A new fly

I fished with Jack from Bass Pro last week in Indiana and he gave me a fly to use. He called it a Kreel Minnow and it is designed by Mossy Creek Fly Fishing. They call it Brass Eyed Kreelex. It is tied similar to a Clouser, but has two different tie in areas and it uses a material called Kreinik Flash. According to Jack, the material is hard to find but you can get it at mossycreekstore.com.

This fly could be the most versatile fly I have used. I fished it with Jack on Friday and caught plentyh of large bluegill and some decent bass including one about 16 inches and about 3 pounds.

I took the same fly to a local pond for a few hours yesterday evening and caught a ton of fish. Here are some photos from yesterday.

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Only caught one fish on the surface, despite seeing lots of surface activity in the evening.

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I just tried to take some photos of the fly. Here is the best one I could get. I only have the one fly and it has probably been through 40 fish in two days of fishing, so it looks a little rough.

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Tim, congrats on slipping off to the pond and catching a few. Also, thanks to you and Jack for sharing the Brass Eyed Kreelex. It caught my interest and I jumped on Google and found a video illustrating how to tie the pattern:

[url]http://www.kreinik.com/kshop/product.php?productid=17135&cat=271&page=1[/url]

While I don't have their materials, thinking I might tie a few using the flash materials I have. (Gees, a guy could spend his whole retirement $$ on fly materials and still not have what he needs to tie this or that pattern!!)

Thanks Tim,

PS, since I don't have any ponds nearby, might need to send you any flies that I might tie for FIELD TESTING.......:p:p
What hook size would you suggest?

Gary, thanks for the offer. I am trying to decide if I want to order the material or just order the flies LOL! I am telling you, these things work great. I am going to give it a try at Otter Creek in the morning. Let me know if you want me to field test yours for you. I need a patch that says "Boone Flies, official field tester" or maybe a sponsor jersey!:D

[QUOTE=Tim_T;455404]Gary, thanks for the offer. I am trying to decide if I want to order the material or just order the flies LOL! I am telling you, these things work great. I am going to give it a try at Otter Creek in the morning. Let me know if you want me to field test yours for you. I need a patch that says "Boone Flies, official field tester" or maybe a sponsor jersey!:D[/QUOTE]

Might be a bit early for the jersey, as last time I checked with the wife, my fly fishing equates to a NON PROFIT enterprise. HOWEVER, once I read your post, I couldn't wait and jumped on that pattern like a big bird on a snake! Went to the internet, found a pattern and tied up 4 of those using my flash materials.

Tied all on a #10 TMC 8089 hook. On the first, used Polarflash-Silver for the body and wing and Krystal Flash Root Beer for the beard. Photo below.

On the second, I substituted Polarflash Cream for the body. (not a whole lot of difference to my eye) No photo.

and on the third, I used Polarflash -Silver for the body, Krystal Flash Paecock/ pearl for the wing and Monoflash Hot Orange for the beard. No Photo

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So Tim, PM me your address, and I'll put one in the mail to your attention for FIELD TESTING....
Gary

Now that I have tied these patterns, I think I like the number 3 better, but now realize I should have reversed the pattern from top to bottom. Dummy, with the bar bells, the fly runs upside down!!!!!!!, so I wanted green on top and orange on the bottom......?????:confused::confused::confused::confused:

So, back to the bench, but not to worry Tim, the quote..quote original is in the mail for FIELD TESTING.

Boone that's a nice looking fly. Everyone ties that type of fly upside down at least a few times. It's part of the process. I remember being very proud of a crawdad imitation that I tied with great effort until I realized I tied it upside-down.

Thanks to you and Tim for the info.

Thanks for the kind words. Just starting out tying and enjoy sharing as well as receiving patterns the bring fish to hand. ;)

That looks good Boone, I can't wait to field test them and then you can sell them in a catalog with the saying "These flies have been through extensive field testing by our staff of small stream fly rod anglers" :D

Btw, the new fly also catches smallmouth, spots and rainbows after hitting Otter Creek for five hours today. I have fished Otter Creek literally hundreds of times and today was the first spotted bass I have caught from there. It was about 10 inches long, but was clearly a spotted bass.