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At the time of adding this fly to this web site John Schofield had now won six Bass Pro events attributing much of his success to his Bass Vampire fly. Its not surprising that the fly has elements of a Clouser Minnow because it was inspired by the successful black and purple Clouser Minnows that were the order of the day when Harry Watson won the event in I think in 1996. The fly is particularly useful in larger water and can be fished quite deep. For inactive fish John recommends a slow retrieve and even pauses of up to 15 seconds. If fish are active a range of faster stripping actions will yield success. Whilst the black and purple Vampire gets the most press its worth following John's lead and experimenting with different colours for different fisheries.

Materials as used by John Schofield:

Materials used below:

Process

A	Starting at the eye wind the thread 1/3 along the hook shank in touching turns. Understanding hooks Secure the Dumb Bell eyes on top of the hook shank at the 1/3 point described above using figure 8 wraps. To tighten the connection wrap the thread around the base of the eyes on top of the hook shank. Securing dumbbell type eyes Secure the eyes in place with couple of drops of super glue. Positioning of the eyes at the 1/3 point described above is important because you need to leave enough room in front of the eyes to tie in the dressings and to form a nice shaped head.

B	Tie in the Mylar tubing along the full length of the hook shank with the tag end extending the length of the hook shank beyond the hook. Tease out the Mylar tubing fibres to form a ragged tail. Tie in the crystal chenille at the bend of the hook and take the thread back to the eyes

C	Wrap the crystal chenille along the body in touching turns all the way to the eye of the hook. The original is tied off and trimmed behind the eyes but I like to take the Crystal Chenille over the top of the eyes and tie off on top of the hook shank and trim off in front of the eyes.

D	Turn the hook over in the vice. To form the under-wing take a small bunch of SLF (synthetic living fibre) about one quarter as thick as thick as a match stick and tie it in as a beard on the bottom of the shank and in front of the eyes so that the tag ends will cover the bend of the hook. Managing synthetic fibres

E	To form the over-wing take a small bunch of sparkle flash about one quarter as thick as thick as a match stick and tie it in as a beard on the bottom of the shank and in front of the eyes so that the tag ends will cover the bend of the hook. Build up a nice head with thread whip finish and super glue the thread head.

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