FSM Lure - tying instructions

Some cool dude (he Has to be if he's a fellow pastafarian AND into Fly Fishing) named Mike asked for tying instructions for the FSM lure so here goes:

For the holy meatballs I use pieces from a bead string which was originally sold as some sort of Christmas decoration. These also make great eyes for large streamers and are available in many colors, as you can see below:

I got those from my brother. I'm not really sure what they are to be honest, but my guess is that they are some kind of decorative thingamabob from a crafts/hobby shop. 

I guess it goes without saying that you'll need some rubber legs, preferably of a noodly color. 

Use a yellow thread and a hook of your own choice. I mostly use a generic wet fly hook #6. Attach the thread, cover the shank and stop at the middle.

Cut the eye thingamabobs in half.

Align the end of the eye "stalk" to the eye of the hook and tie it in. 

Align the end of the other eye stalk with the hook bend and tie it in. 

Attach the meatballs between the eyes and wind back towards the hook bend.

Prepare some noodles. The length should be about 5-7 centimeters (or 2-3 inches).

Hold the first bunch of noodles under the shank at the hook bend and tie it in.

Tie in the next bunch between and under the meatballs.

Add the last bunch behind the eye. Whip finish, add a drop of superglue and praise his noodlieness.

May you be touched by his noodly appendage. In the name of the noodle, the sauce and tho holy parmesan. Ramen.

FSM fly now on Venganza.org

My FSM lure has been posted on www.venganza.org. :-)

Flying Spaghetti Monster Tribute

I have recently been touched by the Flying Spaghetti Monster's noodly appendage and have finally seen the light. As a good Pastafarian I've made this fly as a tribute to His Noodliness. It might also have something to do with the huge amount of rubber legs i have laying around...

:-)

My favorite fly for pike

I've never liked hot melt glue very much, but it has its advantages. It's cheap, durable and not too heavy. The downside, at least for me, is that it takes some practice before you can make good looking heads. My solution is to encase the glue in a short length of drinking straw. This gives a smooth and very durable head, which can then be wrapped in whatever nice and shiny material you can get your hands on!

The variant shown above has been my most productive one so far. It's hard to see on this picture, but there are a few strands of pearl flash along the side. 

One of many healthy autumn pike caught on this fly.

More yarn experiments

These are some variations of the Boa Yarn Leech, with which my brother has had great success fishing for perch. Although not depicted above my preferred colors for perch are yellow, red and white. I also make a heavier version with barbell eyes.

Glass bead Chironomidae

As you've probably realized by now I'm all about finding new and interesting tying materials. I really enjoy being creative, using things in ways they where never intended, and I take every chance I get to apply this  to fly tying. 

I found these clear glass beads with colored holes and love the effect they give on small flies, especially chironomidae imitations. 

Brassies!

Colored metal wire from crafts and hobby stores is great for creating simple brassies.

Yarn gammarus

I tied some simple gammarus immitations yesterday and I'm pretty happy with the result.

The body is made of the yarn I mentioned in an earlier post. The shell is made of a semi transparent scoubi sting which has been cut open lengthwise.

I love this yarn!

I recently got my hands on some really nice multicolored yarn.

I like flies that look good and are easy to tie. And it doesn't get any easier than this. Just yarn and copper wire/colored metal wire.

Purple Nymphs for Grayling

Some Gold Head nymphs I'll be using when fishing for grayling. Purple seems to be a successful color in my home waters. A gold head is always a good addition in my opinion.

These flies will be just as good if you tie them on standard wet fly hooks. Caddis hooks look better in my view, but the graylings won't care.

These flies also work well in natural colors, with or without gold heads. Make them as complicated or as simple as you like.