I have seen a few videos about the Bisharat Pole Dancer, the fly that walks the dog.

http://www.flyfishingoutfitters.com/onli...ncer_fire_tiger

Not ready to shell out 14 bucks for one, I picked up some balsa and decided to make one myself.

This is model #4. It took quite a while to create, but it walks the dog! I am quite excited about it, was a fun project

Verrrrrrrrrrry interesting. I'm impressed with your thrift and your skill. Please let us know how it works.

+1 on Cody's post. I don't usually get into "that's too much for a fly" but this time I'll have to call Uncle.

Here's a video of it in action. It does look good in the water. Now you've got me wondering if I could make something with a similar motion out of sheet foam.

So did you carve the whole lure or make it by doing the angle cuts? It looks like you got it down pretty good.

With the economy it it's current state, I humbly submit that not all of us can afford a Pole Dancer of our own. In the spirit of knockoffery and penny pinching that made this country (and, in turn, China) great, I submit unto you:

The Dayshift Waitress




She's tied on a 1/0 Gamakatsu B10S, so she's a little big. Please try to look past the bullet holes and knife scars. Yes, I know she has no eyes, but I'm going to take her out to the lake to see how she does before I go springing that kind of cash on her. You have to take these kinds of things slowly to avoid heartache and disappointment. If the trip to the lake goes well, I may be able to avoid the removal of belly material (aka tummy tuck).

a blind poledancer in need of a tummy tuck, god bless the USA

Kinda makes you tear up a little, don't it?

I'll have her singing the National Anthem at a NASCAR event before you know it.

Hey, if it saves us 10 bucks per "fly" and has a similar action, then I'm all fer it.

Have you had a chance to water test your version yet?

I submit sir you have created one sexy fly, and also a bit of nausea in describing TXRR's 1$ l@p dancer!!

TXRR I allow you free use of the 1$ l@p dancer name. No royalties necessary.

LOL @ sexy carpenter!


Yes, tested it last night and she walks, think heavy hook, to keep it low in the water. almost try to sink the head otherwise it will just pop, but still catch fish

Well the Waitress has some pretty healthy lead wire wrapped up under her hackle.

SC, that is a good name and I don't want it to go to waste, so how about we bestow it on this even cheaper version?


If you can't afford to get the Dayshift Waitress working for you, maybe you'll want to give a few minutes to the...
Dollar Lap Dancer


I know she looks a lot like Charlie's Plopsicle (most of my flies do) in her street clothes, but if we peek underneath...



...we find an unexpected addition. That orange skid plate, which is basically the foam diver tied on the wrong side of the hook, should give us more of a skittering motion. I don't know if she'll walk the dog, but I'll probably take a bit of lead wire to 'speriment with when I take it out for aquatic testing.

Are we headed to the wall of shame yet?

No wall of shame until Robin locks the post!!

Although with the "unexpected addition" comment this could almost be the Trany fly

Commence wall of shame!!!

Well it does have both parts: slider and popper...