Who remembers these plugs

[VanStaalSteve]

These were a hot dropper fly/plug a long while back . I took numerous bass on them while they were fished as a teaser to a Redfin or the like. Sometimes they were hotter than a 4” Redgill. Used by fly guys too as it was light enough to be casted on a 9 weight. 

Edited September 13 by VanStaalSteve

[t_man7]

Still fish ones similar to those, tie them myself, I do longer hackles off the backs

[WorcBoy]

We used to sell those in a shop I worked at. Had to be early 90"s ?

[VanStaalSteve]

31 mins ago, WorcBoy said:

We used to sell those in a shop I worked at. Had to be early 90"s ?

Yes. The Farnsworth fly. Invented by fly fisher Phil Farnsworth

[D1fishr]

1 hour ago, VanStaalSteve said:

These were a hot dropper fly/plug a long while back . I took numerous bass on them while they were fished as a teaser to a Redfin or the like. Sometimes they were hotter than a 4” Redgill. Used by fly guys as it was light enough to be casted on a 9 weight. 

SM-

Wow!  I remember something similar that I used as a kid. They were red and white.  I used them on a leader behind a 3 way swivel and weight dressed with cut bait.  A shop in Anglesea, NJ (fancy talk for a North Wildwood) called Al’s Sea and Surf used to sell them. 7’ fiberglass pole, Penn Spinfisher, great-aunt’s 3 speed bike, bucket with gear. Simpler times were good times!

DD

[DZ]

Didn’t the fly guys call those types of flys “Sliders”?

[BrianBM]

Still do.

[derekh]

Still have some of Phils  first ones . a square piece of balsa lashed to a hook, then a round one lashed to the hook, then one glued into a slot in the dowel , then the commercial ones. I use to cut a cylinder out of flip flops i found on the beach, they held up really well. Dave P wrote an article about using a dowel with a hole through it then tying on a hook with bucktail . so it fit inside the dowel. I still make a few of those and use them

[JimJ]

3 hours ago, D1fishr said:

SM-

Wow!  I remember something similar that I used as a kid. They were red and white.  I used them on a leader behind a 3 way swivel and weight dressed with cut bait.  A shop in Anglesea, NJ (fancy talk for a North Wildwood) called Al’s Sea and Surf used to sell them. 7’ fiberglass pole, Penn Spinfisher, great-aunt’s 3 speed bike, bucket with gear. Simpler times were good times!

DD

My dad used what you described with piece of shedder crab for weakfish fished in shallow water cast far behind the boat.  Called them “doodle-bugs”.  

[Highlander1]

1 hour ago, JimJ said:

My dad used what you described with piece of shedder crab for weakfish fished in shallow water cast far behind the boat.  Called them “doodle-bugs”.  

Thats what I remember, 'doodle bug' , most were homemade from broomsticks and such, hooks were hung from screw eyes. Most were red/white. 

[VanStaalSteve]

13 hours ago, DZ said:

Didn’t the fly guys call those types of flys “Sliders”?

Yes

[VanStaalSteve]

[bassmaster]

On 9/12/2023 at 3:22 PM, VanStaalSteve said:

These were a hot dropper fly/plug a long while back . I took numerous bass on them while they were fished as a teaser to a Redfin or the like. Sometimes they were hotter than a 4” Redgill. Used by fly guys too as it was light enough to be casted on a 9 weight. 

Damn ,we made them in the 90,s

Brought that memory back

[looney tunes]

I have one of these with a sloped head like a darter. I I can find it I'll take a pic.

[looney tunes]

Here are the three I found.