Home made fly used to catch my first bass on a fly.

[FishingNoob]

Hey,

I mentioned in the shoutbox that I caught my first bass on a wet fly which I tied myself.. I was using it on spinning gear with a split shot placed 18 inches in front of the fly so that I could cast the fly. I also tipped the fly with a centipede (which is probably the only reason I caught a fish ).

The materials used are: 1 size 10 hook, 1 peacock feather, 1 wing feather from a buff orpington (chicken), of course you need thread

The body is peacock feather and the tail or what ever you want to call it is from the buff orpington. I figured most of you guys would have no idea what a Buff Orpington was so I added a picture of one.

Picture of the fly it is hard to get your computer camera to focus! :angry:



Picture of a Buff Orpington

 

[Dugger]

wow, what a great looking fly, how long have you been tying, Noobs??

 

[FishingNoob]

wow, what a great looking fly, how long have you been tying, Noobs??

Thanks! I've been tying flies maybe 3 days ago

 

[Dugger]

whoa nelly.... fast learner!!

took me weeks to tie my shoes the first time!!

..... FYI I am in the process of legally changing my name to "Buff Orpington"

I have a new show this fall on CBC called "Buff Orpington: Master of Disguise" on Thursday at 8, 8:30 in Newfoundland

watch for it!!

 

[igm]

Hey,

I mentioned in the shoutbox that I caught my first bass on a wet fly which I tied myself.. I was using it on spinning gear with a split shot placed 18 inches in front of the fly so that I could cast the fly. I also tipped the fly with a centipede (which is probably the only reason I caught a fish ).

The materials used are: 1 size 10 hook, 1 peacock feather, 1 wing feather from a buff orpington (chicken), of course you need thread

The body is peacock feather and the wing or what ever you want to call it is from the buff orpington. I figured most of you guys would have no idea what a Buff Orpington was so I added a picture of one.

Picture of the fly it is hard to get your computer camera to focus! :angry:

Is ordinary thread used to tie a wet fly?

 

[FishingNoob]

Is ordinary thread used to tie a wet fly?

I guess... ?

 

[FishingNoob]

whoa nelly.... fast learner!!

took me weeks to tie my shoes the first time!!

..... FYI I am in the process of legally changing my name to "Buff Orpington"

I have a new show this fall on CBC called "Buff Orpington: Master of Disguise" on Thursday at 8, 8:30 in Newfoundland

watch for it!!

Thanks. I watched every single one of Davie McPhail's fly tying videos on youtube over and over again, so I kinda knew how to do the steps. What are you doing out in Newfoundland??

 

[Dugger]

Thanks. I watched every single one of Davie McPhail's fly tying videos on youtube over and over again, so I kinda knew how to do the steps. What are you doing out in Newfoundland??

... changing my name, silly, The Rock is the only place you can get a name like Buff Orpington

 

[kaministiquia]

Cool FishingNoob thanks for sharing...

 

[FishingNoob]

Cool FishingNoob thanks for sharing...

No problem thanks for the reply!

 

[FishingNoob]

... changing my name, silly, The Rock is the only place you can get a name like Buff Orpington

?? how the hell was I supposed to know that? :lol:

 

[ChaseChrome]

Good thing I'm not a fish Noob...that thing looks edible to me...

 

[FishingNoob]

Good thing I'm not a fish Noob...that thing looks edible to me...

Thanks man. It's nothing compared to yours. I got a few more years to practice....

 

[salmotrutta]

whoa nelly.... fast learner!!

took me weeks to tie my shoes the first time!!

..... FYI I am in the process of legally changing my name to "Buff Orpington"

I have a new show this fall on CBC called "Buff Orpington: Master of Disguise" on Thursday at 8, 8:30 in Newfoundland

watch for it!!

No wonder they told me that they just had someone submit a name change request for the identical name, and that I have to wait 24 hours before I can submit for the same name.

If I ever need an alias name, it's going to be Buff Orpington. It's even better than Art Vandelay, H.E. Pennypacker, and Dr. Van Nostrand.

 

[salmotrutta]

Must have been a lot of fun to get that one FishingNoob, well done.

I was catching a lot of bass the other week on a bare hook, found a little pocket where they were hitting anything. Prior to that I had only had 1 largemouth off a bare hook, now I've added about 6 smallies to the bass bare hook tally. Not to discount the value of using a fly!

 

[FishingNoob]

No wonder they told me that they just had someone submit a name change request for the identical name, and that I have to wait 24 hours before I can submit for the same name.

If I ever need an alias name, it's going to be Buff Orpington. It's even better than Art Vandelay, H.E. Pennypacker, and Dr. Van Nostrand.

Lol, I know Mr. Van Nostrand... Buff is actually the colouring of the chicken, you could have a partridge orpington or a black orpington...

 

[FishingNoob]

Must have been a lot of fun to get that one FishingNoob, well done.

I was catching a lot of bass the other week on a bare hook, found a little pocket where they were hitting anything. Prior to that I had only had 1 largemouth off a bare hook, now I've added about 6 smallies to the bass bare hook tally. Not to discount the value of using a fly!

That's amazing! I got a carp on a bare gold hook!

 

[MaxHook]

Great job ...

 

[grubman]

Great fly there Noob. Really inspiring me to try for bass with my fly rod now. And you're making me hungry for KFC.......lol.

 

[chris f]

great job on tying that fly,must have felt great to get a fish with it.buff orpington what a name made me think of the hockey palyer named brooks orpik :lol: