Since buying the livescope system for the front of the boat, I'm super pumped about the upcoming season of fishing ( which I intend to primarily fly fish). Loading the arsenal of baits to go with a couple of new rods/reels designed for bass fly fishing. I'd eat em if I were a bass....
Bass are fun on top. Those ought to do the trick. I like deer hair divers the most when chasing bass up in shallow water. Dahlberg divers is another name.
Seems like plain old Olive deer hair is the best for consistent action.
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I did some more deer hair divers. These are easier to tie than maybe it might seem. Spinning deer hair isn’t a tricky or slow or delicate process. Put a clump of body or belly hair, tighten down the thread, do a few tight wraps, pack to the back, done, repeat. Put in whatever colors you want.
A two sided old fashioned razor is what I like for trimming away hair. I make a mostly flat underside just below the hook shank. Trim A little at a time until you get the shape you like. No two need to come out exactly like the other, there isn’t a perfect shape on these. Some might dive a bit deeper or float lower or higher. There’s zero need to make these like some perfect robot army where each one is identical to the next. Certainly, the fish will not care.
Those look really cool. I’ve never done any deer hair spinning. One reason is because of the mess it makes. I do have several poppers I’ve tied up recently out of the foam bodies. Looking forward to catching some bass when this weather straightens out a bit.