Bauer's Bottom Bouncer

Sometimes you really have to go down deep! Or is it not always important to present the fly where the fish resides?
The last few years fishing with heavy weighted flies has opened my mind a lot, I think we often fish our flies to shallow in deeper water, especially when the fish are not active.
If you want to try the slightly different fly fishing of using live sonars and casting to fish you will see on the sonar screen the importance of getting that fly down deep quickly is critical to success. Whatever your target or technique, don't be afraid of heavily weighted flies, they cast amazingly well.
and catch even better.
Hook: Ahrex TP650 26 Degree Bent Streamer #2/0-4/0
Glue: Zap a gap brush on, Gulff Thinman and Classic
Thread: Power tread 100D - White
Eyes: Stick-On Eyes 7,1 mm - Pearl
Tail: Paolo Pacchiarini’s Dragon Tail in XL - Silver, Fluorocarbon 0,5-0,6mm, 2 mm bead - Orange, fastach size 0
Weight: 2-5-gram split shot.
Tail & Wing: Bucktail - White, Bauer’s Premium Nayat - White and Burnt Smurf blue, Flashabou Magnum - Mirage opal. Polarflash - Mirage opal, Lateral scale small Mirage opal
Head: Titan dubbing - Baitfish Blend
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Niklaus Instagram: / niklausbauer
This video is produced by Robert Hansson

[@pikemoucheur7812]

hello Niklaus, always the same pleasure to watch your viséos ; I'll be happy to get this fly ; kind regards

[@alexredhat3476]

Excellent tie. Will for sure add this to the collection. Niklaus's tying is such a pleasure to watch. Can't wait to see more.

[@theinvasivespecies1119]

That is a rockin fly! Totally want tie some for the pike and walleye here in Minnesota, walleye is your Zander cousin. Great stuff!

[@keales9564]

Wow! Great looking fly. I bet GT's where I live would absolutely take this fly! I don't want to over-use the word "inspire", but you certainly are for me , a novice flY-tyer THANK YOU!!! Aloha!!

[@frippeonthefly]

Awsome video Mr.Bauer! 🤘🏻😎 A must try for me. Got to say I love your shirt. Screems Nicke 😂 Tack som fan för grymma videos och flugor 👍🏻🎣🐊

[@loicbrasey7475]

Great great pattern. I ve tyied an articulated version, based on paolo idea. But i use dumbel eyes. The jiggy action is cool. Thanks niklaus, always à big pleasure to watch your tutorials. Hope to meet you one time.

[@wolverine7878]

Great fly for big fish. This pattern looks very good for pike and zander. Thanks fpr sharing. tight lines

[@augustonthefly]

Weighted flies are the best! Weight balancing flies is also the best, lol Thanks for another awesome pattern and video. I hope I win!

[@bjornronnings2188]

Riktigt snyggt som vanligt. Den där flugan skulle jag behöva som mall nu när jag går all in på mitt nya intresse😃🤟🏻🎣

[@dooza1738]

Nice tying. You inspired me much with your flies. 👍🏻

[@ericrobertson7238]

Top notch fly bud. Love your videos. I wish you the best in Fly vs Jerk.

[@rafaszelag2145]

Polish predators will love this one😍 and u don't need to send it just bring it in june😉

[@olivierdelamare6803]

Great fly (again!!!).

[@paulbridgers3820]

Great looking fly Nick. Thanks for sharing.

[@pikefishingfamily]

You make it look so easy. I will never get it so clean lol. These videos have inspired me a lot, so keep up the good work!

[@gsdijam]

Looks great. No pike can resist :D

[@danielg5976]

Nice! Smart to tie in the split shots 👍🏻

[@nielscammelot1048]

Great pattern!!! Let’s try them 😊

[@Pheasantflies]

Hi very good technique very nice fly I really enjoy what's your video I do my own flies but for spinning what I brought from fly fishing to spinning what is really really great and really nice thank you and all the

[@benczarnecki9406]

Great stuff thanks for sharing tight lines!

[@Rumy19]

Great Job it is a very good Fly. I fish in deep Lakes in Germany so i am thankfool that the fly sinks so easy with that splitshot in it.. i love your work Thx Nicklaus.. ~< it only counts on fly

[@ymbt]

Cool pattern. Must have 🤩

[@RaptorzFishing]

cool stuff! lets have a chat in kolding next weekend! cant wait! keep it up!

[@andrewnelson3338]

Great fly.

[@anderseriksson5792]

Stort TACK för ännu en grym film och inspiration! Inspiration gav du även i massor förra veckan på Willys i V-ås, superkul! Ha de bäst! Anders

[@vepiaalto2777]

Cool! A must-tie 😃

[@JSuperco]

Have to try next season

[@BLANKETBUTT08]

Going to have to tie a few of these up!

[@fischbar1418]

It´s an excellent job you do for fly fishing. Thank you for this 🤘

[@HSMartin91]

So nice!

[@Blackfly074]

Magnifique et efficace comme d'habitude ! Bravo ! so cool, good job !

[@adinatea_flyfishing-flytying]

Awesome work 🔥🎣🤘

[@poamania5469]

Thank You for this episode 🙂🦈

[@martinrosenmill3390]

Snyggt Niklaus! Gunnar pratar även om Marc Sedotti`s weight balance system. En tung fluga får sitt eget momentum istället för att förlita sig på fluglinan att bära den hela kastet. Ska definitivt testa denna. Tack 🙏

[@haraldolivegren]

Detta mönster blir att testa! Kan tänka mig att det funkar perfekt för stor sej och hälle i nordnorge också! Ska definitivt ha med några stycken upp dit i sommar!

[@FlyDressing]

Det kommer säkert att funka utmärkt där!

[@50Squirrel]

Great video as always! Really enjoyed your techniques. Would be exceptionally cool to win a fly tied by yourself!

[@AdrianStruwig]

It’s not enough that he hooks other people in the boat, now he wants to knock them out too 😂

[@FlyDressing]

Haha, better stay clear ;)

[@mattep2168]

Looks awesome as always, i've had my best fishing with white or really red flies! Will test with splitshots, this year will be mostly on deeper waters.

[@HennerStinktHeftig]

Nice new Video and Inspiration!! 🤘 Hopefully u didnt hit any of your camerman with this one 😂

[@crazyfliesdk]

Nice 1. Seems like a good idea with the “blyhagl”. Cheers from Denmark.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Cool fly!

[@paddelnisse]

Nice😀

[@johannesjohanson3344]

Så jädra nice❤😊

[@billwhitaker2947]

Awesome tie. Every time I tie one of your patterns, I end up bleeding all over it. I need to find a way to cover the hook point.

[@FlyDressing]

A shrink tube works good and is easy to remove afterwards!

[@stephanehrlich7295]

Thx for your great Videos. I think this fly want to be used in Germany for pikes 💥🤙🏼🥳!

[@Saltwater-Use-Only]

Hello Niklaus, have seen your Sørøya Halibut video a couple of hours ago. The effort, you and Paolo put into this was absolute mind blowing and inspiring. I have a question on the flies you both used. As I have seen, it looks like a beefed up version of the Bottom Bouncer. Is there a chance, that you will make a tutorial of the hook, tail und split lead setup? Do you use a different hook pattern for the „Halibut“ Bottom Bouncer, and how do you ty the 2x4gr/2x5gr leads to the hook shank? Would like to retie this fly, to catch big Coalies, Pollock and, of course, Halibut🍀 in and around the island of Hitra in 2024. Any advice is highly appreciated. Please keep up the good work and effort you put into fly tying and your videos/tutorials. Rgds Axel

[@danday286]

Nicklaus. Where did you get the shirt in the video? I need one!

[@niklausbauer8639]

They are available true Vision dealers it’s a gulff shirt

[@FrancoisBegijn-kq1lg]

Hi Niklaus What brand splitshots are those? I tried splitshot, but they came of to easy. Cheers, François

[@Unkownsector]

Where do you suggest I shop for materials in the US. Particularly, thread, fur and tails ?

[@eloytravesiaflypesca5721]

Donde puedo comprar las colas una página

[@berndziesche9770]

Hello Niklaus, You say, that "most pike flies weigh 4 to 5 gram anyway". I disagree with your conclusion. First of all your fly then obviously adds up to 8 to 9 gram since the split shot comes on top. Huge difference between 4 and 8 gram flies. I make my living on teaching fly fishing for pike and most of my clients catch their pike on flies much lighter than 4 to 5 gram. In many waters there is no need for such heavy flies, but there is a need for very light flies at times instead. If casting a 4 to 5 gram fly is easy or not, depends on the line weight one is using. My number one line is an 8wt. line. Yours might be an 11 or 12wt. line though. That's very different and supports both casting such heavy weights and spooking a lot of fish (pike) in quite some situations. I have fished flies 1 to 5 gram for years on Zander. There is an easy and 10 times more flexible solution in adjusting to the situation available: It's called Cheburashka. That makes one fly being adjustable to ALL situations. Of course I shall add a warning to everyone: Such heavy weights easily knock out fly rods or whatever they hit! That aside, nice tying. Regards Bernd

[@FlyDressing]

Well, I guess that you don't fish with a live transducer neither, that's what this fly is designed for. And it's easily casted with a 9 or 10 wt. It's nice to have options and try to progress, instead of doing what everyone else have already done for ages. Regards Fly Dressing

[@berndziesche9770]

I have used live scope, too. As soon as the water has current (rivers for example) and/or the boat has drift, 4 or 5 gram is way too little for proper contact. Here on river Elbe (where I live) the top spin fishing experts use 20 to 30 gram (sometimes even more) on 0,08mm close to zero stretch lines in order not to miss most takes. Since I want to fly cast, my limit of max weight obviously is much below such weights. On an 8 wt. fly line 4 to 5 gram is possible, but the weight overtakes the line at some point. Any more weight and fly casting gets pretty ugly. I agree, it's great to experiment on one's own. I did that for over 400 days 8h a day to then figure out, that the perfect solution was already invented in those Cheburaskas. I assume KZbin tying vids are exactly for those who don't have time to figure things on their own... :). Anyway maybe it's worth testing Chebus for you, too. Using live scope mostly means not much room for casting anyway (fish are more near and down) and below 5 gram we miss many takes from the boat often until we strip very fast to set the hook for an undetected take. Seen spinfishermen outcatching fly fishermen many times on boats (for pike). Remove the boat (wading) and it's precisely opposite. If we fish for uneducated pike not spitting the fly, things get easier, but still we miss the takes very often.