The Googly

The googly is my favorite fly for smallmouth bass in the rivers near my home. The googly has the double advantage of being deadly on smallies and simple to tie.



Here's my recipe for tying the googly-

First you tie in a tail of fox or squirrel and a peice of tinsel.




then you wrap the tinsel forward till it covers about 60% of the hook shank and tie it in.



Next tie in wings from a saddle,I like grizzly but in truth use whatever I have left over from tying dries.



Then you take some deer hair and loop the thread over it twice. As you pull the thread taut you release the hair with your fingers letting it flare and spin around the hook shank.





Repeat tying in bunches of deer hair till you fill up the hook shank completely.









Tye off the thread and trim the deer hair.



epoxy on your eyes and your done.