Recently I’ve been working on articulated surface flies for bass, and the more aggressive Sunfish. Lots of fun. Very effective. They work well just sitting and gently twitching...lots of movement.

Design change! To facilitate hook removal and be gentler on the fish, the hook needs to be up front with a trailing shank. (I will only use one hook).

Anyone else have experience or thoughts on articulated flies?

I used to tie articulated streamers (whistlers) both for freshwater and flounder.
One day I gilled a bass with both hooks, and never tied another.

I like that!

I’m no longer surprised when the Sunfish hit the biggest flies.



Or when the big fish hit the little flies!

Those green sunfish do have a bigger mouth than bluegills and can be very aggressive which is fine by me.

Tie up a redfish crack in crawfish colors, I tie it up on a #6 hook I caught a 4# bass and several large Rio Grande Cichlids