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Pork Chop
05-15-2008, 02:06 PM
http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/Flop_bug_1.JPG


http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/flop_bug_4.JPG

Flip Flops are a great source for foam, they are cheap and come in a wide variety of colors. They make great bugs for bluegills.



Brown duck
05-15-2008, 03:14 PM
Very nice - tried to buy a pair a couple weeks ago - my future wife laughed and would not let me get them when I told her they were for flies!
fishergirltc
05-15-2008, 03:15 PM
LOL! What a great idea. Never thought about using flip flops. Thanks for the tip! :)
Molson
05-15-2008, 03:15 PM
those look like some 'gill getters to me.

....as long as the "seasoning" in that foam doesn't send them to cover...:D

or maybe it will send them belly up :D:D:evil:
Pork Chop
05-15-2008, 04:42 PM
....as long as the "seasoning" in that foam doesn't send them to cover...:D

or maybe it will send them belly up :D:D:evil:

I figured the least I could do to cut down on water pollution was to buy new flops. Found them at a dollar store for a buck a pair. I think a pair of flips will tie at least a couple hundred bugs.

While at the dollar store, I also picked up one of those foam wraps you slip over a beer/pop can. That foam is alot softer than the flip flop foam. Haven't tried can cover foam yet.
Shoeman
05-17-2008, 08:42 AM
That's just too cool!
Rumajz
05-17-2008, 11:22 AM
my future wife laughed and would not let me get them when I told her they were for flies!


You need to go get all your fishing equipment, any upgrades and LOTS of tying materials NOW, I don't think you'll get to do that after you say "I do". ;)
steelie
09-06-2008, 08:53 PM
Good Day,

Indeed a good source material.

Some people will even buy a few different colors and then glue them together with Supper 77 then pile a few books on top till dried. Then using a sharpened copper or brass tube cut cylanders out of the foam sandwich for poppers. You can even mix the colors.

Steelie
DHise
09-07-2008, 08:14 AM
So that's wear all my flip flops went to.

Nice.
Pork Chop
09-08-2008, 05:32 AM
One thing I will say is the flip flop bugs are very durable. I've caught over 200 gills and bass on the same bug, and it's still going strong.