yarn flies!!

[SalmonJeff]

hey all I posted this on the main forum but i was going to put it here to so you guys can put your .02 in as well. I just got my vice out again after a few years in a box and and I want to make some yarn flies. I was wondering what kind of yarn flies you guys use and how you are tieing them? I have never tied any before but they look realy easy and effective. do any of you have any pics of the ones you like? :cheers:

[gottafish]

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/ Check this out you will learn a ton here.

[gottafish]

do a surch for egg flys and you will find step by step instructions with pics. good luck

[tbird]

Lots of practice, practice, patience. :bowdown:

[greenbuttskunk]

jeff,
let's hook up anf fish sometime and I'll bring my vice and show you. they are very easy once you get the basics of it.
Hope you've been nailing those winter fish.
GBS

[Abalone]

First impressions.

I went Steelheading on the Clack this summer. Another Fly fisherman walked into my water. He walked right into the drift I was fishing. I asked what's that fly you got on their partner ? He held it up and said " YARN FLY " then commenced a flossing. I asked him " Heay aren't you flossing " His reply was " That's what some people call it " Nothing about that experience was positive.

I thought yarn flies were just big wads of bright yarn people tied on a hook so they could see their outfit under water.

Am I wrong here folks ?

[Blue Tip Spinner]

First impressions.

I went Steelheading on the Clack this summer. Another Fly fisherman walked into my water. He walked right into the drift I was fishing. I asked what's that fly you got on their partner ? He held it up and said " YARN FLY " then commenced a flossing. I asked him " Heay aren't you flossing " His reply was " That's what some people call it " Nothing about that experience was positive.

I thought yarn flies were just big wads of bright yarn people tied on a hook so they could see their outfit under water.

Am I wrong here folks ?



i thought that was another name for an egg pattern... :shrug:

[SteelheadBum2]

Another name for them is Glow Bug I think and you use Glo Yarn to tie them with!! As for flossing alot of people that do that use "Yarn FLies", which is a waded up ball of yarn that is put in the egg loop. So I think he wondering how to tie Glow Bugs

[Abalone]

Seriously: I thought Yarn flies were for helping guide the hook to the fishes mouth as in Flossing.

I have used Glo bugs, I haven't heard them refered to like this before. I am a rookie so bare with me.

[mandinga]

Seriously: I thought Yarn flies were for helping guide the hook to the fishes mouth as in Flossing.

I have used Glo bugs, I haven't heard them refered to like this before. I am a rookie so bare with me.



there are actual fly patterns classified as yarn flies...I have also seen many people flossing with globs of yarn.

I guess it is another situation that depends on the individual fishing.

[Mark Vickers]

Look at this link (http://www.flyfishingheaven.com/flies.html) about halfway down. It has a good description of how to tie a glo-bug. It essentially says:

Tie about a hook-gape width of yarn firmly to the top of the hook in the center of the shank. Raise the yarn straight up and take several circular turns of thread around its base. Then trim the yarn quickly with a sharp pair of serrated scissors while pulling up on the yarn. (There is a glo bug yarn dispenser on the market which makes this quite easy with no waste)

[mandinga]

mark...do you use those dispensers? I have seen them, but didnt really see a need for one. Then again half the tying tools I have I dont need.

[SalmonJeff]

hey G.B.S sure thing just let me know when you get a chance to find some chrome and I am in. I really like to fish for wild fish in March so maybe then when the big fish are around and thick!!

oh yeah an egg pattern or glo bug was exactly what I was thinking of I was just curiouse if any of you had any patterns you liked. I would fish them with a gear rod and side drift them or drift fish them or I have fished them alone under a float for summer run steelhead in clear watter where they work great!.

As far as beeing a flosser or a snagger I am not at all into anything like that :mad:! I hate flossers and snaggers and consider them to be the same thing :smash:. I would never even use a flie or lure in a manner that would be considered as flossing. however I have seen a very popular fly fisherman who every one knows that has made a huge pile of money off of flossing and I think steelhead fly fisherman get a bad rap because of guys like him!!

but thanks for all the help I will post some of my ugly ties as soon as I get some that are photo worthy :cheers:

[Ryan Pultz]

Why is it threads always turn into a flossing or snagging thread. :hoboy: it was a simple question with a simple answer. But it has to be dragged into one of those threads. Come on people lets just fish for goodness sake Rp

Dead Horse

[Ryan Pultz]

Sorry if I ruffled some feathers. It just seems like to many threads get turned into this it has started to get under my skin. rp

[3riversBob]

You're right Ryan! The question only mentioned how to tie one. I'd like to see some pictures.

Bob

[Abalone]

My apologies for bringing those terms to this thread.
I don't believe anyone on this website is a flosser, snagger or otherwise poacher. I was just making a comment based on my limited experience. No reason to get your feathers ruffled. :whazzup:

[mandinga]

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[Mark Vickers]

Good call CM on the flossing. :laugh:

I'm a regular snagger myself. As of late, I've reversed my trend of being able to fish a whole day with just one or two flies. I now snag lots of limbs, rocks, grass, other people's lines, and I've become especially adept at snagging my own waders. I've liberally decorated some of the upper branches of single tree on the Clackamas with a number of green butt skunks, and most appropriate to this thread, number eight 2x heavy <font color="orange">flourescent orange glo-bugs</font> that I've been fishing off the back of a yellow foam hopper.

[SilverFly]

Here's the yarn fly I got the anorexic steelhead on yesterday. This is actually the same pattern I caught my first steelhead on over 30 years ago although it was on spin gear under a float! Real simple fly, just a few loops of egg yarn tied at varying angles. It's sort of the fly equivalent to an okie drifter. One good thing is the loops really hang up in teeth giving lots of hook setting time.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4925ClusterFly.jpg

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[SalmonJeff]

sweet! I will be out tomorow and will be fishing the ones I just finished if I do any good I will post some pics of it. for now I will leave it in the box since it is on the ugly side :jester:

[Ryan Pultz]

This is the yarn fly I like it is call something like cotten candy. you can tie it in every color you can get your hands on I like to do pink on pink but pink on white is also realy nice. Rp

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/1152cotten_candy.jpg

[PharmDoc]

Cheers Ryan, I'm right there with you. The flossing thing has long ago been worn to threads...pun intended.

[HT Buzzo]

It's not necessary to use as much yarn as they show in the glo-bug directions to tie an effective yarn fly. When I'm tying for trout, I use 4 pieces total, two on the top and two on the bottom of the hook and trim so the final product is as big as a nickel.
When I tie for steelhead, I only use two pieces on the top of the hook shank and trim in a half oval so the final product is about as big as a large salmon egg. I can tie several of these in short order in pink, red, and orange, and they work very well. Perfectionists will not like this pattern because thread is still visible along the inner edge of the hook shank, but the fish don't seem to mind, especially when you use an eight foot leader! (just kidding)..

[SalmonJeff]

can some one post some step by step pics of it for me. I tried and I cant get a round egg shape I just get a regular tie of the yarn just sticking out both sides? any help would be great!!

I have some good looking jigs now I can post pics of those for ya in the A.m :dance:

[Ryan Pultz]

I can never get my glo bugs round I just get them as close as i can and hope they work rp

[AndyK]

http://karamanos.net/sports/bug8.jpg

I put together a page showing step by step instructions on how to tie a GloBug. They are really very simple and only require practice:

GloBug Instructions (http://karamanos.net/sports/globug.html)

Let me know if it helps.

[Ryan Pultz]

great thanks. Rp

[SalmonJeff]

very nice that is exactly what I was wanting to see :applause:. I will be on the vice tonight and will see how I do. I was only useing 2 pieces of yarn now I see that the trick seems to be allot of yarn. Oh man I am excited!!thanks again :yay: :cheers:

[AndyK]

Oh man I am excited!!thanks again



Take a deep breath and relax! Then tie some great flies!

[AndyK]

Okay, it's been a week. How did the fly tying go?

[Ryan Pultz]

I think I am getting the glo bug thing down they are starting to look rounder. rp

[SilverFly]

Who says yarn flys have to be round?! :wink:

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[LunkerFish]

That's a nice webpage you put together AndyK. I tie my eggs pretty much the same way and they work well enough.

I was also inspired by SilverFly's egg cluster pattern he posted. I tied up a few as best I could and I am fairly pleased with the results. We'll see how it works out... :grin:

[SalmonJeff]

hey well mine went ok. I found it easier to cut off the excess yarn after I do the first wrap and then do the same to the top. Your web page made it all possible I would have never figured it out alone. thanks again for doing that I will fish the life out of the ones I tied this summer for sure. :cheers:

[SCR Steelheader]

hey, i was just wondering what some peoples favorite colors to tie glo bugs are? i've never used em or tied them so i figured i would give em a try. any information is very appreciated.

[PittsburghD]

Dial up your latest version of STS. They have a drift pattern that can be slightly modified for a fly pattern. I'm sure GBS' name is somehwre in there somewhere too. Anyway, add yarn to a hook and present it right and bang! Nuf said!

---D

So much for fly fishin' :jester:

[AndyK]

Dial up your latest version of STS. They have a drift pattern that can be slightly modified for a fly pattern. I'm sure GBS' name is somehwre in there somewhere too. Anyway, add yarn to a hook and present it right and bang! Nuf said!

---D

So much for fly fishin'



Fly fishing is more then hooking a fish on a fly. It is also fly casting and fighting a fish with a fly rod and direct drive reel, something a hardware fisherman will never appreciate.

[M'kay13]

Silverfly,
I like that yarn fly about as much as I like Okies . . . a lot. How did you tie that? With many pieces of yarn, or just one? Thanks.

[Blue Tip Spinner]

Dial up your latest version of STS. They have a drift pattern that can be slightly modified for a fly pattern. I'm sure GBS' name is somehwre in there somewhere too. Anyway, add yarn to a hook and present it right and bang! Nuf said!

---D

So much for fly fishin'



Fly fishing is more then hooking a fish on a fly. It is also fly casting and fighting a fish with a fly rod and direct drive reel, something a hardware fisherman will never appreciate.



i couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!! :applause:

[SilverFly]

M'kay13,

I split out a single, fairly thin strand of egg yarn. Pre-wrap the shank with thread like you would for a glo-bug and tie off one end of the yarn near the back. Then all you do is tie down loops of yarn moving toward the eye at differing angles to create the egg cluster effect. If you want a uniform shape it helps to tie the loops down moving forward in a spiral pattern, but I kind of like a random effect. You can also mix colors with multiple strands or by mixing colors within a strand.

The best things about this fly is how simple it is to tie and how well it hangs up in steelhead teeth. Wait until you unhook your first fish on it, you'll be amazed at how the loops "stick" in teeth, almost like velcro!

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[M'kay13]

Thanks a bunch silver fly. Time is limited for me now, so any guess work taken out of new patterns is a plus.

-M'kay13

[Fish_N_Russ]

just go to the craft store and get some puffballs......better stores will have a variety of colors and some have krystal flash like material in them as well.....much cheaper and takes u about 1 minute to put one on the hook :dance:

[Ryan Pultz]

I got some puff balls from the craft store it was a pain to get past the barb I have stabbed myself so many times trying to get them on. Finally I got them on by holding the puff ball and pushing the hook with needle noise pliers. rp

[Dorylf]

Who says yarn flys have to be round?! :wink:

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Everybody knows yarn flies must be petite and trimmed to a perfectly spherical egg shape with just the right yarn density and length...

http://pages.prodigy.net/pkmccorkle/_uimages/my20-2copy.JPG

Phil

p.s. Not!

[Ryan Pultz]

Wow Nice Fish! where did you get that monster? rp

[Dorylf]

Queets. Oly Pen might be the source of the steelhead challenge winner. Just a thought.

Phil

[M'kay13]

And that is why I'm going to Forks in Feb.
Awesome fish.
Fish of lifetime?

[SilverFly]

I got bored and tied up a few more using mixed colors.

http://www.ifish.net/gallery/data/500/medium/4925Roe_Flys.jpg

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[B.K.]

Hey Silverfly. I love that one in the middle with the white tail; it looks really "eggy". Do you know what brand and color that yarn is; I like the look of it?

Thanks
bk

[SilverFly]

B.K.

It's actually flame orange, although it looks red in the picture. As for the brand it's the fat egg yarn that comes in a bag (dont know the brand). One thing I did different on that fly was to mix a few strands of krystal flash in with the yarn and add the white marabou tail (simulates milking or "spawn" effect :sick:). I think flame red with red or pink krystal flash would look closest to the fly in the picture.

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[B.K.]

Thanks silverfly, I'll have to try some of those.

bk

[Navigator]

AndyK - I talked to every fly tyer at the Sportsman Show in 2003 and none, I mean none - could explain how to tie a globug. Oh - they could wrap some yarn on the hook and keep it on - but you be da man!

Having said that - while there is a certain level of satisfaction in tying a globug smaller than a dime perfectly round and full - crummy attemps at this do catch fish ....

But, stacking the yarn in two piles - that was what I was missing. :bowdown: :bowdown:

And I agree - it is amazing how much yarn you need for a small globug.

Silverfly - Awesome idea. - Thanks. :wave: