The Cap Spider

I have been tying for about a solid year now and out of all of the jigs / flies that I have tied, I believe that this is my favorite.  I have caught many a fish on this fly, at times I've caught fish with it when I honestly didn't think I would catch anything.  It is called the "Cap Spider" and it is really small.  The original pattern calls for a 124 oz jig hook.  The photo below shows this particular one tied with olive chenille with brown/yellow round rubber legs. 

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I actually heard about this fly pattern from a guy at the local fly fishing club, I joined the Kisatchie Fly Fishers earlier in the year and have only attended 2 events due to my work schedule.  The only thing that I remember this guy telling me was that there was an old video on the Internet and called the Cap Spider.  When I saw the video, I thought, wow, this is easy.    

Recently, I've been tying the Cap Spider on a Matzuo Red Sickle Hook 1/100 oz instead of the 1/124 oz. These are the sharpest hooks I have used and although they are just a little lighter, I am still catching fish, so far, I have caught Blue Gill Bream, Crappie, and few catfish.

Fly Tying

Another hobby that I believe I like more than any other hobby I've had thus far....Fly Tying.  Who would have thought that I would do this for a hobby but it goes with fishing.  Here are some of flies/jigs that I have tied over the past year.  I tend to tie more crappie jigs than anything else.

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Fly Tying

A year ago or so, I was at a Bass Pro Shop in Shreveport looking at bait.  I have always seen the fly section and in my mind, it was a special trade that I thought had to be taught.  I got to looking at some fly tying starter kits and I thought, for less than $100 I could get this and if I could make some jigs, maybe I wouldn't need need to buy any.  The reason for this weird thought:  An old man on the river gave me 3 jigs that he made and I always had good luck catching fish on them.  I purchased that kit and later I was talking to some guys that told me about an old man that had a fly shop in town.  I looked the address up and went to visit this shop.  The old man there was as nice as he could be, he spotted my Masonic necklace and instantly invited us in the back, made a fresh pot of coffee and showed me some basics of tying. I now enjoy tying my own stuff, now if I could just get the fish to jump on the hook, it would be all good.