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foam frog

Here is the step by step on the foam frogs I posted earlier. It can be tied on larger hooks with wider gaps and weed guards can be added. Just cut your foam to match the size hook your using.

Materials: size 6 hook, strip of 2mm white foam cut 1/4 wide and 4inches long, olive crystal chenille, white thread, 2 yellow head straight pins, black and tan marker, arleene's fabric glue.

Push hook through center of foam strip on 2mm edge, slide to eye of hook, attach thread to hook leaving foam unsecured, tie in chenille to form belly core, pull foam back and secure at hook bend, whip finish thread and cut off ,trim foam at angle for legs and install rubber legs as shown, color foam on top and edges leaving belly white, add black spots, cut straight pins to 1/4 inch and push into foam for eyes, take black marker and make eye pupil. Coat body and eyes with fabric glue and allow to dry.

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Ronnie M. on July 15, 2012 at 6:09am

Good tutorial Rex. Very good looking frog and nicely tied.

Permalink Reply by Greg McWilliams on July 22, 2012 at 6:56pm

Rex , GOT this little fellar out for a little while last night!!!!! No gills or bass but This guy looks AWESOME in the WATER!!!The little feet just move so well in the water it looks like he is kicking!!!!

He will get some action more this fall!!!!! The only difference in my fly is I used a round foam !!!!!!!

The LEATLE GUY IS JUST SO STINKIN CUTE!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Rex Robinson on July 23, 2012 at 2:46pm

Greg, hope to see some pictures of it....hopefully hanging out of a big fish's mouth.

Permalink Reply by Rex Robinson on October 22, 2012 at 2:57pm

Rick King, here's the info buddy.

Permalink Reply by Mark Sleeper on November 28, 2012 at 7:07am

Nice job on the fly. Sleepy

Permalink Reply by Greg McWilliams on May 26, 2013 at 4:48am

REX, Was in a POND yesterday with this FLY on a SINKING FLY LINE!!!!!! I could see it DIVE as I STRIPPED IT, then slowly rise on the PAUSE!!!!! The GREEN SUNFISH were hitting it on the RISE!!!!! This also kept me out of the MOSS!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Rex Robinson on May 26, 2013 at 12:36pm

Greg, I found a good deal on some sinking line at Academy sports and plan on switching over to it as soon as water temps get hotter. Just now starting to hit the top water around here so Mr. Kermit is going to get to see some action shortly.

Permalink Reply by Greg McWilliams on May 27, 2013 at 4:30am

Rex, My KERMIE, is not as PURDY as YOURS it was not PAINTED!!!! I use round foam 1/8 inch in YELLOW!!! With my DAUGHTER catching fish on YELLOW twister tail, I needed YELLOW to DEFEND MYSELF!!!! That is a GREAT LITTLE FLY!!!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Tinknocker1 on June 1, 2013 at 5:05pm