Some strange picks....

In anticipation of actually going fishing next week I decided to buy some flies to fill out my box. Inevitably, I am drawn to buy some flies because they look super cool. I have no idea if they will work around here, I just buy them and say "If they work, they work. Otherwise screw it!"

I read an article in Fly Tyer recently about super hero inspired flies. I was intrigued by the Superman Fly but I thought it was just something tied for the article. I ran across them at Great Outdoor Provision Co. today and I just had to get a couple to try. One is the blueish body and one has an olive body. They look like a Copper John with legs to me... I am interested in trying it out.



The other one I had to get is unknown because I forgot to look at the name when I bought it. I loved the eyes on it! After closer inspection I think it really looks like a trout fry when they are still sucking off a yolk sack. I think it might be interesting to fish this fly with an egg pattern dropped off it. I also think it would be great to fish after the spawn. I might still give it a whirl next week because it has some orange eggy flash to it and those eyes are really freaky looking.



I was just wondering what everyone else thought of them and if they would be effective this early in the season?

Im very interested in that second fly. Although it may work great down here for browns. I think it may be a deadly pattern for steelhead during my trip back home to NY. If its in GOP then I can stop in and look for it. I havent talked to Mike in some time anyhow.

Yeah, Greensboro store. They have it in two colors, orange and a tan or pinkish shade.

The Superman fly looks like a blue Cooper John a friend on mine swears by. His doesn't have the legs and wing case is a little more standard. That one has a lot of positive characteristics. It should do well in DH streams and probably would stir up more than a few wild fish.

Th second one is a fry pattern. Trout certainly eat trout. That to should work. Probably on a strip or swing. I would probably fish that in tandem behind a slightly larger streamer. Stir some chase and compete reactions.

You can find some unique patterns at local fly shops!!

The first one does look like a modified Copper John. It really looks like an excellent pattern.

The other one is definitely a "trout fry fly" (say that 5 times fast). Don't know the name of the fly, most likely a local pattern tied by local anglers. Another killer looking pattern!!

This is the original article I read in Fly Tier Magazine.



"The SuperHeros of Flies"

GOPCo has the Superman and Batman fly. They are certainly wild creations. I will let you know how they do in the DH waters.

An update, my Olive Superman fly did catch a trout or two as a dropper off a Stimulator. I guess I need to get a few more bigger ones for later.