Looks like a great Small Mouth Pattern. I have bunch of these Risen hooks and love them. Ryan at Risen is great to deal with (and local to me). Thanks for the fly idea.
Hey thanks, let me know how it works for you. Yeah risen has some awesome stuff, and your right, Ryan is awesome for sure! I wish I was close by. Haha!
Great video, love all the little tips and details about certain steps that helps out amateurs like me a lot, love the unique look of this fly I’ll definitely give it a try for some bass and trout
Awesome work! San Antonio I see on the locator. Lived there for many years. Also lived in New Braunfels. I miss the old NB. Many great day's fishing. Keep up the work and I'll definitely support your work and channel!
Man that looks incredible! Silly question: Is that tungsten bead heavy enough to fish like a normal jig with spinning gear, or would this be more of a fly rod only fly?
Well probably not, but maybe... I’d say go with a larger hook, and larger bead, then put extra wraps of lead also behind the bead, then it could work yeah.
Sure, it will be a little shorter though in general, which might be good. I also find they are more stiff, so yeah, give it a go, see how it works for ya.
Thanks! So really? You don’t think it looks like a crayfish? I thought it was pretty close. I mean, it’s definitely not a lifelike replica, but many flies are more suggestive than exact. Anyway, hope all is good with you man. Glad you liked it! :).
@@McFlyAngler it will be may before I do, they already moved out of my somewhat secret spot for the year. I fish a creek that's right down the road from my house they migrate down stream the first week of October to the lake it feeds into and dont return until the second week of may, you can almost set your watch by it. Thanks Bud
I really like the weight you added to this pattern. I bet you could fish this up and down the gravel bottom at Six Lakes where you were hammering the trout in those high winds. I never tried a craw pattern there but in the Spring there are lots of little 🦞 crawfish in the rocks along the dam. Should work great! Thanks for the cool video. I really enjoy watching you tie flies.
Never heard of a rio better, but I have heard of a Rio getter, I’m sure that’s whatcha meant? Yeah I tied the Rio getter a while back on video. I guess similar, not exactly though. Definately similar style fly for sure.
Haha! Actually probably autocorrects typo... Siri tends to think she knows better too often! Lol! Anyway, go check out my tying video for the Rio getter, it’s a decent fly for sure! Slightly easier to tie than this also, but I think personally this will work a little better for more stubborn fish.
I’ve actually tried it here for carp, and along with every single fly I’ve ever tried out this way, I can’t catch even a look. Seems like the carp here don’t eat!? Lol. I’d be interested to hear how it does for you. Please let me know.
@@McFlyAngler I will. Living in New England, NOW is the time to find oneself just below a dam throwing woolly buggers, or this little creation of yours. Carp do go for flies. They're also these cunning, sneaky little (big) pains in asses whose first habit is simply not taking what you've got to offer...
I’ve caught them before, many times. Just not where I moved to a year ago. Here in Texas they are really tough to catch. Haven’t been able to figure them out yet
For hooks and beads I buy from risen. They have good quality at a good price. They also some other materials also. You get my same discount of 15% if you type in the code McFly at checkout
Shawn that's a cool looking "mud bug" :o) I like veiled orange dub ball under the hackles. That'll catch some fish. Glad to hear you're recovering, thanks and have a blessed holiday!
yeah, relatively warm for a time then rain, freezing rain, sleet, then snow, then in the 20s at night. Then it gets sunny, snow melts and the process starts again. I guess it's winter, lol. Actually we've been lucky, only one storm of about 8 inches that I had to snow blow. Did I read in the comments once that you've spent time in the Adirondacks? You still hunt?
Not sure where that is Joe, but I don’t actively hunt no. I mean, it’s not something I do regularly because I don’t always get the chance, but I do enjoy hunting yes. Just recently moved to Texas, so gotta figure out the hunting situations here, also, it’s been super warm, I kinda miss actual winter! Haha!
