Magic Head Gugler

Magic Head Gugler

19th of September 2012, after the IFFF 2012 Malaysia ( International Fly Fishing Festival ), I have arranged a 4 days 3 Nights fishing trip to our Royal Belum Dam deep in Malaysia rainforest ... 

Along with us, are world famous fly tiers.. Hans Van Klinken from Holland and Marc Petitjean from Switzerland. Also world famous caster Paul Arden and 2 more good friends from Australia, Mr Tim Kimpton and Chris Rowe.

It was a great trip were we have good companies, good food, good jokes and most important... 7 Toman ( Giant Snakehead ) were landed... 

with countless follow, bust line and even bite off wire leaders...

During the trip, few new fly patterns have been created specially for the Giant Snakehead... This Magic Head Gugler pattern might not be something new, but we believe it's a pattern which truly design aim for the Giant Snakehead base on the actual fishing scenarios... putting in the Magic Head Cone to create more plop, adjust the amount of foam to balance the bouncy of the fly when fishing with wire leaders.... adding in some sili legs to hold the fly in the water so it stay right at the strike zone when Toman grab it from below... all base on the limited material available during the trip.

And most important of the design... cast able....!!!!

Everyone put in some ideas to the flies...

Marc giving some suggestion of the tie...

Hans and my self tying to improve the pattern...

The Material list:

Hook : Daiichi 2546 Saltwater hook size 1/0

Hard close cell foam

Grizzly hackle

flashabou

sili legs

Fin Racoon zonker fiber

Magic Head Cone

Palm Chenille

Chenille

This is how much of splash / plop and sound created... I think this idea would also be effective when fishing with Peacock Bass, Bass, GTs, Pike.... or any predatory fish which strike on surface...

The step by step tying instructions:

Prepare a very strong hook... I use saltwater hook size 1/0

Tie in some Fin Racoon Zonker fiber

Trim the end and fold over the fiber, tie down tight

Tie in some flashabou

Tie in a pair of Grizzly hackle, fold over the hackle stem, tie down tie

Tie in 2 - 3 pairs of silly legs or rubber legs

Tie in some Palm Chenille, spin them in for about 3-4 rounds, and trim the extra

Tie in the Magic Head ( You can also do this step in the beginning )

Tie in the hard close cell foam and chenille

Spin the chenille

Now fold over the foam and tie down tight

Tie in a pair of Sili legs or rubber legs

Trim the foam and whip finish

Fold the cone and trim it

Trim again the cone

The Magic Head Gugler is ready

Good luck and have fun with this pattern.... 

Note:

You are advise to adjust on the amount of foam base on how heavy is your hook and wire leader....

Plop... Plop... Plop....

Latex Stonefly Nymph

Latex Stonefly Nymph

I have been tying this latex Stonefly Nymph since 2009... it's about time for a step by step.

Materials:

Glove latex strip cut about 5mm width for abdomen / 8mm width for wing case and thorax

Nymph hook size 8

Goose Biots for tails

Knob Turkey Biots for legs

Pheasant Tail fiber for antenna

SLF Whitlock Dubbing - Gills

Lead wire for additional weight

3M surgical tape

Step by step tying instructions:

Bend the hook slightly,  put on the lead wire, drop a small drop of Zap a gap and tape it with surgical tape to create the taper abdomen shape

After taping with surgical tape for the taper abdomen shape

Tie down the base body with thread, tie in the 5mm width latex strip and a pair of Goose biots

Roll the latex strip twice at the end

Then roll in the latex strip and tie down

Color the abdomen with marker

Prepare 3 pairs of knob Turkey biots legs, tie in the legs

Bub in some dubbing as gills

Cut the 8mm width latex strip like above as the wing case

Tie in the wing case

Color the wing case with marker

Tie in another latex wing case with extra length latex strip for the thorax, dub it with dubbing

Fold over the extra length latex strip, dub it with dubbing again, tie in a pair of Pheasant tail fiber as antenna

Fold over the latex strip and tie down next to hook eye

Apply some dubbing and fold over the latex strip, tie down and trim the extra latex

Color it and if you wish, you can drop 2 small drop of black Loons hard head as eyes

Some Stonefly nymph ready to fish

The same technique is with different materials also tie this Latex Dragonfly nymph

and others

Cheers and happy tying

Nail.head Candy

Nail.head Candy

Bob Popovic's surf candy was a real popular and effective pattern, and recently he have also came out with a brilliant idea of stick-on fish head profile call Fleye Foils. 

Well.... we don't get these awesome materials in Malaysia.... with a combine idea of a Fleye Foils and Fish Skull... I came out with this crazy idea of using artificial stick on nail which I found in my wife's dressing table...

Ooopss..... my wife is going to get mad again... I bet..!!! 

After she found her rubber glove missing... now.. her stick on nail gone...

Soon... will be seeing guys... walking into cosmetics outlet and purchasing these 'nails'.... those sales girls are going to start wondering... what the hack men buying these nail for...?

Just tell them..... it a 'trend'... you use our feather for hair fashion, we are going to use your nail for fly tying.... :p

Materials:

Stick on artificial nail from your wife dressing drawer...
Daiichi or similar Saltwater hook
Craft fur
Polar flash
3D stick on eye
Marker
Clear UV cure epoxy - make sure it's non tacky

This is the 1st prototype that I tie...

the second one with more nails...

So this is the step by step tying instruction.... keep it out and do not let your wife know about it....
I don't wanna keep getting snizzzz whole day... ( cursed by them )

Different size of nails...  not the one on my last finger please..!!!

Fold the nail and trim to get the desire shape you want, stick on the 3D eye

Another view on the folded nail

Prepare the hook

Tie in the craft fur

Tie in some polar flash

Tie in the craft fur again

Apply some control gel super glue and stick it on

Pour in the epoxy.... I mean fill the base... some air will trap in the craft fur... this is good, that will balance the weight distribution

Dry it with UV light

Color the head and the craft fur with marker

Apply a thin coat of epoxy on the nail-head and now fill in more on the base

Dry it with UV light

Now the Nail.head Candy is ready

View from below...

Very Important note when you tie this pattern...

Look below

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Don't tell your wife I'm responsible for her missing 'NAILS'

Cheers... have fun tying