there is a discussion on the sandbass thread about
fle-flys.
http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/forums/4/1/Whites_Hybrids_Striper

Any body know what the strange hook eye angle was supposed
to do for you ?

MO

If I see John Harvey at the coffee shop I'll ask him
He was the one that made them in Fritch

I still have some, used them last a couple of years ago at the Eagle Mountain "Casino" slip. For a couple of weeks there, I was catching the slabs with two 1/64 Fle-Flys in tandem. Seemed to work better than anything else I had. I tried it because I saw a guy doing really well at La Mancha with tiny Fle-Flys.

what are they? where do you get them? I talked to an older gentleman at waco one day, he said that was all he used, but wouldn't tell me where he got them from.

Back in the day...when I was just starting jig fishing, these were the premium jigs. I would nearly cry whenever I lost one. I don't think they make them anymore, maybe RonH will find out.

They are a jig with the hook eye coming out of a oblong, kind of flat head at about a 45 degree angle instead of 90 degree. They were really good jigs.

I found this pic on the sandbass thread, now i gottta figure out where it came from, so i can order me some.

They were different, with the odd shaped head and hookeye angle, but I think they didn't have a thing on JigUms.

Keith's hardware in McGregor I think still has them

I have never tried Jigum Jigs, I have used the LFT baby shads and Gibson Tackle Jigs, I have also tried some Deer Hair ones that work pretty good.

Brannans Bass Shop is where the pic came from.

Brannon's is where I get mine from. They are the bomb sometimes.

Jigum Jigs Catch Fish!

Lucky me. I still have tons of them.

Lakeside village marina on lake whitney has some. I do not know if they send out mail order but you could call them. They also make hand tied jigs there and they are great! I saw some last weekend at Lake Lewisville fishing barge. I went to bass pro tonight and bought stuff to make my own. You could do this and save some money. It is actually kind of fun.

Tell Him I said HI,

I bought a bunch of his slabs direct from him a few
years ago , still using them, Still cathing fish.
Ask what's the theory behind the bent eye.


MO

Wulf outdoors in Athens sales them.

The first jigs I ever used were fle-flys that I bought at the old Lake Worth barge in 1969, they cost a quarter a package of 4 . You can still find them at Olsen's (I believe), but cost $2 a package of 3.

used to pick them up in belton for the white bass run, they are worth their weight in gold

Just talked to J.H. he said the 90 deg eye and angle make the jig run straighter & if tied above a slab line wont wrap around it, said he didn't figure it out the guys before him did. He sold it to someone in Amarillo

My uncle shoots docks with them. I don't see them working well while vertical jigging. They don't sit horizontally. I need to get some for sure.

X2

Good jigs when I was a kid.... Haven't seen Fle-flies in a long time, takes me back.....

Mo" here ya go ...

BTW..do you live on the Lake (Palestine ? )

can order from this link !

http://www.fishingworld.com/brannansbass...amp;SKU=Fle-Fly Niki-Spin Fly

also....

History of the Fle-Fly.. http://www.tulsaworld.com/ourlives/artic...&rss_lnk=58

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Fle-Fly Manufacturing
Hwy 136 S
Fritch TX

806-857-9330

I have a mold that I custom made from JB Weld to achieve this style I have them in a 1/16th and 1/8th the 1/8th is closer to a 3/32 nd jig head a little larger than 1/16th and a little smaller than 1/8th killer on the river for everything with a mouth. I will post pic,s of them

which color works the best for the sand basss

Treebass, at the gas station on the corner from the church, just my guess. under a cork at lemons camp up in the rocks, limit out!

Yep thats the store I used to get them at. Iv torn them up with the fle flys under a cork between Bend State Park and Lemons many times.

I would be interested in purchasing some of the jig heads. I tie my own jigs and would like to make some like the flee fly for the sand bass.

big10, after lemons got so FULL, i started going to sulpher springs and doing the same, when there was water there, hah.

Red head chartruese with a white tail and lip hook a minnow on it they r deadly. 1/8 ounce

I have used them since the 70's they will catch all types of panfish. a classic jig that still works today!

I'd love to find some these. This were the best jigs I've used. Red head, chartreuse body, yellow tail = LETHAL !! Pink and white was great too....gotta find some these.

bingo! Thats where I picked mine up. I still use them today....I buy in bulk

Here is a little more updated version of the jig I attempted to make with a standard bend hook:

Finished jig Flee Fly type:

You can get all the Fle-Fly jigs you want at Brannans Bass shop.com Go to crappie corner then click on jig and spinners. They everything they make.

contact brannens bass shop about them

The grey one and any variation of blue used to murder the white bass at Gorman Falls in the 70's. Lots of good times camping and fishing there.

Halliards hardware store in Van, Texas had a whole bunch of them a few weeks ago.... Looks like they have been hanging on the wall for many a year!!