I just can't get enough of these videos! Being a video producer and VO artist myself, I can really appreciate the high quality production and of course the fly patterns! You've really carved a niche for yourself among the scores of fly tying videos out on RUclips. Kudos, keep up the good work!
In case anyone is interested, the devil bug (aka doodle bug and Cooper bug) was actually created by Jack Cooper from Salem, NH, and yes, it's very effective and popular especially in northern New England.
I have had two excellent days fishing on different rivers with this fly, size 14 olive during caddis hatches. I prefer a little more "La Fontaine" approach to this fly. I like squirrel-antron blend of dubbing. Putting a few CDC fibers into your dubbing loop so they will appear in the thorax as legs would be a nice addition. Just rabbit fur dubbing has little imitative value. Secondly, I object to stacking the tail. The mottling of your deer hair would really add to the imitaion of a "speckled grannom" caddis wing if it was not stacked.
The key to this is good quality deer hair of the proper length. I’ve struggled in the past because the hair I was using was too short. I’ve found it hard to find hair that’s both long enough and not too fine.
I really like pattens like this one, quick and cheap to tie, and if the fly gets chewed up then take a razor and take the material of off the hook and use again! No point in chucking a perfectly good hook because a few trout chewed the fly up!
What do you think about using Bondic over the deer hair back? would that further strengthen the bug? it seems it could make it last indefinitely. Thank you sir!
Great video. I truly appreciate all your videos. One question where do you get all of your fly tying supplies? I am sure you get most if the stuff locally (Shannon's) but do you have an online retailer you can recommend? thanks and keep up the great videos!
Another great pattern always enjoy your videos. One question about using rabbit for dries, as I see you allot, do you use just the underfur for dry application or the all the hair? Do you find the need to use a floatant when using rabbit for dry dubbing? thanks, Mike
Packaged rabbit fur dubbing usually includes all types of hair not just the underfur. It definitely takes on water and will work to sink the fly eventually. But, it also holds floatant very well, be it liquid or powder, which will make this already floaty fly well, really floaty. Frogs Fanny works especially well with rabbit fur.
tightlinevideo Thanks for the info. I personally like to use just the underfur when I can, as I have tons of dyed rabbit pelts to work with, I recently starting trying this Abolene as a floatant and it actually works very well, same thing as the commercial stuff, like Glink, but allot cheaper :) Mike
I'm a bow hunter so my local supplier is actually me. I get a lot of satisfaction tying with feathers and fur that I've harvested and processed myself.
tightlinevideo I'm a hunter as well but i always figured you had to do some curing process for a patch of deer hair. Do you have to cure it or is it fine to just take a patch and let dry out? Awesome video as always, love your videos!
Adam Grasinger With a deer hide (full), I make sure most all meat and fat is removed just after skinning. I wash and rinse the hide in a tub with dishwashing detergent and hot water then rinse it well in cold water to remove all the soap. I then spread the hide out and apply a liberal coating of kosher salt and leave it sit for 2 or 3 days. Then I shake and scrap off the remaining salt and any fat or meat that remains. Then lay it out flat again and work in a liberal amount of 40 Mule Power Borax (the stuff is amazing). Let the hide lay flat for 2 or so weeks with the borax on it. Then brush off the borax and you're ready to go. There are many other methods but this one works for me.
Awesome addition on how to fish this fly. Great work as always
i really like this video where you went beyond the fly tying and talked about the fly on the water too.
Wow! Great tying video! And the little bit about how the fly works with the water is great! Thanks for sharing with us!
I just can't get enough of these videos! Being a video producer and VO artist myself, I can really appreciate the high quality production and of course the fly patterns! You've really carved a niche for yourself among the scores of fly tying videos out on RUclips. Kudos, keep up the good work!
Cool simple pattern that will work like a popper for warm water fish and catch trout too! Nice Bow!
Finally caught my first fish this season. A hatchery brown trout on this devil bug. I habe been blanked so far this season.
In case anyone is interested, the devil bug (aka doodle bug and Cooper bug) was actually created by Jack Cooper from Salem, NH, and yes, it's very effective and popular especially in northern New England.
I have had two excellent days fishing on different rivers with this fly, size 14 olive during caddis hatches. I prefer a little more "La Fontaine" approach to this fly. I like squirrel-antron blend of dubbing. Putting a few CDC fibers into your dubbing loop so they will appear in the thorax as legs would be a nice addition. Just rabbit fur dubbing has little imitative value. Secondly, I object to stacking the tail. The mottling of your deer hair would really add to the imitaion of a "speckled grannom" caddis wing if it was not stacked.
Great video! Def gonna have to use that here in nys, I think it would work great in our streams. Keepm coming!
The key to this is good quality deer hair of the proper length. I’ve struggled in the past because the hair I was using was too short. I’ve found it hard to find hair that’s both long enough and not too fine.
Always come back here to listen to the music . . . lyrical and definitely from the Deep South. (It's a good tying vid too!)
Nice simple tie. I'm a big fan of how easy most of your patterns are to tie. I Was wondering if you have any simple crayfish patterns you can share?
Love your videos!!! Keep them comin :)
Very nice video!! Love the music!!!
I have had extremely good results with a green red green body like a royal coachman.
Tie Lucemon Larva Mode!He's THE REAL DEVIL BUG!
Nice tips!!! Nice bug!!!
I found this pattern in an old book = The Sportsmans Notebook , by Tapply , he was the inventor I think , he called it a copper bug
I really like pattens like this one, quick and cheap to tie, and if the fly gets chewed up then take a razor and take the material of off the hook and use again! No point in chucking a perfectly good hook because a few trout chewed the fly up!
What do you think about using Bondic over the deer hair back? would that further strengthen the bug? it seems it could make it last indefinitely. Thank you sir!
Great video. I truly appreciate all your videos. One question where do you get all of your fly tying supplies? I am sure you get most if the stuff locally (Shannon's) but do you have an online retailer you can recommend? thanks and keep up the great videos!
I think of Tuttles "Devil Bug' when I hear the name.
But I guess this counts..
Good video
Another great pattern always enjoy your videos. One question about using rabbit for dries, as I see you allot, do you use just the underfur for dry application or the all the hair? Do you find the need to use a floatant when using rabbit for dry dubbing?
thanks,
Mike
Packaged rabbit fur dubbing usually includes all types of hair not just the underfur. It definitely takes on water and will work to sink the fly eventually. But, it also holds floatant very well, be it liquid or powder, which will make this already floaty fly well, really floaty. Frogs Fanny works especially well with rabbit fur.
tightlinevideo Thanks for the info. I personally like to use just the underfur when I can, as I have tons of dyed rabbit pelts to work with, I recently starting trying this Abolene as a floatant and it actually works very well, same thing as the commercial stuff, like Glink, but allot cheaper :)
Mike
you could use seal dubbing
That's some gorgeous deer hair. I'm guessing you have a local supplier and that's not commercial stuff?
I'm a bow hunter so my local supplier is actually me. I get a lot of satisfaction tying with feathers and fur that I've harvested and processed myself.
I can imagine. I have some squirrel that I have harvested but no deer... Yet
tightlinevideo I'm a hunter as well but i always figured you had to do some curing process for a patch of deer hair. Do you have to cure it or is it fine to just take a patch and let dry out?
Awesome video as always, love your videos!
Adam Grasinger With a deer hide (full), I make sure most all meat and fat is removed just after skinning. I wash and rinse the hide in a tub with dishwashing detergent and hot water then rinse it well in cold water to remove all the soap. I then spread the hide out and apply a liberal coating of kosher salt and leave it sit for 2 or 3 days. Then I shake and scrap off the remaining salt and any fat or meat that remains. Then lay it out flat again and work in a liberal amount of 40 Mule Power Borax (the stuff is amazing). Let the hide lay flat for 2 or so weeks with the borax on it. Then brush off the borax and you're ready to go. There are many other methods but this one works for me.
tightlinevideo Thanks a lot! I'll save the instructions and use them with the next deer I or my father gets. Tight lines!
Certainly won't sink that fly! Nice
I first tied this in 1964. I thought it is my invention.
This is the Cooper bug originally.
will antron work for dubbing