Ugly fly!!!!!!!!!!!

FLIES ONLY · Post by **FLIES ONLY** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:00 pm

This is one ugly fly! I found it in a web-site somewhere...I tied a few up. I took them out Monday for testing. OH MY GOD :shock:

This thing pops, guggles and dives. If you strip easy an constant it will wiggle on the surface. It you strip hard and constant it will dive to 6"-8" or so and stay there. When you stop it rises FAST. It's weighs nothing and lands like a feather. It casts fairly easy. I think my days of carving balsa and making foil poppers may be over! The best part of this fly is the name....The Poon Wiggler!!!!! I am not making it up! It's a tarpon fly originally, but I'm thinkin' reds, trout and lagermouth bass. Kinda early to tell yet. Gotta do some Rand D and to try it on some real fish now. :wink:

GoinCoastal · Post by **GoinCoastal** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:41 pm

TED - we need a bigger picture or the link to the website ....

Better yet..... the recipe!!!!!

GoinCoastal · Post by **GoinCoastal** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:47 pm

I found the tying instructions by doing a google search on the name ...

http://www.danblanton.com/poonwigglerins.html

http://www.fishabout.com/news.html

M-D · Post by **M-D** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:50 pm

Dang it, Ted! Giving up the stuff I had held in reserve. Dont be so dadgummed generous with the secret weapons, okay?

<A HREF="http://www.danblanton.com/poonwigglerins.html">Howard's Poon Wiggler -- Recipe</A>

M-D

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:20 pm

Ted
If you want another sheet foam fly that really dives and wiggles check out the photo below. There are different variations of it called the Wiggle Bug, Wiggle Diver, etc, but they all are pretty much tied the same.
I've found that using 3mm foam works well, and they seem to dive/wiggle better if you bend the eye of the hook up just a tad.
These flys cast about like a Gurgler does.

FLIES ONLY · Post by **FLIES ONLY** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:45 pm

Yeah Barry, that was gonna be the next one I tried out. It looks "fishy". Goin Coastal....I think that's where I got the recipe. Don't know if it's gonna catch fish or chase them away :roll:

FLIES ONLY · Post by **FLIES ONLY** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:50 pm

Let's see if I can make it biggger. I just figured out how to post a pic this afternoon. Here goes......

FLIES ONLY · Post by **FLIES ONLY** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:58 pm

M-D
Sorry big guy.....I just learned how to post pics and got so excited I just had to post somethin'. This was my latest project.

let's go · Post by **let's go** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:58 pm

Who cares if it catches fish, I just like the name. :lol:

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Ugly fly!!!!!!!!!!!

Ugly fly!!!!!!!!!!!

Bigger Pic?

Sorry M-D