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Funny or Stupid: The Triple Whammy
This is my fly of the month...
Thanks to the peeps over at moldychum I stumbled across this franken-fly. Apparently Eastgate Anglers in Cody, Wyoming claims it is "the most deadly early and late season fly know to man."
Uh yeah, whatever... Not sure what kind of glue those boys are sniffing up in Cody through the long cold winter at the tying bench?
I know one thing for sure. My buddy Jeff would throw this monstrosity no questions asked. He's kinda a sicko though. What about you? Would you be caught dead with this thing in your flybox?
TR
I'm not quite sure what to make of this...
but I'd rather be seen with this on my line than gettin nabbed while flingin corn.
Posted by: Blue Ox | October 29, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Do you mind sharing the recipe? Also, is there a track record on this bugger?
Posted by: Pete | October 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM
Looks a bit like my triple tandem dropper rig, but with much shorter leaders between the flies. What fish could resist such a smorgasbord in one bite? They'd be so overwhelmed they would take out of sheer confusion. Hmmm, I wonder if a nymph, wet, and dry fly combo would work? And, no, I am purposely not answering your question.
Posted by: Mike | October 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Recipe is:
The Articulated Soft Hackle, San Juan Trout Pupa
Hooks: #18, #16, #10 Heavy Wire Scud Hooks
Articulation: 20# Nylon Backing Colored with Permanent Marker
Thread: Orange #6 Round
Worm Body: Small Red Chenille Burned to a Taper
Egg Body: Orange Egg Yarn
Sort Hackle Body: Pink Sow Bug Dubbing
Hackle: Grey Hen Wrapped Sparsely
Posted by: tim romano | October 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM
i got ten dollars on joey saying its corn
Posted by: jerry k | October 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM
shouldnt that have a wooly bugger on the front of that?
Posted by: scott g | October 29, 2008 at 12:23 PM
DUDE- That's F'd UP!!
Never not even in Arkansas would they stoop that low??
Just fish a jig!!
Posted by: Tyler P | October 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Hey that's going to turn fishes heads. If nothings been landed and there's thirty minutes left - I'll throw it in!
Posted by: Meetw/oFeet | October 29, 2008 at 04:31 PM
Whats next,a snake fly made of 3 hooks???
Posted by: Evan V | October 29, 2008 at 05:02 PM
hahahahahaha!!! it is CORN!!! stop fooling yourselves, no matter how hard we try to take fly fishing to esoteric levels, there's no denying a trout's innate appetite for corn, it's GENETIC.
look, it's even in the middle, like meat in a sandwich!
(jerry, did anyone take you up on that bet?)
Posted by: joey | October 29, 2008 at 05:11 PM
yes, it's ridiculous, but i don't think it's half as bad as some of the cone-head or foam crap that some so-called 'purists' throw.
Posted by: joey | October 29, 2008 at 05:16 PM
uh, anybody who throws a cone head and or foam probably isn't calling themselves a purist.
Posted by: tim romano | October 29, 2008 at 05:51 PM
You left out an important part of the recipe:
The fly is to be thoroughly soaked in salmon egg oil before casting it...
Posted by: Woodstock | October 29, 2008 at 06:24 PM
or salt and butter...(butter goes good with corn, at least to humans)
come to think of it, salt and butter go good on trout.
Posted by: joey | October 29, 2008 at 10:04 PM
tim, i know, that's why i put 'purist' in quotation. there are people out there who think that cone-heads and foam are the norm in trout fishing (that's what the sport has evolved to) who might react negatively to that fly-fishing version of a Rapala. it's all relative.
Posted by: joey | October 29, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Looks like a rig for snagging! Good lord.........
Posted by: JoeG | October 30, 2008 at 07:48 AM
An entire legion of Big Horn bobber watchers just messed their waders.
Posted by: rob | October 30, 2008 at 12:28 PM
cripes man, i could see myself going to the ER numerous times to get that sucker removed from my hand.
Posted by: jeff k | October 30, 2008 at 04:20 PM
It's a three thing, like ball, dick, ball....
Posted by: Cj | November 01, 2008 at 01:41 PM