This Frog Imitation Fishes Super Well... and Looks Like It Will Hop Out of Your Fly Box on Its Own

Ken Capsey's Japeto Frog is easily one of the most fun flies I have ever tied!

The target species for the Japeto Frog is bass (smallmouth, largemouth, spotted), but pike, musky, and even snakeheads are targetable with this fly as well.

When fishing the Japeto Frog, cast to lily pads, moss, grass, weeds, or any structure close to the bank. Typically, fishing a frog pattern is noticeably faster than other topwater patterns, but observe and let the fish tell you the speed you should be moving with.

Fly Recipe

• Rear Legs: Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spines and Foam
• Feet: Sili-Legs
• Hook: Kona Big Popper Hook, 2/0
• Body: Craft Foam
• Head: Surface Seducer Double Barrel Popper & Slider Body, large, green chartreuse
• Eyes: Surface Seducer Dragon Eyes, Tropic, 6mm
• Front Legs: Sili-Legs

You can follow Ken Capsey on Instagram @capsey802.

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About Brian Wise:

Brian Wise is a fly fishing guide in extreme Southern Missouri. His mainstays are the wild rainbow trout and large predatory brown trout of the North Fork of the White River, but he is also a self-proclaimed smallmouth junkie and loves the seasonal striper fishing as well. He's been the head guide at River of Life Farm for over a decade and has been featured in print such as Southern Living Magazine, Outdoor Life, Fly Fisherman, Field and Stream, Rural Missouri Magazine, on television shows such as NBC’s Today Show, Outdoor Channel’s Ultimate Outdoors, several appearances on Outdoor Channel Outfitters, and is a Field Producer for Chasing Waters on the Pursuit Channel. He was a 2007 qualifier for the coveted Best of the West distance casting competition and won the Bennett Springs distance casting competition with a whopping cast of 106 feet. When Brian isn’t guiding, he is fishing with his two sons. His fly tying and fly fishing videos are quickly making their way to the top of the list, and the Fly Fishing the Ozarks Youtube Channel is the fastest growing channel in the fly fishing genre.