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Designed by Jack Gartside this fly is one of those flies that just works. It's amongst the most successful surface flies for American small mouth and large mouth bass type flt fishing.

In Australia it is also a very useful fly and when tied along the lines of the original it takes Australian bass and plenty of other freshwater and saltwater species.

When tweaked a little it can be adapted for use on almost any species that has a predisposition to hit surface flies and a wide range of surface fishing situations.

Materials

Process

A	There are plenty of wet fly hooks that suit this type of fly but my preference is the Mustard 34007 stainless steel hooks. I generally opt for these because I tend to use my gurglers for both fresh and salt water applications. Wind the thread down to the bend of the hook in touching turns. Understanding hooks It's optional but I like to add a loop of monofiliment at the bend of the hook to act as a support for the tail.

B	The original recipe calls for a two tone bucktail tail. Select a small bunch of bucktail and tie that in on top of the hook shank with the wispy ends projecting behind the fly a distance roughly equal to the length of the hook.

C	Select a second bunch of buck tail and tie that on top of the first Trim the tag ends of the bucktail so that when tied down there will not be a ridge. Tie the buck tail down firmly along the hook shank

D	Cut a length of closed cell foam with parallel sides that is about as wide as the gape of the hook and has a V at the front edge. Smear a head cement along the under-body of the fly. Hold the strip of closed cell on top of the fly with the V over the under-body Starting at the apex of the V tie the foam body in along the top of the fly take the thread back half way down the under-body. Closed cell foam bodies

E	Tie in a length of estaz chenille on top of the hook shank Take the thread forward to the 25% position

F	Wind the estaz chenille forward in touching turns to the 25% position. Tie the estaz chenille off witha couple of firm wraps of thread and trim the excess away witha shap pair oid scissors or a blade. Pull the closed cell foam over the back of the estaz chenille body and tie it off with firm wraps of thread at the 25% position.

G	Turn the fly over in the vice. Tie in a small bunch of krystal flash fibers to act as legs. These should slope back so as to partially obscure the bite and point of the hook.

H	Turn the hook back upright in the vice. Take the closed cell forward and turn it back over itself so the the fold of the strip of closed cell foam just covers the eye of the hook. Lock the foam head in position with firm wraps of thread at the 25% position.

I	Trim away the excess foam leaving a flap about as long as the head itself. Whip finish at the 25% position.

J	Turn the hook upside in the vice again and whilst holding the head out of the way build up a neat cone shaped thread head. Whip finish behind the eye of the hook, trim the excess thread away and varnish the thread head.

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