Pike flies

Just some new colour combinations of a Jerk Tom for my upcoming fishing trip to
a private water in the north of France on Wednesday.

 

Bleeding baitfish, so red and white (neck) feathers, white bucktail with some red mixed into it, and some red luminous tinsel (and the usual head).

 

And straight from hell’s vise,

black and red.

 

I also agreed to swap a couple of flies with some people.

So, Jeff and Jerome, these are yours

(I’ll try to tie the rest tomorrow).

Pike flies

I feel like a little boy with a new toy, with this new fly pattern, I just can’t stop playing with it!

Here are some redheads...

The birth of the ‘Jerk Tom’

I’ve put my latest flies to an extensive test yesterday, no pike caught though (Belgium isn’t exactly ‘pike paradise’). And the action in the water is just fantastic. If you use short fast retrieves, this fly just swings from left to right like a genuine jerkbait, but it has the advantage that when you stop retrieving, it slides slowly downwards (which a real jerkbait will never do with such elegance, if they even do it at all).

And since this fly is based on a ‘Lonesome Tom’ pattern,

I will simply call this one a ‘Jerk Tom’.

Here are two more in chartreuse…

Pike flies

Just some more tandem flies (the same as yesterday), but I felt a bit ‘Pink’ today, so…

Chartreuse is next…

Pike flies

Lately, I’ve become a big fan of tandem flies. They just have a fantastic action in the water.

And although some people think that it’s insane to put so much time in tying a pike fly, I really don’t  care. Why? … Because I just love tying them!!!

Last week, I’ve been tying a lot of ‘Tandem Flash Flies’ (which I intend to do an extensive post on later) and ‘Tandem Lonesome Tom’ patterns, but this evening, I felt like using feathers for the tail instead.

I just can’t wait to give these a try!

Which will probably be tomorrow…