Fulling Mill Moodah Poodah Size 12 12 Pack

Overview

The Moodah Poodah is a foam dry fly that Curtis Fry of Fly Fish Food featured in a 2015 tying tutorial, and Fulling Mill ties it in a handy 12-pack. It is part attractor, part emerger and part dropper float, which is why it earns a spot in so many summer boxes.

In the original tie the body hangs below the surface on a curved Klinkhamer-style hook while a foam head and wing keep the fly up. That low, half-sunk posture looks like a bug struggling in the film, and trout find it hard to pass up. Depending on color it can suggest a cicada, cricket or drowning ant, or drakes and other mayflies, and rubber legs add movement on every drift.

How to Fish It

• Dead drift: fish it on 4X or 5X tippet along banks, seams and riffles, the same water you would cover with a small hopper or stimulator.
• Dry-dropper: it floats well enough to carry a small bead-head nymph; tie the dropper 12 to 24 inches off the bend.
• Twitch it: a small twitch makes the legs kick and can draw a strike from a fish that watched a dead drift go by.
• When to use it: summer and early fall, when drakes, larger mayflies or terrestrials are around and fish are looking up.
• Keep it riding right: dress the foam and wing with floatant and leave the body untreated so it hangs in the film.

Choosing Color and Size

Black is the terrestrial color, standing in for ants, crickets and cicadas. Olive and Tan suggest drakes, other mayflies and general buggy food, and Purple is the attractor pick that stands out in riffles and on bright days.

Every pack is size 12, big enough to float a dropper and small enough to fool fish that refuse bulky foam bugs.