The Tying Sessions/Jungle series: The Wurgler

With an upcoming trip to French Guyana next November 2020, i'm starting to create a bunch of flies ready to tackle the legendary Airama!
Loud flies are the main game here, flies that makes a splash when they land, flies that move a lot of water and flies that are strong!
I will upload in the next ten months a whole series of these flies, and some other for different types of jungle fish. From small fish to large ones i will try to fill a few boxes that will cover most situation that we might encounter. A light rod ( 6 or 8 weight) and a heavy set up will be in my suitcase ( ten and twelve weight).
So to start of let's have a look at this topwater/weedless fly: the Wurgler.
I'm still not 100% convinced on my hook choice ( this is the Savage gear one designed for the soft 4play) I like the huge amount of space it offers behind the eye, but not sure about its strength...It feels good in hand but if it opens then it's definitely a no go! So i take this fly as a starting point. It will be fine for pike and bass in smaller size.
If you think you know a good strong hook that meets these requirements please feel free to leave a comment on the blog or on the Youtube video.
The trickiest part is the cutting of the foam, you have to match the foam size and shape to your chosen hook, best is to cut a model out of paper first and adjust it  as you go along.

Fine tuning the fibers under the foam will help the foam to sit at the right height to be perfectly weedless.
As usual, feel free to change colours, sizes (depending on your target fish) and tails.
The teddy bear eyes are very easily got on ebay.
Stay tuned as the next flies are far from being discreet....