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Post by IntoMyBacking on Feb 24, 2011 0:26:13 GMT -5
So I bought a bunch of foam and wanted to tie up a bunch of flies using it..
I was thinking Beetles, Bees, Hoppers, Ants, Topwater Baitfish, Lady Bugs, and
Spiders.
How well do they work? I'm assuming they are great at staying afloat. But my worry is
they are too amature. Are my worries irrational?
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Post by Justin Damude on Feb 24, 2011 0:28:57 GMT -5
foam beatles foam hoppers and gurgglers are the best flies in my box in the summer
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Post by VERNBURM on Feb 24, 2011 6:15:03 GMT -5
amature?....really?........the only downside to foam (IMHO) is that they aren't made from roadkill and exotic birds that the traditionalist tote. If you are tying flies to catch fish.....then fear not the foam!
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Post by DaveSiejka on Feb 24, 2011 6:59:16 GMT -5
foam is awsome ..... dont be afraid to use it for extended body green drakes and golden stoneflys as well
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Post by oatka on Feb 24, 2011 7:10:10 GMT -5
I tie a lot with foam. You can do some great stuff with foam! Plus, it's freaking cheap, so you can screw up a lot of flies and not be out much money.
I use it a lot for bass and panfish flies, but have used it on a few trout flies.
Good luck!
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Post by Nick Pionessa on Feb 24, 2011 7:21:48 GMT -5
i always used to say that foam was for people that can't spin deer hair. now that i'm old and lazy i consider that i may have been too judgmental. embrace the foam young grasshopper... and use it for some grasshoppers! ext bodies, beetles and all manner of flies. even little bass/panfish poppers. foam 201  i will get to the details on these soon enough. |
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Post by Michael Hartman on Feb 24, 2011 8:09:40 GMT -5
Nick you make my flies look like garbage!
And i tied up a bunch of foam ants and beetles for last summer. I got a ton of nice crappies and a few small bass. Im now onto the deer hair stuff. Which drives me insane.
Good luck man
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Post by cluster on Feb 24, 2011 15:51:51 GMT -5
LORD KNOWS I COULD NEVER CHOOSE, but.... to be hyperbolic, small foam ants and little foam beetles just might be my favorite dry flies
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Post by Justin Damude on Feb 25, 2011 8:22:09 GMT -5
foam is awsome ..... dont be afraid to use it for extended body green drakes and golden stoneflys as well Dave19 is the mcguyver of extended body flies, I couldn't tie one if you gave me the step by step tutorial. What you need to do now is tie an extended body drake on a blind eye with a married wing. Ha see always thinking  |
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Post by DaveSiejka on Feb 27, 2011 22:12:47 GMT -5
[/quote]Dave19 is the mcguyver of extended body flies, I couldn't tie one if you gave me the step by step tutorial. What you need to do now is tie an extended body drake on a blind eye with a married wing. Ha see always thinking[/quote]
Thats how i do my hoppers!!! haha jk ..... but in all seriousness foam is awsome ... especially if you are tring to hammer out a bunch of flies
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