After hearing all the praise heaped here on the Briminator, and being as I'm trying to survive the longest, darkest days of winter here in the frozen north by sipping whiskey at the fly tying desk, I decided that I needed a few of these for my second annual bluegill/largemouth excursion to SC in April.

Also, my new neighbour converted the abandoned farm next door to a versatile gun dog (griffon) breeding and training operation , complete with pen-raised pheasants, chukars and quail, so I've got a pretty major (and free) supply of the necessary feathers. I've had to quit hunting grouse in the woods and orchard behind my place now that he's using them, but all the free feathers takes some of the sting out of it. Besides, I just recently did a bathroom reno, and have a supply of chrome plug chain in two sizes.

Well, those little buggers are so fun and simple to tie that it becomes addictive. I tied up a dozen in #10 in natural colours and every time I took one out of the vise, I'd think "that ain't pretty, but it sure is buggy".
So I tied a few up in brighter greens and yellows, then a few with red 'tails', then I tied a few up in #6 for smallies (in natural and chartreuse), then I thought I'd better have some in #12 and #14 for our much smaller local sunfish and maybe even yellow perch.

I kind of want to keep tying them, but I still have a bunch of other flies to replace over the winter. Now, if they were any good on trout (and I cannot imagine why they wouldn't be), that would be exactly the rationale I need to pump out some more. Anyone here ever use them for trout? Specifically, brookies?
brent

I would say it is much like the Wooly Bugger, fished with the right sizes I am sure fish that feed on bugs will take it. I have caught a few big bass, two to 3.5 lbs with them although unintentionally.

Confirmed again this morning. Trout will readily take a briminator. Mine are tied on a #14 Curved Shank. If you look closely you can see the bead chain inside his mouth.

I use the one feather method. tail and body are tied with the marabou type material at the bottom portion of Ringneck Pheasant Cathedral feather. The body is the same material just twisted into a dubbing loop and then the hackle is just a few wraps of the tip of the same feather.

Linecaster and mbarker are probably right about it, but it I were you, I wouldn't take their word for it. I would take whatever Briminators were left over after being attacked in South Carolina by bluegills, bass, and alligators back up North and ask the local fontinalis population what they thought!

Great fly for any fish. Have fun!

Les

here's one tied with the one "church window" feather-p-

here's the feather:

Gene, that ought to be a killer for those huge bream in Lake Athens.