Thursday 9 April 2015

Diving Beetle. Realistic Zig flies for carp fishing

I have received many orders for flies to zig rigs for carp fishing and has composed some patterns with incredibly good buoyancy and with good ability to absorb and retain dipping and other fragrances.
I will present  some step by step descriptions of them ahead. These flies also works to fish with  in the usual way but i prefer to fish them with sinking leader or even sinking or intermediate fly lines  becourse of there very good 
buoyancy.



Wiggling Gummy Creep


Those flies are just what the name says, Wiggling gummy creeps. They are vibrant and swimming in the water with a bouncing motion that most fish species have hard to resist. Sea trout, rainbows, perch, etc. taste happily on those creeps 




Abdomen 
Hook: Almost any kind of short shank, wide gap hook size 8 or 6. Here i have used a carp hook.
Thread: Black
Body: Ice dub uv black or black spectra dubbing 
Legs: 2 black-red silicone legs.

Front body
Link to the abdomen: 0.35 to 0.40 mm monofilament
Hook: Same as for abdomen
Thread: Black
Eyes: Silver Medium (about 3.5 to 4 mm) dumbbell eyes with yellow / black flat stick eyes glued on the dumbbell or dumbbell eyes with ready yellow eyes 
Body: Ice dub uv black or black spectra dubbing g. Dub also between the eyes.
Legs: 2 black-red silicone legs.







1.     Start by attaching the tying thread on the hook to be The abdomen.

2. Dub the thread with a small amount of black dubbing

3. Dub a small lump

4. Attach the sili leg with the red parts pointing backwards and wind the remaining part against the hook shank toward the hook eye. The sili leg should been tied in on each side of the hook  shank 

5. Dub the thread with some more black dubbing

6. Dub the body and when you reach the sili leg bend them backward and attach them just in front of the red part. Take a very small amount of black dubbin and dub in front of where you just attached the sili legs 

7. Take the scissor and cut the remaining loops open   

9. It should now almost look like a spider. 

10. Bend the remaining black part of the sili legs backward and secure them with the winding thread . Secure the thread. cut it off and give it and give it a little varnish or super glue

11. Cut of the hook right where the dubbing starts

12. You now have a ready abdomen and are ready to go to the next part of this pattern 

13. Repeat the step in picture no 1

14. Take about 5 cm of the monofilament and attach it on top of the hook shank

15. Secure with a drop of super glue

16. String the abdomens on to the monofilament. Fold the monofilament over the hook and attach it with the thread. Abdomen will now dangle in a small loop

17. Attach the dumbbell eyes just behind the hook eye. Attach it whit figure of eight winding around and across the eye. Secure with a drop of super glue.

18. Dub a smal lump of black dubbing as you did on the abdomen.

19.-21. Now you repeat the same step for attaching the sili legs as you did  on the abdomen

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22-23. When you dub the front of the fly you have to dub around and across the dumbbell eyes with figure of eight with the dubbed thread. 

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24. Finish the fly with a whip finish. Cut of the thread and secure with varnish or super glue


25. Finished fly. This fly has an incredibly seductive jigging movement in the water and can of course be tied in different color combinations. Variations of olive, white, orange and red tend to be toxic. The fly has been an incredible killer for fishing rainbow trout in lakes and streams and for sea-trout on the coast and in river and streams.