longball Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 I don't know if this is a question for the fly tying or Hybred forum but I am sure someone here would know. A couple of years ago I was bluegill fishing and this old man had a whole flybox with these little flies in them that was a cricket harness, for lack of a better term. They were in an assortment of colors and from the little time I got to look at them they didn't look manufactured. ( he slammed the case shut when I looked to long). He said he ties them and they had a cricket harness on them so he could hook up his cricket without sticking a hook in it and killing it. He used a cane pole and just sat it around brush and had a huge stringer. A little info would be great, I have been trying to tie this for 2 years and don't have anything close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VARick Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 At first I thought you might be trying to describe a gurgler. Let me see if I can find a pic of a cricket type gurgler and post it. Do you have a pic of what you have been trying to tie to resemble what you saw? The gurgler above is not a cricket imitation.. but you could always tie it up in black .. use black rubber legs.. black antenna etc... probably leave out the hackle underbody, and use just a black tinsel underbody.. black flash tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VARick Posted June 9, 2005 Report Share Posted June 9, 2005 Give this one a try... very realistic cricket fly this one in black is what I was thinking about in the previous msg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longball Posted June 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 It kinda looked like a very tiny jig. The head part I could tell was epoxy that had been painted. The interesting part of the fly was that it was a holder for a live cricket. He put a cricket on the hook without poking it with the hook. It was almost like a cricket seat belt. Was very cool and interesting. When I offered to buy one or atleast hold it the old fart slammed the box shut and said I can't look anymore. He had it tied to the end of a canepole and just floated around letting the live cricket sit on the water beside bushes he would hold it very close to a bush and it made a commotion trying to get on a leaf and he ended up with the best stringer out there. He said he does it all the time. He had gills in a basket that I know he had to fold to get in there. I can make something close but the wire to hold on the cricket looks like it would hinder a bite. Don't know. I was just wondering if anyone here had or even knew of something like it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
