Improved Frog (Great Early Season Fly)

My ideal improvement to any fly is to produce ties that catch as many or more fish that take considerably less time to tie, because I prefer to fish than tie flies.

This tie believe it or not started with me tinkering a bit with the traditional woolly bugger (which for me was a highly successful early season and searching fly) after a couple of iterations that looked a bit froggy I landed at the Improved Frog.  I haven't tied a wooly bugger for eight to ten years at a guess and this fly is its equal or better which is a bold statement and it takes only a few minutes to tie.  Think Mudeye, Frog, Tadpole, Smelt etc... these flies command the fishes attention.

It can be tied with or without a bead in various sizes and my most successful colour would be black followed by olive but it would probably work in any colour.  I like a little bit of sparkle in the chenille but sometimes just drab is better, another variation is to tie a puff of red yarn under the tail (like a frogs bum).

Does it work? - I have caught countless fish on this tie as well as my largest Australian caught fish and it is red hot early season on the central Plateau in Tasmania.  Give it a try, you will not be disappointed in the results and tie it on anywhere you would consider a woolly bugger or mudeye pattern (and its easier to tie).

Cheers

Dion

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