How to make an EASY fly EASIER: The MOP FLY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2023
- The MOP FLY is arguably the easiest fly to tie. It's the perfect beginner fly. I believe this way makes an easy fly even easier to tie. Not only is it easier. It's quicker, more durable AND about the nicest way a mop can look.
I am a big believer in having confidence in the fly on the end of my tippet. Having a nicely tied fly plays a big role in that. This confidence makes you simply fish better, which equates to more fish in the net. A MOP can even look pretty.
I like using the Mop in a couple different scenarios. 1. After you have fished a nice deeper run, before I leave I like to put a mop on to show the fish something different. Sometimes this will trigger trout to bite that may have turned down your nymph. 2. When you encounter windy conditions, using a mop will help stabilize your drift by "anchoring" it. It's harder for the wind to rip you out of your drift because the size, weight and volume of the mop.
Every nympher should have a row a Mops in their box.
Tight lines!
Cory
Materials:
Hook: Dohiku 644 (or any straight wet fly hook)
Bead: Black nickel slotted or inverted tungsten 3.3-4mm (I like them on the heavier side)
Thread: Black UTC 70 (or any black thread)
Mop Body: Tan B&C Fishing Supplies (also chartreuse)
Collar: Black Hends Spectra (or any black ice dub, hare's ear, squirrel)
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Thanks for that Cory. Strong work.
Appreciate you watching, Ken. Tight lines to you.
Awesome advice. Thanks
Mop it up, JB! Appreciate it!
Thanks for giving all the materials in the description for these. So many people don't which is pretty weird. Love your tying videos
Glad it is helpful. Appreciate you watching and tight lines to you!
Thank you, Corey. Excellent tying instructions and appreciate the tip at the end with regards to the drift. I've fished it in a lake. This year, I'll be dunking it in the river as well. I gotta say, that is one pretty Mop Fly. Tightlines.
Glad it helps, Deb. And glad you think its pretty! I think you are going to like it in your rivers as well. Good luck and tight lines to you.
Thank you very much for teaching a better tie! Also, for taking the time explaining you fishing techniques! As always, wonderfully done tutorial. Thanks again. Kindest regards, Ben
Happy it helps, Ben. Appreciate the kind words. Tight lines to you!
Nice Video and definitely easy tie. I fish NC mountains and this in on my Top 10 list of flies. Tan catches the majority of my fish too.
Appreciate it, Bob. NC has some great trout fishing. Tan is definitely my confidence color for the mop. Thanks so much for watching.
Nice clean tie.looks great.thanks for the tips.
Thanks so much, Mike. Tight lines to you!
Well done, thank you for sharing
Appreciate you watching, Nathan!
Thanks for the tying video. I learned something new about securing the bead to the hook . :)
Glad it was helpful, Bruce. Appreciate you watching!
Cory, great tutorial as always!
Appreciate it, Marsodude! Tight Lines to you!
Did see your video when you were on the Beaverkill. When I’m having a tough day, I reach for my mop flies. They usually save the day. Your flies are always neat and clean. I appreciate you sharing your technique. Thanks for another great video.
Appreciate you watching, RM Scott! Sometimes it can be the fly of the day. Thanks so much for the comment. Here’s to a great season for you.
Nice tie!!! I use a 4 mm diameter mop material which is just a little smaller in diameter from, The Bug Shop. I use the mops in still water or lakes and it does well. This is definitely a very neat mop fly you’ve tied, I like it, thanks!!!
Thanks, Chadd. They are deadly in still water. They crush smallmouths as well. I’ll have to check out The Bug Shop. Tight lines to you!
Nice work! It´s a great carp fly also.
Appreciate it, OSFF! It definitely catches ALL kinds of fish.
Hey Cory! I thought I commented but I don’t see it. I went and tied a few white ones for tomorrow ,that is a nice clean method. I never leave home without my mops such a killer pattern. Thanks for the video and Tightlines my friend!
Haha! I saw your comment on my Honey Badger video! You are right, Dale…can’t leave home without them! Appreciate you watching and glad you are out there getting at it. Continued tight lines, my friend!
Cory you tying videos are awesome. Been fly fishing and tying since the mid 90s. Still learning!! Love how your flys are so neat. Especially your Euro Nymphs. I would love to pick your brain on some of the techniques you use while tight lining.
Thanks so much, Brett! Really appreciate it. I’m still learning as well. When we stop learning, we stop trying! Feel free to reach out to me on Insta. Tight lines to you.
Sometimes minor changes add up to a major improvement. I just tied one of your mops and plan to fish it tomorrow. Thanks for the wonderful tips.
Appreciate you watching, Alex. Good luck with it tomorrow. Tight lines to you!
I first discovered the Mop Fly watching a George Daniel video ( Tying "Junk" Flies for High Water Conditions ). Yellow seems to work best for me. It works really well when the river is running high and is off color. Under such condition, I had days when it caught 80% of my fish. I tie my Mop Flies a bit differently from yours. Mine have fluorescent orange collar for accent. I like the pinch you used to cover ( enveloped ) the shank. As a last step, I put a bit of super glue after trimming the mop, so that the material wouldn't fray. This seems to work well. Thanks for posting your version.
Schmoonkie, using it in off color water is a good use, as well. Nice idea of putting on the glue to keep it from fraying. Great thing about this sport is we can all learn from one another. Appreciate you watching!
@@OldDominionTroutBum I appreciate the meticulous way you go about tying your flies--even if some are simple flies. Watching you tie Walt's Worm helped me tie a better Crossover Nymph ( a fly by Devin Olsen ). Not sure if you've fished that fly or tied that fly yet. If not, I'd highly recommend it. I use Troutline's Mad Rabbit Plus in Natural color for the body and Troutline's Pure Squirrel Dubbing in Black Pepper for the collar. I use split thread for the CDC hackle
@@schmoonkie Appreciate the comment! Glad the video helped. I don't tie the crossover, but I do tie Devin's Hare's ear Blowtorch which is similar. Fabulous fly. Mad Rabbit Dubbing is by far my favorite. Tight lines!
Thanks for sharing this video. 🎣 I just tied up a couple of tan versions as well as a couple of chartreuse so I can test them out next time I’m on the water. I used a slotted bead and one thing that I learned was that I’ll need to be more careful when applying the super glue since I had the mop material stick to the bead. 🤦🏻♂️
Joseph, make sure you use your bodkin to spread the glue near the bead. But don't worry yours will still fish! Good luck to you and thanks for watching!
@@OldDominionTroutBum 💯
Damn Yankee Fly Shop on Ebay has a good selection of mop fly bodies.
I’ll check it out. Appreciate it!
I love mops. If anybody wants a nice tapered mop fly, buy one of those wash mittens from the auto parts store. After washing your car, put it on a fence post and let the weather beat it up a few times until it starts to slim down and taper.Tie on a small marabou tail.
Nice Louie! Appreciate you watching.
This is Great, I've always had issues with my mop flies looking ugly as fuck, obviously trout don't care but as tiers we do lol so 100% need to revisit this and maybe even try it for sea trout this season.
Haha! You are right, we care and have to have them look good-even the mop! And I’m sure they will work for your sea trout-hard to pass a chunk of protein like this. Appreciate you watching.
@Old Dominion Trout Bum oh yeh just remembered I ended up dying clear 0.18mm mono multiple different colours and it worked really well but was alot of work to make one lol so trying sempe again
You’ll like the sempe for the main leader-it is dull so you may want something brighter for you sighter. Good luck with it.
@@OldDominionTroutBum I used sempe for about a year, the main leader snapped easily it was ridiculous but I think it was a bad batch.
Hi Cory
Thank you for another great video. The mop material from B&C is kind on ticker diameter. Do you ever trim it down or just fish it as it is?
Always looking for more of your videos.keep them coming 👍
Hey Sead-appreciate it! I don’t trim it down. I tie it just like I did in the video. Thanks so much for watching and I’ll keep them coming.
Thank you Cory
Corey, 2 quick questions; are you using a mop at this time of year? Next question since I have your eyes; I know you don’t like split shot but in the event you need one do you add between your point fly & dropper or do you put it above your dropper. Happy New Year.
Thanks,
Tony
Hey Tony. For sure-I'll use a mop this time of year. Sometimes when they won't move to a small bug, they will move to that big morsel.
I would suggest putting the split shot between your dropper and point. That way you are you will be bring the whole rig down toward the bottom. Hope this helps and Happy New Year as well. Here's to lots of fish in 23.
I believe you said you sometimes use a slotted bead in place of an inverted bead.
Do you have a video or can you share how this is best done, thanks again for your terrific videos.
Bob, put your slotted bead and make sure the longer slot is down. Start your thread behind the bead like you normally do. Now pull the bead up with your fingers and build up the thread behind it. Keep wrapping until you have enough thread to hold the bead in place. It will slide back down if you don’t. Once in place, It should be above the center line. The top 2/3rds or so will be on top and it will invert.
Hope this helps and I appreciate you watching!
@@OldDominionTroutBum thanks. I appreciate your help. Your videos are terrific.
Thanks so much, Bob. And I’m happy to help.
Howdy Cory.good point for anchor…do u ever drop shot?
Hey Fudd-I have done it, but really prefer to have my weight in my flies. Appreciate you watching!
Thanks Cory, I hate to admit it, but I've never had any luck with the Mop !! I was wondering if there there are any water conditions that tend to favor using the Mop. One other question I have, is do you usually fish the Mop as a single fly ? Thanks much
If you watch this video here, I talk about why and the conditions I use the mop.
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Hope this helps.
Is this fly fished dead drift under an indicator or on a euro rig?
Ryan-you can fish it either way, although it does excel with a euro rig because of the weight of the fly. Hope this helps and thanks for watching.
Are those made of Chenille, I have use chenille and it makes an awful body. Cutting up and old mop slipper for material at the moment.
It is chenille, Jerry. I would recommend buying what I used here in the video. It is great material.
Thanks@@OldDominionTroutBum
Do you use slotted beads for your perdigons, walts and phesant tails? And also what Size beads go on which size hooks? What brand of beads?
I do, George. Generally you can go by this....size 18: 2.3. Size 16: 2.3-2.8 Size 14: 2.8-3.3 Size 12: 3.3-3.8. I use Tactical Fly Fisher slotted tungsten beads.
@@OldDominionTroutBum thank you so much! You got me into fly tying now, and another more euro nymphing! When's your next trip to the esopous or poconos?
@@georgelusk939 anytime, George. Glad I am fueling the fire! I’ll be up in the Catskills for sure in the Spring. Love it up there.
@Old Dominion Trout Bum awesome I plan on hitting the spring hard! One more question, sorry to bother you. I don't see hends making the brown with green fleck anymore. (Your favorite perdigon video) Is there a favorite perdigon flash you use now? I'm picking up some krystall flash in peacock and medium brown.
@@georgelusk939 they still make it, it’s just hard to get. You can order direct from Hends. A good substitute is the peacock. Use the copper bead and black thread.
Why not a jig hook and bead ?
You can do that if you like. That can work, as well.
I don't like catching fish as much as I dislike fishing something like this. It's a matter of taste to an old timer like myself.
Larry, that’s the beauty about about fishing (or life)…everyone gets to decide what they like. I’m sure Izaak Walton would roll over in his grave at weight forward lines and double tapers or even Frank Sawyer’s pheasant tail. Thanks for watching and tight lines to you.
@@OldDominionTroutBum - I don't know... I don't picture Walton as being as temperamental and cranky as I can be. Tight lines to you, too.
@@holyworrier haha-the perfect way to balance temper would be some stream therapy!
I agree Larry. I’m a geezer too. I just couldn’t fish a mop. Might as well throw on a night crawler. I does look like a crane fly larvae.
The stigma is calling it a mop fly.
There are people using mop "materials"; where they have no idea that those micro fibers have been around for a while... oh yes, yes they have, in the form of chinelle that has been furled.
Fly fishing for 59 years now. I'm a 68 year ol' old timer who believes you fish for fun, unless the goal is to be a paint by the numbers tyer; which is fine and I encourage it. But paint by the numbers is not creating, it's following a pattern someone else came up with.
I say, tie the mop... it catches fish.
I agree, Frugal FR. I do like creating, but I don't mind tying a pattern someone else came up with that catches fish. It's what makes out sport so great-the sharing of ideas. And I'm with you-put that mop and catch some fish! Appreciate you watching and tight lines.
This fly has to be a joke....I have 4 and not a single bite on any of them.
Not a joke….Under certain circumstances and conditions it will work for you.