Ever try this fly/lure hybrid?

[Kodiak1]

Have any of you tried fishing with a Bingo Bug? this combination lure and fly, made in British Columbia, has created a buying frenzy in Seattle, where Ted's is the only U.S. source for them. They are so popular in B.C. and Alberta that the Costcos there have demo tanks in the stores! They cast them with sinking line, troll them for kokanee, trout, and even pink salmon, and even ice fish with them. I know they are doing well with them fishing for the big Gerrard rainbows. I sure hope the Tackle Shack in Meridian, my fave fishing store, is reading this. Maybe they can explore carrying them. I have read a lot of reviews by Canadians who swear they outfish both lures and flies. I'm always a sucker for a new lure, I guess. Mike

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[cpierce]

I've never seen one before. Interesting! Is that a soft plastic? Is it weighted? How big of a hook?
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[flygoddess]

Cool bug

http://youtu.be/-v5F1Rz9r2c


Send me one Kodiak, I will cast it....
Feathers look like Guinea. Love to see one and try to duplicate.
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[reservoir_dog]

It looks like it has the same action as an old flatfish lure. I've seen some fly tiers that have put wobbler lips of hard plastic on the front end of flies. I may have to spend some time in the fly lab to see what I can come up with.
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[Kodiak1]

Just discovered, thanks to the Super Moderator on the Kokanee.com side that the lure is also made in Bend, OR. A google search will find them. The BC outfit claims to have improved on the design...perhaps that is why the American version is 3.95 and the Canadian version is 7.95 Canadian. I just might have to do some field testing! If Tackle Shack decides to carry them I will purchase some from them; otherwise I will order them from either Ted's in Seattle or from the factory in Bend. Mike
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[drowning_flys]

cool bug for sure I have been using something that adds action to the fly also http://www.wigglefin.com/tube_flies_rigging.html you can also buy wobbler blades threw cabellas and lastly for you cheap skates such as myself you would be surprised what kind of blade you can make with a clear plastic spoon and a hot knife.
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[flygoddess]

You fishing Tube flies?
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[drowning_flys]

Nope just use a bead in front of the fly and then a disk i use clear beads and disks gives woolly buggers a darting action when striped fast like a dying minnow. I rig them just like below minus the sinker


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[flygoddess]

I had some of these at one time. Not sure what happened to them but I would try them now:

http://www.petitjean.com/shop/en/magic-head.html
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[TexasTransplant]

Another of life coincidences: I spent the afternoon spinfishing with a hybrid spinner/streamer.

I typically catch most of my trout on spinnerbaits, but, today, the hybrid fared the best. I didn't have much confidence in it to begin with, but the proof was in the pudding, as the saying goes.

I also have another hybrid lure that I assume is supposed to imitate a wet fly. It's tiny for spinning tackle but largish for a flyfisherman--about the size of a drowned damselfly. I've caught a few fish with it but am not fond of it because it doesn't swim well at all (has no action) and thus leaves a lot of slack in the line.

I suppose I could fish it with a strike indicator and see if my results improved.

Odd how our two worlds overlap, no? ;-)
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[cpierce]

Looks somewhat like some sequin buggers that I made a while back. First I tried it just on the line and then tried it tied into the fly.


I hunted around through my stuff for one and only came up with an "experienced" fly to take a picture of. It has lost its hackle and suffered from some fish love, but it should give you the idea.

I first put the sequin on to create some water "push" vibrations, but it has nice action too. This one has been clipped on one edge as I was experimenting with what that did to the action.

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[drowning_flys]

[quote cpierce]Looks somewhat like some sequin buggers that I made a while back. First I tried it just on the line and then tried it tied into the fly.


I hunted around through my stuff for one and only came up with an "experienced" fly to take a picture of. It has lost its hackle and suffered from some fish love, but it should give you the idea.

I first put the sequin on to create some water "push" vibrations, but it has nice action too. This one has been clipped on one edge as I was experimenting with what that did to the action.




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[quote flygoddess]I had some of these at one time. Not sure what happened to them but I would try them now:

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pretty cool all the neat things a person can learn here [cool]
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[cpierce]

[quote flygoddess]I had some of these at one time. Not sure what happened to them but I would try them now:

[url "http://www.petitjean.com/shop/en/magic-head.html[/quote]"]http://www.petitjean.com/...c-head.html[/quote][/url]

Where that magic head is a cone over the eye, I wonder if it makes it hard to thread the hook or if it actually helps. I also noticed that the bottom of the cone has been clipped and shaped. Interesting and fun things to play with!
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[Kodiak1]

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Here is the display used at the Costco stores in Canada. The ones made in Bend by the Frisky Fly company must surely work in the same manner. Mike
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[cpierce]

Glad you added the video. It is interesting to see the fly kind of vibrates. I thought it would dart more.

Here is a video by the original Frisky Fly people.

http://www.friskyfly.com/products.html
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[SmartWeed]

To answer your original question - yep. I used to fish the Frisky Fly for Crappie on Owyhee Reservoir 50 years ago. As did lots of people. It was a very popular lure back then, and they were sold throughout SW Idaho.

Nothin's New - Everything Cycles.
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