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JP’s Beach Bug Materials List Hook : Mustad 34007 # 4 - 8Thread : 6/0 Hot orange danville’s Eyes : Black dazl eyes, sized to hook: # 4-3/16", # 6-5/32", # 8-1/8" Flash : Pearl krystal flash Legs : Black / red speckle silly legs Body : Orange mini flat braid Back : Raccoon tail (natural color)
Tying Instructions 1: Tie the dumbbell eyes on Clouser style about 2mm back from the eye of the hook, then put a small amount of super glue to secure. Continue wrapping the thread down the shank of the hook to just before the bend. Take 4 strands of pearl Krystal flash and lay them along the shank of the hook so they extend forward and backwards on the hook. Make a few wraps to secure them along the shank then fold the forward portion backwards and wrap over to secure. 2: Take one length of silly leg folded in half and cut, take the 2 sections side by side and lay them along the shank of the hook extending approx.3/4" past the bend and forward towards the eye. Wrap the thread back towards the bend, fold the forward portion of legs over and wrap the thread back towards the eyes. Cut leg length to match, coat with thread cement. There should be one pair of legs per side and the crystal flash should splay also. 3: Next take a 5" piece of the flat braid and secure one end behind the eyes. Take the flat braid and wrap it around the body and back toward the bend and then forward to the eyes covering all under body material. Wrap the remaining material in a figure eight around the dumbbell eyes and secure (whip finish) forward of the eyes. Cover the body up to the nose with UV Knot Sense.4: The final step will be to add the back or top portion of the fly. Cut a small clump of raccoon fur (light, dark or mixed) the length of the fly. Secure it to the nose section of the fly, whip finish and coat the same as step 3. Notes: It was the end of the summer months and the fishing had turned off, I tried many different patterns each morning with only minimal results. Sitting down at my tying bench one evening and looking at my surf box and thinking of all the patterns on the market today, I need something different! Fish key in on certain sizes, shapes, colors and movement, so taking all this into consideration I began quest for a fly to take me through the fall and winter months with better than average results. I tied up my first JP Beach Bug and that next morning set out to see how they worked. The morning was overcast and with a falling tide, I had one and a half hours before work. I stripped out my line on the beach and the retrieved it back into my basket. Wading out into the surf and shooting about 80 feet of line on my first cast then retrieving it slowly, nothing. My second cast was identical to the first, retrieving it slowly again and " Bang" I was on. For the next hour I caught numerous yellow fin croaker, barred surfperch and a corbina. The next day produced the same results. I posted on my friends message board about my success and the next day had other fly fishers joining in on the fun. Fishing side by side with other’s fishing different patterns I was able to see how good this fly actually was. I passed out a few of my new pattern to other fly fishers, novices and locals who fish these beaches on a daily basis and each one of them had similar results. This fly has been my go to pattern for some time now. I have found that varying the color of the legs, under body and back have allowed me to be very productive for a longer period of the fishing season. Too date this pattern has accounted for 10 corbina, 200+ yellow fin croaker, 300+ surfperch and numerous other species. This pattern was also the winner of the "2004 Battle of the Perch Fly" at the First Annual Surf Rendezvous. This fly is best fished on a sinking line and a slow strip across the bottom. This pattern imitates a small crab. It has been very productive for surfperch, corbina, yellow fin croaker, bat rays, leopard sharks and shovelnose sand sharks!!
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2003-2005 copyright gary bulla
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