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These are my goto Bluegill flies. The middle left is a soft hackle and I use various colors, orange, yellow, green and sometimes natural colors of browns and greens. The popper is a new design for me. I have always used cork in stead of craft foam.

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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on April 10, 2014 at 8:09am

YUP I'VE been using the light wires for years on the regular bead heads . Very easy to bend to get the bead over the barb ......

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 10, 2014 at 2:51am
Another vote here for light wire Aberdeens.
Comment by Allen Morgan on April 9, 2014 at 6:18pm

There's a lot to be said for Aberdeen hooks.  Cheap, readily available, and like you mentioned, easily bent to recover them from a snag.....

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on April 9, 2014 at 4:34pm

I am sure you are correct Allen....I normally use Aberdeen hooks which are light. Maybe if I had used a little heavier hook the flies may have keeled better. I use the aberdeens so if I snag them all I have to do is pull hard enough to bend open the hook and then re-bend and continue fishing. I don't need to dig out my fly box, find a replacement, and re-tie. Guess I am just lazy.

Comment by Allen Morgan on April 9, 2014 at 3:44pm

I've tied some size 12 Gurgle-Pops, never had a problem with the foam causing it to lay on its side.

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on April 8, 2014 at 6:15pm
Pretty good ideas, Ray.
I like the idea of super gluing the legs!
Really great.
Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on April 8, 2014 at 3:10pm

Sorry I forgot.....I found that on the small versions the two layers of foam will cause the fly to float on its side. Never have the problem with the single layer of foam

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on April 8, 2014 at 3:08pm

Yep...almost identical. On the small ones I tie I just use one layer of foam. I cut the foam off at a point and I tie it in backwards. Sometimes I use chenille for the body and sometimes I just use thread for the body. The just pull the body over towards the front and tie down. Then add legs at the body tie down point. I have been known to use CA to glue the legs in an 'X' to the bottom of the foam before tying down. Either works fine. The fish don't seem to care which way the legs are tied in.

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on April 8, 2014 at 2:52pm

That is interesting and I will see what I can find out bout the Gurgle Pop. I use the Eagle Claw #6 quite a bit I think the number is 84......I do use a "Gurgler" in larger sizes. In the salt too. I have always tied white, chartruse , and black. They are big enough that I don't have any trouble seeing them so I never tried yellow. I prefer hair bugs for bass. Mostly just because I enjoy tying them.  

Comment by Allen Morgan on April 8, 2014 at 2:05pm

Ray, your yellow spider is EXTREMELY close to the Gurgle-Pops that I tie.  I have read many, many reports on Gurgle-Pops, and they all seem to say the same thing; "Yellow" is the only color worth tying.

I have caught many Bass on a Gurgle-Pop.  I use size 2 plain-shank Eagle Claw hooks (think baitholder without the barbs on the shank). 

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