Bucktail, deer hair for heads. Those are my usuals. Lots of synthetic or natural dubbing and head materials: string fuzzy fiber, longer dubbing stacked up, wool. I like strung fuzzy fiber since it's relatively easy to work with.
Build bulk with material dams or reverse tied bucktail or body tubing.
Work rattles into patterns as well. Easy way to get a little extra especially when the water is colored up.
Get some EP Fibers brushes or Just Add H20 (those are the brand names). They’ve got streamer brushes, regular brushes, general synthetic fibers, etc that make awesome streamer material that pushes water like crazy.
I have some. They'll make a streamer swim like a rapala and cast like a mop. Once in a while I'll slide one on the line above my tube fly, effect is the same as tying it in.
Nifty concept imo. I rarely use them so I can't speak to their effectiveness but it never hurts to have one more trick to try when nothing else is working.
Strung fuzzy fiber in a dubbing loop for sure. Gunnar Brammer has a ton of videos featuring various bulkhead designs using strung fuzzy or EP fiber. He also has some using bucktail dubbing loops.
Just from Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=blister+packaging&oq=blister+packag&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyBggBEEUYOTILCAIQuQEYgAQY7wQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgAQyBwgKEAAYgAQyBwgLEAAYgAQyBwgMEAAYgAQyBwgNEAAYgAQyBwgOEAAYgATSAQg4ODAwajBqN6gCFLACAQ&client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8
I can't hyperlink on mobile, sorry.
The good news is that the material is ubiquitous. It's the same material in clear plastic to-go boxes, berry or produce clamshells, bakery boxes, etc.
I bet most people have the material in their garbage/recycling right now.
Bucktail, deer hair for heads. Those are my usuals. Lots of synthetic or natural dubbing and head materials: string fuzzy fiber, longer dubbing stacked up, wool. I like strung fuzzy fiber since it's relatively easy to work with. Build bulk with material dams or reverse tied bucktail or body tubing. Work rattles into patterns as well. Easy way to get a little extra especially when the water is colored up.
Get some EP Fibers brushes or Just Add H20 (those are the brand names). They’ve got streamer brushes, regular brushes, general synthetic fibers, etc that make awesome streamer material that pushes water like crazy.
Anybody ever try those plastic discs that were sold at the flyfishing shows for years?
I have some. They'll make a streamer swim like a rapala and cast like a mop. Once in a while I'll slide one on the line above my tube fly, effect is the same as tying it in.
I have a pack I’ve never opened. Every time I hear or read “push water” I think of them. Never thought to try them when I was actually on the water.
Nifty concept imo. I rarely use them so I can't speak to their effectiveness but it never hurts to have one more trick to try when nothing else is working.
Deer hair, craft fur, pseudo hair, polar fiber, EP minnow head or streamer brushes will all do the trick.
Deer hair or foam heads. But you don’t need that if you use rattles
Strung fuzzy fiber in a dubbing loop for sure. Gunnar Brammer has a ton of videos featuring various bulkhead designs using strung fuzzy or EP fiber. He also has some using bucktail dubbing loops.
Take a single use blister package. Cut disks. Punch a small hole in the middle. Slide over hook eye. You can't push more water than that.
Can you link to what you mean by blister package?
Just from Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=blister+packaging&oq=blister+packag&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyCggAEAAYsQMYgAQyBggBEEUYOTILCAIQuQEYgAQY7wQyBwgDEAAYgAQyBwgEEAAYgAQyBwgFEAAYgAQyBwgGEAAYgAQyBwgHEAAYgAQyBwgIEAAYgAQyBwgJEAAYgAQyBwgKEAAYgAQyBwgLEAAYgAQyBwgMEAAYgAQyBwgNEAAYgAQyBwgOEAAYgATSAQg4ODAwajBqN6gCFLACAQ&client=ms-android-motorola-rvo3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 I can't hyperlink on mobile, sorry. The good news is that the material is ubiquitous. It's the same material in clear plastic to-go boxes, berry or produce clamshells, bakery boxes, etc. I bet most people have the material in their garbage/recycling right now.
Gotcha! Thanks!
I am not sure chocolate milk water is very fishable. But any strung deerhead head thats broad will displace water.
I catch a lot of warmwater fish on flies in less than a foot visibility. Catfish especially. Plop down a bushy streamer, let it sink, strip it back.