Stocker Trout Fishing News

Finally found the pattern for the tight lipped Bluegill at the local pond. Went with a tandem rigged foam spider and scud! Most fish went for the trailing scud and was surprised the little bass were readily striking the scud! Foam Spider was a diy pattern made from Wapsi’s Foam Spider Kit. The Scud was a old pattern learned from a library fly tying video… uses possum or hares ear dubbing tied on a size 16 hook with a dubbing loop. Liking this tandem rig… plan to use it on the commute to work on a couple of ponds! Fun stuff!

Lotta fun fishing the 4wt on the commute of the day job! Back to Richardson at Crowley Park for pond fishing. This round it’s a Bass and two Bluegill using the Wapsi Foam Spider that is similar to the Betts Bream Getter!

Picked up the Foam Spider Fly Tying Kit from Feather Craft. Simple pattern with all the parts needed in the kit save for thread and fly tying glue. Makes 24 fishing flies and looks really like the Betts Bream Getter we like using for Bluegill. Easy instructions included with pictures. In our video, we followed the instructions except used UV Glue and made the legs longer than the Bream Getter – about double the size. Being attracted to long legs swaying about in the water, figured fish would like them too! LOL! Do give this a try, easy and simple to tie. And, extremely effective on Bluegill! PS: There is a book dedicated to tying Foam Spiders – Foam Spider Fly Tying Book.