Just A Bug
Many years ago when I was in medical school, I had one of the doctors I was working with tell me that I needed to see what a doctor does on his day off. He picked me up the next morning at 5 am and we went Bream fishing on Lake Conway.
I have always liked Bream fishing. When I was younger, my grandfather would be waiting for me to get home from school so that we could go fishing. I would see the cane poles sticking out of the window of his car. He had a can of worms ready. I would go straight to the car and off we would go. Later I graduated to a fly rod and artificial bait. There is nothing more exciting than catching a fish on a topwater fly like a Bream killer. Now 70 years later, that thrill is still there. My heart beats fast every time I catch a fish.
Just A Bug is a panfish fly described in John McKim’s book Fly Tying Adventures in Fur, Feathers and Fun. It is easy to tie and only uses two materials plus a hook and tying thread. I have caught many Bream on this fly. In clear water, you can watch the fly sink and fish surrounding the fly looking at it. But the minute the fly moves, a fish will pounce on it.
You can watch me tie this fly here. Please LIKE and SHARE.