Chartreuse Chernobyl Flash Bang

Chartreuse Chernobyl Flash Bang Fly

Chartreuse Chernobyl Flash Bang: This is a really simple fly to tie.  It is nothing more than a variation of a wolly bugger, tied with a rabbit strip and Puglisi Sparkle Brush.  I have been fishing it a lot lately with great success.  Try tying it with a Speckled Gold Puglisi Sparkle Brush and rusty orange rabbit strip.  Add some gold flashabou, and you have a fly that flashes like a spoon, but is far easier to cast.

Here is the recipe.  Enjoy, and send me a photo of a fish you caught on it.

Mustad 34007, Tiemco 800S or equivalent, size 2 to 1/0  (I like the 1/0 Gamakatsu SL12S as well.  It has the same shank length as the size 2  34007, larger hook gap and is stronger.)

Large bead chain eyes or lead eyes
Black Standard Estaz
Chartreuse Puglisi Sparkle brush
Chartreuse zonker strip
30 lb test mono for foul guard
20 lb test hard mono for weed guard if desited

  1. Tie eyes in just behind hook eye.  Leave room for a small head and/or weedguard.
  2. Tie in foul guard loop at hook bend.

At the hook bend:

  1. Tie in Zonker strip (two times shank length)
  2. Tie in estaz.
  3. Tie in flash brush.
  4. Wrap Estaz forward for a body.  Figure eight wrap around eyes to form a head.  Tie off in front of eyes.
  5. Palmer sparkle brush forward. Stroke fibers back while wrapping around shank.
  6. Tie off sparkle brush just behind eyes
  7. Tie in V shaped weed guard if desired.
  8. Shape head and seal with head cement, super glue or whatever you use.
  9. Bar body and tail with Sharpie

Tease the Chartreuse Chernobyl Flash Bang in front of a fish and he will inhale it!!

Big Red Fish

14 lb red fish caught on a Chartreuse Chernobyl Flash Bang

Red Fish Tailing in the Grass

Spring Fishing Report and Special Announcement

Fly Fishing Film Festival is coming to Brunswick on April 12

A full day of fly-fishing goodness is planned on April 12.  Special fly tying with Blane Choclett, Vendor Tents and a skiff show with the Film Festival starting at 6:00.  This is the major fundraiser for the Georgia Saltwater Anglers Association.  This is one of the few organizations pushing for red fish and general fisheries conservation.  Make plans today to attend.

We are in the Spring pattern for fishing.  The big winter schools of reds seem to have broken up.  On good wind days, we can find these fish on the flats or at the backs of creeks.  However, they are not everywhere, and it is necessary to actively seek them out.  As the Spring progresses, the weather will become more stable, with light Southerly winds in the morning changing to the sea breeze in the afternoon

Trout are coming back shallow and are being found on Oyster bars and at creek mouths.  You must move around during this season.  We find them one here and one there.

The Triple Tail are back.  This is a unique fishery where these fish free float in front of Jekyll Island.  It is also a spotty fishery.  Sometimes they pop up and other times they don’t.  Look at my blog on Triple Tail fishing on my Captain’s Musings Page. You must have light, westerly winds to hunt these fish in the ocean.  At this time of year, if the conditions are right, I like to combine shallow water sight fishing for reds with sight fishing for Triple Tail.  Catching your first Triple Tail on the fly is an exhilarating experience.

At the water approaches 70 degrees, the May flood tide fishing should be excellent.  We have good tides for tailing reds on the evenings of May 23-25 and June 14, then June 21-23.  Call if you are interested in booking one of these days.

I have lots of availability for the flood tides of September and October.  There are some excellent tide dates still available.  Call, text or email to enjoy this Classic Southern Fly Fishing to tailing redfish in the flooded marsh.

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