SMB name is that if you are into “mentally singing” while on the stream, you can repeat the phrase “sprinkle me baby” every time you tie it on and/or every time a fish takes it.

I’m into stuff like that. Hah! I must fish alone too often.

By: Wendy Berrell

Wendy Berrell — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:47:44 +0000

Good flies. man.

When I “name” flies (caveat there is that usually when I name anything, it only means that I’ve taken a stand-by pattern and tweaked it a bit – I’ve really invented nothing) I try to go against the grain and pick some weird ass string. I also like to use acronyms (STALASS is a carp fly, stands for shakin that ass like a salt shaker).

LOD or Legion of Doom came to mind when I tied up ~24 of them and arrayed them on the bench. The phrase that came to mind was legion of doom.

I looked at your fly just now and saw that flashy collar and for some reason it made me think of rain which made me think of sprinkles which made me think of a phrase from a song that my kid used to say now and then when he wanted me to tickle him: sprinkle me baby.

Makes no sense but if I were master of that fly it’d be the Sprinkle Me Baby or SMB.

You are of course under no obligation to use that name

By: minnesota

minnesota — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:28:00 +0000

It may be more that I have confidence in this fly, but when it comes to terrestrial season a #10 or 12 black foam cricket gets it done for me.

I’m in agreement on the buggers. I tied some of those in smallmouth sizes tonight. We shall see…

By: Kenny Breckenridge

Kenny Breckenridge — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:21:51 +0000

Nice looking flies! I bet they will do the trick. If I was a fish, you would get me to bite with one of those sharp looking flies! The only name that crosses my mind is “black bandit” Just thought I would participate, I hope you come up with a good name for your flies, Keep up the good work and I agree with “roughfisher” definitely a money maker! Looking forward to your next post!

By: roughfisher

roughfisher — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:43:06 +0000

that’s money right there.