[Dylan Castro]

If those fish are tailing or sipping then they are eating. Sometimes spoon flies work in those conditions but it should not matter if there is slime or crud on your fly. It’s mostly the presentation and movement that triggers an eat. Sometimes there is brown oily slime laying in the marsh but that has never kept a hungry red from eating this fly. I caught lots of tailing and sipping reds in the marsh on this fly before it finally bit the dust when I hooked into a 30 inch red that bent the hook. Even though the hook bent I was still able to land it because it was hooked so solidly. Sometimes luck has a lot to do with it. View attachment 249504
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Solid fish there my dude. Buggy lookin fly too!

 

[Dylan Castro]

I was gonna say a seaducer, medium bead chain eyes and 30lb mono weed guard. At that point, just trying to trigger a reaction with that much goo.

 

[Dylan Castro]

Does anybody tie a hook up gurgler or foam fly that you can “frog” across the surface ?
Seems like that could work too.
I just can’t recall seeing a pattern like that. I may play around with it when I get home.

Yeah almost like a bass frog with the two hook points up. That may be a solid idea to play around with.

 

[Dylan Castro]

Yeah @Zaraspook , noticed the Gurgler had bead chain eyes on it. What does that do for you/ make the fly swim? Anything noticeably different from not having the BC eyes on?

 

[Dylan Castro]

You Florida guys ever try throwing something SUPER LITE but on a saltwater hook? Like a Grey ghost or Olive matuka? Maybe add some legs and flash. Seems like that could work well or I have no idea what I'm talking about...either or lmao

 

[Dylan Castro]

The bead chain eyes give just a little weight up front which probably moves the CG forward and allows the fly to do what it does. I actually bought that fly at a fly shop in JAX. Here is one of my ties without the bead chain eyes and it works just fine. View attachment 249716

Nice man, great tie. Love the chartreuse eyes