Poppers: Step-by-step fly tying instructions
The Double Barrel Bass Bug created by Martin Bawden.
Fly tying materials
Head: Surface Seducer® Double Barrel™ popper and slider body, yellow chartreuse, medium.
Eyes: Surface Seducer® Dragon Eyes™, Volcanic (red), 4 mm.
Hook: Surface Seducer® Popper Hook, #2.
Tail (bottom): Marabou.
Tail (middle)/Legs: Banded rubber legs.
Tail (top)/Body: Saddle Hackle.
Fly tying instructions
Step 1
Push a bodkin or heated needle into the tail socket and through the body until it comes out slightly above and just past the bottom lip.
Step 2
Cover the hook shank with thread wraps in a crisscross fashion to grip the foam body and prevent twisting.
Step 3
Put a liberal amount of glue on the hook shank.
Step 4
Slowly push the Double Barrel onto the hook, position as desired, and leave to dry. Tip: wait an hour or 2 before tying further in order to allow it to securely dry.
Step 5
Place a Dragon Eye in each socket, dab with UV clear coat, and lock into place with UV light.
Step 6
Choose 3 or 4 marabou feathers. Place them on the hook shank and secure with thread wraps.
Step 7
Tie in 3 or 4 hackle feathers and rubber legs as a tail, extending half a hook shank's length past the hook.
Step 8
Secure 2 saddle hackle feathers behind the head, then wrap around the hook shank to build up a body.
Step 9
Make a hole through the side of the body with a Hareline Leg Puller.
Step 10
Insert 2 legs into the Leg Puller and pull them through the body.
Step 11
Trim the legs to your desired length.
Step 12
Go catch a giant on topwater.
stay fly.
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