	BENT FLASH FLY Courtesy of Max AKA FlashBackMax BENT FLASH FLY INTRO When I see a successful fly I always try and figure out what makes it that way. What are the defining characteristics? Why does it catch fish when some other one won’t? Well often there’s any number of factors. Size, shape, and color being some of the most important. However beyond that there are some characteristics that are common to a number of successful flies. Things like sparseness for example. A good clouser minnow in my opinion needs to be sparse. Movement. The black magic sculpin we tied a while back has excellent movement. The wool tail and wing are constantly waving back and forth at the currents whim. There can be any number of things that you can incorporate into a fly to try and make it catch fish. The Bent-flash is my attempt at a new Alaska fly. Let me explain why I think this fly will work. We’ll start with the hook. It’s bent and the fly is tied in such a fashion that it will ride up. As the fish takes it the hook will be ready to dig into the roof of the mouth instead of trying to hook onto the sides. The flash. I love krystal flash and flashabou together. They seem to build off one another creating something that neither of them could make alone. Then there’s the collars. They will seem full till they are wet. Then they will become spare and slink down into practically nothing. However there will still be movement as they pulse in and out with the current or when they’re being stripped through the water. Then there’s the movement of the tail. It will wave and wiggle like crazy begging those fish to take a bite. So we’ll see how it works. I plan on trying this fly myself. We’ll see if I’m right. Materials List Hook: I used a big daiichi bass hook and bent it to the shape I wanted. Then I got looking at the picture and noticed it looked a heck of a lot like those plastic worm hooks you see in bass pro or where ever. Thread: Pink monocord or 6/0 Under-flash: UV pearl krystal flash Over-wing: Pearl flashabou Collars: Pink Saddle Hackles LETS GET TYING!! Step 1 Take the hook and bend it near the eye. Step 2 Wrap the shank with thread. Go down over the edge of the bend we made down aways towards the bend of the hook. Give the thread a shot of glue to hold it in place Step 3 Just where the bend is tie in a clump of Krystal flash. Make it extend about another half a fly length off the bend of the hook. Step 4 Select a hackle feather, tie it in, and wrap it onto the shank. Then tie it off Step 5 Select a clump of the flashabou and tie it in over the first saddle hackle collar. Step 6 Tie in two new saddle hackles Step 7 Wrap the hackle up but leave room near the eye for the head and tie them off. Don’t worry if you’ve got a little pointing forward. We’ll fix that. Step 8 With your index, middle finger, and thumb stroke the fibers back holding them as you tie them down. Build up the head into a nice tapered shape. Step 9 Do a whip finish Step 10 Place a couple drops of glue on the head. The fly is finished.

BENT FLASH FLY

Courtesy of Max

AKA

FlashBackMax

BENT FLASH FLY INTRO

When I see a successful fly I always try and figure out what makes it that way. What are the defining characteristics? Why does it catch fish when some other one won’t? Well often there’s any number of factors. Size, shape, and color being some of the most important. However beyond that there are some characteristics that are common to a number of successful flies. Things like sparseness for example.
A good clouser minnow in my opinion needs to be sparse. Movement. The black magic sculpin we tied a while back has excellent movement. The wool tail and wing are constantly waving back and forth at the currents whim. There can be any number of things that you can incorporate into a fly to try and make it
catch fish. The Bent-flash is my attempt at a new
Alaska fly. Let me explain why I think this fly will work. We’ll start with the hook. It’s bent and the fly is tied in such a fashion that it will ride up. As the fish takes it the hook will be ready to dig into the roof of the mouth instead of trying to hook onto the sides. The flash. I love krystal flash and flashabou together. They seem to build off one another creating something that neither of them could make alone. Then there’s the collars. They will seem full till they are wet. Then they will become spare and slink down into practically nothing. However there will still be movement as they pulse in and out with the current or when they’re being stripped through the water. Then there’s the movement of the tail. It will wave and wiggle like crazy begging those fish to take a bite. So we’ll see how it works.
I plan on trying this fly myself. We’ll see if I’m right.

Materials List

Hook: I used a big daiichi bass hook and bent it to the shape I wanted. Then I got looking at the picture and noticed it looked a heck of a lot like those plastic worm hooks you see in bass pro or where ever.

Thread: Pink monocord or 6/0

Under-flash: UV pearl krystal flash

Over-wing: Pearl flashabou

Collars: Pink Saddle Hackles

LETS GET TYING!!

Step 1

Take the hook and bend it near the eye.

Step 2

Wrap the shank with thread. Go down over the edge of the bend we made down aways towards the bend of the hook. Give the thread a shot of glue to hold it in place

Step 3

Just where the bend is tie in a clump of Krystal flash. Make it extend about another half a fly length off the bend of the hook.

Step 4

Select a hackle feather, tie it in, and wrap it onto the shank. Then tie it off

Step 5

Select a clump of the flashabou and tie it in over the first saddle hackle collar.

Step 6

Tie in two new saddle hackles

Step 7

Wrap the hackle up but leave room near the eye for the head and tie them off. Don’t worry if you’ve got a little pointing forward. We’ll fix that.

Step 8

With your index, middle finger, and thumb stroke the fibers back holding them as you tie them down. Build up the head into a nice tapered shape.

Step 9

Do a whip finish

Step 10

Place a couple drops of glue on the head.

The fly is finished.