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Bloody Cypert Minnows
My son is calling these "liberal" flies, because they have bleeding hearts. I just laughed!
Your basic Super Cypert Minnow with red marabou quills added behind the eyes.
I left the tail a bit longish (hook shank length); it just looks good to me that way.
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Comment by jim cosgrove on February 6, 2014 at 4:41pm
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david-find a few sizes and styles that work for ya and buy em when they are cheap.100 hooks goes pretty fast when you get into this.i use a lot of 12 sproat mustad.i can only find them online .when i get down to 200 i get nervous.
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8 is a perfect crappie size here for flies.tooty likes 10 for gills.i like 12s or smaller.not gonna get to those jigs til tomorrow.i get the jigs in bulk too even tho i have the molds.i got a good source so why breath lead fumes.i'll post pics of some of the stuff they make.i sent tooty some lead spiders that are pretty cool and easy to tie
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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on February 6, 2014 at 4:16pm
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PS these are on bronze, #8 Aberdeens.
Jim, you'd be proud of me - I gave $4.50/100
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yeah allan these are cool,one small change to a common pattern and it changes the whole look.david did a great job on these
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Our fellow tyer, Don Schmotzer, swears by these here in the Carolina Midlands.*
He has a rather short list of go-to flies for our waters, in fact:
Surface
Foam Spiders
Various poppers
Disc flies (Sneaky Pete)
Subsurface
MM Minnow (marabou)
Cypert Minnow
Weighted Cap Spider
Like I said, a pretty short list.
* From the Colloquial Correctness files - When folks around here say "Carolina," they mean one thing: SOUTH CAROLINA.
While there are two states that bear the name, those in the know use the word, "Carolina," as a wholly separate term. If the upper of the the states' is meant, the word "North" accompanies the designation.
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Comment by Allen Morgan on February 6, 2014 at 3:44pm
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Nice! I like the marabou "gills". I have a similar idea that I want to do soon, as soon as I can get some chartreuse and white rabbit zonkers.
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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on February 6, 2014 at 2:23pm
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Nice David....Crappie magnet!
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david i use minnow head jigs .i put stick on eyes and coat the head with clear /glitter nail polish.wrap with chenille and pull the mylar tubing over like you do.makes a nice jig
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I've seen something similar, Tony.
Tied so the nose butts up to the lead ball on round jigheads, the jighead itself painted orange or pink - and the whole lure ends up looking like a small minnow with a fish EGG in its mouth.
This supposedly will trigger a strong feeding drive in predatory fish, particularly those on the bed.
A glass or plastic bead on long shank hooks would do as well on this tie.
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Comment by Tony Livingston on February 6, 2014 at 11:04am
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That's awesome! I agree with Jim C, I think these would work well on a jig.
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