Spoon Flies

[jpchavez23]

I've been playing around with CCG and CFS pre-cut spoon fly templates lately. In the past I had trouble cutting a spoon shaped pattern or had trouble with the epoxy drying unevenly. Spoon flies are a piece of cake to tie now.

Additional flies and full-size pictures here...

http://castingtales.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/clear-cure-goo-spoon-flies-so-easy-a-caveman-can-do-it/

[Jhua]

Very nice.

[SurfnFish]

Those make me wish I knew how to use a fly rod. Catching fish on those will be a very rewarding feeling for sure.

[Oleander Kayaker]

Great looking! That shrimp and frog spoon are really nice

[Dawg]

Looks awesome,wish I had time to learn how to make some like that.

[Curmudgeon]

That shrimp in the second photo looks like a killer!
I know the weather hasn't cooperated much lately (which is why you're tying instead of flying) but have you been able to evaluate your flies? I wonder if what looks good to us looks good to the fish?

[jpchavez23]

Looks awesome,wish I had time to learn how to make some like that.

You should give it a try. It's really not that hard. I haven't been tying for very long at all. I have only been seriously tying for maybe 4 or 5 months.

That shrimp in the second photo looks like a killer!
I know the weather hasn't cooperated much lately (which is why you're tying instead of flying) but have you been able to evaluate your flies? I wonder if what looks good to us looks good to the fish?

Thanks. I have been fishing a lot lately just not with the fly rod, so I haven't done much on the water testing other than in the tub or sink. May go to the local pool for further inspection though. I lost my whole fly box last fall so right now I'm just stock piling flies for spring.

[Bigwater]

Those are very nice flies.

Biggie

[jpchavez23]

Here's a couple more flies I tied up last week...

[Oleander Kayaker]

Very cool! Especially the holo shrimp in the first 2 pics.

[SKIFFSTIFF]

JEREMY,
Those look very good.I have been using Gamakatsu Stinger hook # B10S.They have the perfect curve for spoons.I get the spoon tabs from Scott down at Kingfisher in the valley.I use a product called Aleene's fabric fusion to coat them .It dries clear,does not yellow,and it is water clean up.

Skiffstiff

[Pop Fly]

Nice work!!!....real nice!!!.... can you or have you tied any poppers???

[jpchavez23]

Nice work!!!....real nice!!!.... can you or have you tied any poppers???

Thanks. No, I haven't tied any poppers but they're not very hard to tie. I might pick up some foam bodies this week and play around with them.

[dick]

What material is the spoon body?

[jpchavez23]

What material is the spoon body?

I use pre-cut spoon bodies from CFS...http://creativefeathers.com/details.cfm?id=357. I have also tried using holographic tape in the past but it was a pain trying to cut them to the right shape. Much easier with the precut templates.