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A variation of the James Wood Bucktail meant to imitate a baby crappie.
I have spent the last season experimenting with several variations of one of my favorite warm water flies, the James Wood Buck Tail. By changing body and wing colors, I have created fly patterns that imitate other species of immature warm water fish.
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This frog colored popper started out as a white pre-formed popper body.
There are few things better in fly fishing than explosive topwater takes on a popper. Poppers are some of my favorite flies for warm water fishing when the conditions are right.
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The Gum Drop Slider made from a floating jig head.
The fly gets its name from the unique hook and body used to create this fly. The fly is designed using a floating jig head called a Gum Drop Floater.
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The Panfish Wiggler
Being in a warm water state of mind at that moment, the fly looked like it would serve as a reasonable imitation of a dragonfly or even a damselfly nymph. That began my experimentation with the pattern as a warm water fly.
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Bluegills and other panfish can't resist the green eyed damselfly!
In warm water environments, all species of panfish and larger fish like largemouth and smallmouth bass feed heavily on damselfly nymphs. Even though a size eight Green Eyed Damsel is a relatively small fly, drop one on the nose of a largemouth bass patrolling a shoreline and he is likely to pounce on it.
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