Fly Tying the Black Death (Bass, Pike or Tarpon Pattern)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ธ.ค. 2021
- Based loosely on the popular tarpon fly, the Black Death, this is a versatile pattern that can be tied in any color combination, and for multiple species of big predator fish.
Hook: #4-4/0 2x heavy saltwater hook
Thread: Black, 210 denier
Tail: Four hackle feathers, any colors, with flash
Body: Rabbit zonker, any color
Eyes: Stick-on or painted
Head: UV resin
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Nice job Matt
Good morning Matt. Love the name of the fly. May tie a few in smaller sizes for bass and pike. Thanks for sharing this one. Have a great day sir.
You bet Karl! Appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Another great looking fly. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Paul! Appreciate it my friend. :-)
Good tie Matt!!
Appreciate it Franky!
Good morning Matt, thanks for sharing looks like an awesome fly.
Thanks! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Thanks Matt. Looks like a fun fly. I look forward to tying it
Appreciate it Mike! Good luck my friend. :-)
Nice-looking fly the Crystal Flash really sets It Off
Thanks Mike! I do wonder how flashy this will make it in the water. Probably quite a bit!
Nice job Matt and great tip one glueing those 4 saddle feathers together before tying them on
Hi Matt. That would make a great pike fly. A selection of those tied in a variety of different colors would be good in a pike box. Nice work on the fly. Take care Matt.
Thanks John! Man I would love to hook up with one of those leg-long pike someday. Those guys look like serious predators. :-)
This one is really cool and different! Love it!
Appreciate it Mark! Thanks for the note. :-)
We have been waiting for you to do a salt water platter .Great looking fly.We tie a few salt water flies.We use g s p thread with a lot tourk,and a lot of super glue.One tip, super glue down the eyes,but not on the outside of the eyes,it will turn them milky, and will look like crap.Have a great week my friend. Ken
Appreciate it Ken! I wasn't completely sure how to do the eyes but that's a great tip. I suppose you could completely finish the head and let it get hard with the resin, and THEN glue the eyes on.
Very interesting pattern for sure. Thanks Matt. Continued blessings as always.
I'm gonna try this in a variety of sizes in the surf for some perch next time I make it to the beach. Great looking flie.
Thank you Ben! I might tie a few more of these up on smaller hooks for the bass around here too. :-)
I love trout guys talking about "big hooks"
Ha! This was literally the biggest hook I've ever put in a vise Connor. And a little bit intimidating. :-)
Cool pattern Matt. I can definitely see this pattern working for pike and bass. Thanks for sharing
Thanks Layton! It does make me wonder what this pattern is supposed to look like. I suppose a generic baitfish as there are no big black leeches in saltwater. I guess it's a straight up attractor pattern and nothing else. :-)
Awesone pattern...nice tie. Looks like a great bass pattern in a #4. Thanks for sharing Matt. Have a great day.
Oh yeah Todd. In a little smaller size it would totally look like a freshwater fly. And make it in red and white and it would look very similar to Lefty's Red and White which from what I hear has been a pretty successful bigmouth bass pattern.
Excellent fly, would love to see a few more Salt water flies! Thanks for sharing Matt.
You bet Hardy! I'll try to start mixing in a few and see what the audience reaction is. I'll definitely need to practice a few more. :-)
Great job Matt. Those colors are my go to at my local lake for LM Bass. Thanks for sharing!!
I appreciate it man. Purple and black are a pretty cool color combo. :-)
Good morning Matt,
Nicely done, man I love how your channel has progress. The video work is really getting so good and the way you go from step to step. And I have noticed the music change in some. Stay safe and well👍☕️☕️
Thanks for noticing Jim! I do get a little tired of the same music over and over, but there aren't a lot of royalty-free choices TH-cam gives us to pick from. I seem to rotate between the same three songs. :-)
Cool looking fly Matt, definitely a smaller fly would work great for some bass
Thanks for the video
Appreciate it Dave!
Enjoyed watching the tieing of this fly Matt, I think this fly would work on trout fished as a streamer. Thanks for sharing. 😀👍👍
I think you're right Jim! In the right color or size this thing could work for many different species.
Good morning Matt thanks I really like this one I always wondered how people did those eyes I like that thanks for selling me
And thank you Marty! I think one way to do it would be to finish the head first and get the UV resin completely hard, and then Superglue the eyes to it. That way you won't accidentally get any resin over the eyes.
Great fly, Matt. I ty this one in red and black on a size 8 wide gap fire hole. Found it work great for large and small mouth bass. The fun part, was that I took it to the Russian River in Nor Cal and steelhead loved it. Glad to see you do some BIG flies.
Ha! Thanks Nich. This was my first ever BIG fly. I certainly need a bit more practice but I'll get there. And someday I might even get to fish with them. :-)
HI Matt , nice fly , happy to see you ty a saltwater fly . Am new to tying and just started to ty some saltwater flies. It’s easier for me because of the size of hook & materials, but think your Trout flies are teaching me a lot , Thanks
Thank you John; I appreciate the note my friend! I've got a ways to go if I want to tie more saltwater flies though. :-)
@@SavageFlies thanks Matt , but I enjoy & am learning so much from your Trout Flies ,,, AM GOOD 👍
This is a Great looking streamer! Thank you Sir Matt. I really get tons of information for fly tying.
This looks good one trick I do is something I picked up watching a video for Lefty’s Deceiver I just put the tail feathers on in a bunch and when I have finished the fly I go to the sink and run it under hot water and let it dry hanging up. You would be surprised how well that works.
That sounds like an amazing tip Tony! I've heard of steaming feathers, like by holding them over a tea kettle, but I'll bet this would be even easier than that. And if you can do it after you've tied it, you could do a bunch at a time. I'm going to remember this one. :-)
Definitely a great pike lure. I really like the orange guy but may give olive a go too. Thx Matt!!
Funny you mention that Clyde; I thought about doing one in olive as well. And I have a barred white rabbit zonker that looks pretty cool as a tail. Not sure how it'll look when wrapped but only one way to find out!
Good morning Matt. Nice job in the saltwater fly. I can see a slight size adjustment and using this myself. I would like to think the Pike would crush this fly. So many color options this will have to be added to the Pike and Bass list here on the Chippewa River. Looks like a fun one to tie. Thank you for sharing this one.
You bet Jeff and you're about the third person to mention this as a potential pike fly. I've never caught, or even fished for, a pike but those things look like serious predators. I'll bet they would be a blast on a fly rod!
@@SavageFlies They are basically a milder version of a Musky. At times they bite just because it’s there. If you know they are around, use a leader. Or be prepared to shop for the Bass fly you are getting ready to donate.
another awesome fly 11 Thanks
I’m thinking Big Bass fly with this one! Congratulations on 7,000..many more to come! I put a Savage decal on our sign in box at flyfishing lease, they’ll all have to see it to go fish there.😄👍 Thanks Matt, have a great weekend! 🎣
Ha!! I love it Charlie! And thanks for noticing the 7,000. It's taking a while to grow this thing but we'll get there. :-)
That zonker probably would work better if it were cross cut. I can see that being a good pike fly, Matt. Thanks for sharing.
Great catch Jim! Someone else mentioned the same thing. My black zonker strips were from a very old pack and I didn't even think to consider how they were cut. The orange one I tied just before this (at the start of the video) was probably cross cut because they laid down much better.
Your right.. I use crosscut and works perfectly.
Nicely tied. I’ll bet The Black Death was was inspired by Stu Apte’s Tarpon Fly. It has pretty much the same profile, but Apte’s fly has a hackle collar instead of a fur collar.
I have seen the fly you're talking about! I didn't know it was called the Apte Tarpon Fly, but you're 100% right that this has to have been inspired by it. Apparently that pattern is pretty popular in the tarpon world. I'm looking it up now and see it was one of the flies we made postage stamps out of back in the 90s. Up there with the Royal Wulff, Jock Scott and Lefty's Deceiver. Pretty cool stuff.
I do that trick with feather sets, I use a fabric glue. I like the fly, would work well in the 2-4 size in a chartreuse and white
Great call Thomas. I've never used any fabric glue. I'll have to look it up. Thanks for the note!
Hi from Rolla MO 🎣🤠 Dave Hughes
Thanks for the salt fly . I've been trying these in white , black&yellow , and grey-grisley, chartreuse &white. I like the 3363 hook. Thanks your time and knowledge hope all is well with you and your's Dave Hughes 🎣🤠
Oh definitely going to try this for some large mouth. Might downsize it to like a 1 or 1/0 and make it more shad color. Thanks Matt
Appreciate it Sam! Let us know how it does for you. :-)
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Thanks EJ! I appreciate the note my friend. :-)
Hi Matt. I just found this tarpon fly you posted about a year ago. It’s nice to see you doing some stuff outside the trout, bass and panfish realm. I’m tying for Bahamas and Belize trips coming up. Belize will be a first and hopefully check some boxes on the ol’ bucket list. Anyway, when you wrap zonker strips, be sure to use ‘cross-cut’ strips for this as the hair lays back naturally. Or cut it off the hide securely and twirl it into a dubbing loop for even better results. Peace my friend and happy tying.
Yes, great tip Tom! I've rarely used zonker strips for anything but streamer wings so most all of mine haven't been of the cross-cut variety. But I have seen them in the shops and might have to pick up a couple of packs. Or make some of my own. I've got plenty of rabbit pelts. :-)
I'm thinking pike and big bass and maybe a muskie or two would be good warm water species for this fly, especially in some bright colors, say red and white or maybe yellow and orange. Heck, maybe even put a cone head on it. Keep the good stuff coming Matt.
Cool idea but I think we'd have to skip the eyes if we used a cone. Either way, I'm sure you're right and this thing could be a great pike, bass or muskie fly. :-)
@@SavageFlies Na, just paint the eyes on with fingernail polish. It's cheap at the dollar store.
awesome fly matt loved this one...thanks matt...still trying to get up to date on videos...lol
Another great fly Matt. Our river system is currently in major flood so I cant do much other than maybe tie a couple of flies. This one will do well here where I live, we have no freshwater fly fishing here.
Thanks Ken! Have you got any recommendations for easy saltwater flies? What are some of your favorites?
Gidday Matt. Ill email you some pics and info in a couple of days, were about to have significant flooding where i live, so its a nervous wait.
You need "cross cut" rabbit zonker strips. Palmer it and it lays back nice and flat.
Good tip! I've learned a lot about zonker strips since making this video. I doubt at the time I made it I even knew you could get cross cut strips. Thanks for the note. :-)
Circle hooks have their place, but it’s primarily for fishing with bait. I fish tarpon quite a bit and I would not use a circle hook on a fly. I rarely fish them with bait, but I do use a circle hook then. Just my take on it.
Thanks for the note! I've never even been saltwater fly fishing but a viewer sent me these hooks with some recommendations and requests. He says they're much safer for the fish but I'll have to take his word on it.
Good Morning Sir Matt, absolutely amazing I would like to see some flies tied for redfish and drum for trips down south, they fish alot of shrimp. By the way did you do something different in the intro with logo and your name? Very cool. 💯👍see you Saturday.
Cool Edward, thanks for noticing! I did change up the intro a little. Okay, some redfish flies. I'll look and see if I can find any good patterns we can tie up. :-)
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If you add nail polish over the resin the eyes will stay glossy.
So that's what the Bobonic plague looks like.
Any good sea trout patterns in that book ?
James- there's nothing specifically called out as a sea trout pattern in the book. In the saltwater section it breaks it down into three sub-sections: attractor patterns, common baitfish, and flats flies.
An all round preditor fly for sure.Use cross cut strips rather than zonkers,it lays back better.
Ahhh... great call Michael! I didn't even think to pay attention to how these zonker strips were cut. I believe the orange ones I used (in the fly I showed at the beginning) were probably cross cut. That one was definitely fuller and laid back nicely.