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A Triangle Bug tied on the long shank version of the Triangle Bug Hook. The extra length allows you to dress up the pattern a bit, in this case a little Semperfli Straggle Legs added to cover up the thread wraps securing the tail and body.
At the last two fly tying shows I attended, I had quite a few questions about the unique hook I tie my Triangle Bugs on.
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The Triangle Bug as tied by Matt O’Neal from Savage Flies
Last week Matt O’Neal from the Savage Flies YouTube Channel featured a tutorial on tying the Triangle Bug. Matt did a great job tying up one of my favorite panfish patterns! The Triangle Bug is one of my most popular patterns, and it is very easy to tie, as you will see in Matt’s video.
The Triangle Bug is an unusually shaped topwater fly. The body of the fly is in the shape of a triangle, hence the name. The unique shape of this pattern serves an important purpose. Bluegills and other sunfish have notoriously small mouths, but despite this, they often take flies very deeply. It can be frustrating for the angler and harmful to the fish to remove a fly from a deeply hooked sunfish. The triangular shape of the fly was designed to keep the small-mouthed bluegill and other sunfish from swallowing it too deeply. The narrow rear portion of the fly allows the small-mouthed panfish to take the fly without difficulty and the broad front end keeps the fish from swallowing it too deeply.
I did a video on tying the Triangle Bug in the past (you will find it below), but I will be the first to admit you will enjoy Matt’s video a lot more! I also did a step-by-step tutorial you can find by using the button below.
If you don’t tie your own flies I am currently accepting orders for custom-tied Triangle Bugs. I only open up custom orders a few times yearly, closing down when the order volume gets too high. So depending on when you read this post, the link below may or may not work.
You can find all the tools and materials you need to tie the fly below. You can use the code DISCOUNT10 to save 10% on the foam cutter, hooks, foam, leg, and tailing material. I apologize in advance if you find stock on some items low right now. We had a very successful Black Friday sale that depleted a lot of inventory. More stock is on the way, and I will keep the discount code active until the end of the year for anyone that wants to purchase a cutter and materials down the road.
Please note there are only about a dozen cutters in stock right now, and once they sell out I may not see more until the next year.
A fully dressed, weedless bass-sized Triangle Bug. This pattern makes a good disturbance on the surface of the water and is a solid bass producer.
For a long time, I have touted the Triangle Bugs' effectiveness as a topwater panfish fly. Over the years, I have caught a variety of fish species on this little bug while fishing for panfish. This list included many largemouth bass, including one six-pound fish that sipped that tiny size eight fly from the surface like a trout taking a mayfly. So it was a logical decision to tie these bugs a little larger and target bass with them.
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The Triangle Bug 2.0 coming to a Lilly pad near you!
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are probably familiar with my most well-known fly, the Triangle Bug. I developed Triangle Bug many years ago to solve a problem which plaques fly fishers who target panfish.
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The Triangle Bug is a unique fly designed for small-mouth panfish!
It has been a long time since I first promised a video on the Triangle Bug, but I finally got around to making one! The Triangle Bug has long been one of my most popular patterns for panfish. Over the years, it has gathered quite a following!
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