Fly Tying: Sobota's Swimmin' Jimmy (Multi-Cam)
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- The Swimmin' Jimmy is one of the original "swim flies". The bent front hook and the lightweight marabou body pair perfectly together to make one of the most erratic flies in the water, and the fish go crazy for it.
Material List:
Back Hook: MFC 7050 #4
Body: Yellow Marabou (Palmered)
Overwing: Brown Marabou
Connection: 19 Strand Beadalon/1-2 Red Beads
Front Hook: Gamakatsu B10S #1 (30 Degree Bend)
Flash: 10-12 Strands Copper Holographic Flashabou
Body: Yellow Marabou (Palmered)
Overwing: Brown Marabou
Collar: Brown and Yellow Deer Belly Hair Tips
Head: Brown and Yellow Deer Belly Hair
Eyes: Fish Skull 7mm Fire
*Note: If a more sparse deer hair head is desired, substitute the belly hair with body hair.
Big thanks Josh! Through your videos, you have successfully shown me how to manage spinning deer hair. Stuff used to drive me absolutely mad!
Glad I was able to help Patrick! Always makes me feel good knowing the videos helped out.
I can't thank you enough 4 redoing swimming Jimmy I was having trouble figuring out the band and your original one it look like you've been it down and then forward but this looks way more simple I love the new camera angles and actually can see how to stack deer hair watched a ton of videos on it and just couldn't figure it out as always thank for your time sir keep up the good work
Thanks as always Charles. I plan on more deer hair videos in the future to get more detail.
I can’t tell you how much better the picture is with the new set up! Great video as always guys!
Thank you my friend!
Watching you work your magic while trimming deer hair has always been my favorite, and these new camera angles show it as good as when I'm sitting beside you! I can't say enough about the quality and knowledge you give during these videos. Priceless
You're next! I think the viewers are tired of seeing my ugly mug...
Thanks Josh! This fly is one I want to tie this weekend. Your tips and tricks will be very helpful. Liked and subscribed!!
Thanks Mark, glad you enjoyed the video and I hope it helped!
WOW, I'm speechless. Fantastic job of tying that fly! That's my goal to be able to tie a fly like that. I suck at making heads out of deer hair and collars! Haha. Thanks for posting and the multi-camera angles are really exceptional!
Thanks Mike! Deer hair baffled me for a very long time...its my favorite material to work with now. Glad I can help out!
Great smallmouth pattern! nice work
One of the best! Thanks Andy!
another awesome video & tie!
Thanks as always Patricia!
Ha Josh I noticed you struggling with the deer hair head. Let me give you a tip I learned from Gunner Brammer taught us. Cut a rectangle piece of plastic ( the heaver the better) I use a piece of daiichi hook packaging . Now cut down the middle -length wise to about 12 way: place the cut over the eye of the hook to where your cut ends and use all the hair back and tie off .What the method does is gives you an unobstructed excess to the eye of the hook.OR watch one of gunners vids.....😜
Haha, ya I struggled a bit there. I've tried using his trick before but I found myself fumbling with it even more. He certainly makes it look easy though!
Good stuff!
Thanks Shaun!
Great video! Thank you for updating from the previous one - I couldn't quite figure out the orientation from the first video (I thought the fly was tied sideways but couldn't quite confirm).
I had talked to some PA guys who knew the fly and they confirmed that it was tied in a sideways orientation, then I found this updated video to really nail it down. I'll be sitting down to tie my first one up momentarily.
I'm curious about your thoughts on the bend with just the downwards 30 degree bend vs having the downward bend and the sideways bend (I am assuming the sideways bend would be much less extreme, maybe 5-10 degrees and pointed in the direction of the belly of the fly).
Thanks Jacob! Ya, I've been dissecting this one for quite some time, but either way it's one great pattern.
The bend is consistent on the downward angle as far as I've found at 30 degrees. The sideways bend is all over the place though. The most consistent I've seen is the 5-10 degrees away from the vise toward the belly of the hook.
Amazing as always! I have ask... am I seeing this right - when completed, the hook appears to becoming out of the left side of the "fish" (fly) - Its that way because of the bend you place in the hook? just went back and rewatched - its the 90 degree off set... now it makes sense. Thanks
Thank you, ya I didnt do the best job highlighting the bend. I'm going to reshoot just that portion to hopefully clear that up.
Great video, I love fishing and tying the swimin Jimmy. I have a question: why is the hook only bent 30 degree down and not also 5 degrees to decide. To my recollection commercial patterns of both bents.
Thanks Nat, I've been seeking the same answer. Most I see have dual bends, others single...after fishing both, I prefer the single. Once I figure the original out, I'll post a video to accurately represent Andy's pattern.
Superb! I have been looking for a tutorial on this pattern! I know you did a video on it two years ago, yet the new multi-cam version is fabulous. Thanks a lot for your excellent work! BTW, I am curious as to how you were able to know the recipes and tying techniques of those patterns whose information is not publicly available, such as the Swimmin' Jimmy. Did you dissect a commercially available specimen, or contact the originator? Otherwise, did you do something else?
It's honestly a hybrid of everything you've mentioned. I look at commercial patterns, talk to the designers and shop owners. I'm still not 100% confident with this pattern, but I'll get it dialed in before long.
Are swimming Jimmys ever weighted ?? Was that lead wire you used??
I haven't seen them weighted before, but I do know some folks that fish them in lakes/ponds will use a hybrid Carolina rig to get them down. The wire I used was just regular connection wire, it isn't weighted but I assume some weight wouldn't hurt the swim too much. It'd certainly be worth experimenting with.
Great video! Thanks for showing how to bend the hook and tips on working with the deer hair. What is that tool you use to remove the underfur? It looks much easier than using the underfur combs. Thanks and keep them coming!
Thanks Jennifer, I use a Dyna King comb holder. It's really helpful and eliminates searching for a comb constantly.
Fish it on a sink tip, floating line, or either?
Hey Richard, I fish this one on a 30 ft sinking front section. The floating line would be really tough to get it to act how it's supposed to but I imagine it could be done with a lot more effort.
@@varnersstreamers thanks Josh
will this fly work fished within 3 or 4 feet of the bottom lake with a full sinking line stripped for those big trout laying on the bottom of lakes like tiger trout. thanks. if not what would you suggest?
Hey Randy, this fly will get down to the bottom if you want it to. Because of the way the hook is bent, if you keep tension on it, it will continue to work its way to the bottom. Once you release the tension, it will slowly return to the surface.
Good job. I enjoy tying flies but this one looks like to much work I will buy aome from mad river lol