Mop Fly article in the Wall Street Journal

[Dalton Terrell]

Interesting article about the mop fly in today's Wall Street Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/fly-fishing-renegades-are-cleaning-upwith-kitchen-mops-1476450649

Color me ignorant, but I hadn't heard about this replacement of the squirmy wormy.

Dalton

[Dalton Terrell]

Sorry, try this link if the article is behind the pay wall.

[Charlie Church]

That was a pretty cool article. It has me wondering if you could do anything to target saltwater species. Mop Worms? Shrimp Patterns? Eel pattern?

[Kevin Huntington]

I've caught many a trout on the mop fly.  It's a pretty big thing out west from what I've heard.  My buddy once caught me snipping tentacles off his bathroom rug that look exactly the same - light blue color is money.

There's also an even more questionable pattern that fuses the mop and the infamous egg.  Also fished it, also slays fish. Idk about you but I have no qualms fishing these patterns.

https://vimeo.com/142173283

On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 1:15:46 PM UTC-4, Dalton Terrell wrote:

[Carl Smolka]

There was an article in Hatches in 2012, http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2012/07/19/glove-bug/, using this material and we have tied a number of these in hot pink for Casting for Recovery over the years.

Carl S

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[namfos]

here it is

Mark

[CaseyP]

Plus ca change, plus ca meme chose (not enough accents on this keyboard to spell that correctly!)
Cotton fibers are magic under water, hence the HONEY BUG fly of yore, made with cotton chenille. That product is all but extinct, though this fellow used to sell it. http://www.bigmeadowsflyshop.com/Honey_Bug_Page.html

Cotton mops and rugs (the kind with TENTACLES--thanks, Kevin!) are our modern source of colored cotton fibers.
Bigger, fatter, better, right?

On Friday, October 14, 2016 at 1:15:46 PM UTC-4, Dalton Terrell wrote:

[tperkins]

Just bought material to tie it. Had two visit two hardware stores to find the best quality "hide". 

[Rob Snowhite]

If you want to tie a tiny one (think Caddis) Shoppers Food Warehouse sells a dog toy with the same material but about 1cm. Only in orange. 

Sent from my iPhone

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[Thomas Perkins]

Tied up a few quickly this morning. Used some dubbing to dress them up a bit.

 

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