Starky Flies LLC

Starky Flies LLC Starky Flies is a fishing shop selling open-water and ice fishing jigs and flies.

Idle hands and all that. I had a free night on the vise, so I played around with an idea or two I had and made some tun...
08/22/2026

Idle hands and all that. I had a free night on the vise, so I played around with an idea or two I had and made some tungsten urchin jigs for fun. The jigs on the left are all lead based, but a few have the added weight of tungsten. I have been using these LRBB grubs a lot lately under a float tipped with a chunk of gulp alive waxie or a spike (maggot).

If you are looking to break away from worms, little jigs and flies like this tipped with gulp waxie or a small piece of scented plastic... I use Lunkerhunt grubs a lot for this...will help you make the transition for sure. Lots of bait shops have little stuff that would work great. Or you can gimme a PM, and I can make some stuff for you or just point you in the right direction.

Been playing around with some ice fishing stuff. Testing these in open water. Yep. They work. Plank-tung jigs, glass ...
08/21/2026

Been playing around with some ice fishing stuff. Testing these in open water. Yep. They work. Plank-tung jigs, glass shrimp, and some funky glow stuff. Got a bunch of glow colors now. This is gonna be fun.

Been a bit since I posted, but it's been one heck of a week. The rain cleared up long enough for me to hit the water an...
08/16/2026

Been a bit since I posted, but it's been one heck of a week. The rain cleared up long enough for me to hit the water and try out a new little tungsten shrimp. This one will be called the glass shrimp. I managed to catch about 60 cleaner gills and crappie on it, and it is still in good shape. I tossed it under a float over some shallow weeds, and they were hammering it. Unfortunately, it is the only one of its kind at this point. I wasn't sure how it would fish, but now I know. I will be making more if I can streamline the process.

I also added some options to the cat r killers and the creepy bugs on my Etsy shop and reset some of the sold out options.

Well, the verdict is in. I had to enlist the help of Ms. Starky flies to help me make the final choice. I have to say ...
08/11/2026

Well, the verdict is in. I had to enlist the help of Ms. Starky flies to help me make the final choice. I have to say you guys brought it, and it was a tough decision. But the winner of these three bad boys is Kevin Gates with atomic shrimp! Thank you all for playing along, and as always thanks for your interest and support of my shop and my work. It means a lot to me.

Okay. A friend and follower suggested I do a naming contest for these tungsten shrimp. So, what should I call this sty...
08/05/2026

Okay. A friend and follower suggested I do a naming contest for these tungsten shrimp. So, what should I call this style? Best answer gets three sent to them. No future royalties given to naming winner đŸ˜€. One suggestion per follower. You have until Friday at 11:59 Eastern time. I will post and announce and PM the winner, so please disregard any replies to your comments that announce you as the winner. Thanks for the suggestion Kelly.

I had a break in the action with orders and the house to myself for a few days, so I got to play with an idea that I hav...
08/03/2026

I had a break in the action with orders and the house to myself for a few days, so I got to play with an idea that I have had for a while. Messing with some tungsten shrimp size 12. Top two are unnamed so far. My favorite though are the two in the foreground. I am gonna call these two zombie-eyed tiger and fire tiger prawns. These little guys are 100 percent tungsten in the body and darn near bullet proof with the heavy coatings I am using on them. Can't wait to see how they play. More to come...stay tuned.

Got out after some crappie this afternoon. Olive and chartreuse flatfish was the ticket. Caught about 75 or 80 crappie,...
07/26/2026

Got out after some crappie this afternoon. Olive and chartreuse flatfish was the ticket. Caught about 75 or 80 crappie, but only 29 were keeper size. Tossed em all back. Saw one of the worst cases of columnaris on one of them. Luckily, I haven't seen many fish affected at this particular lake.

I know lots of guys have mixed feelings about blues and purples, but I thought this one might be pretty cool. A little b...
07/24/2026

I know lots of guys have mixed feelings about blues and purples, but I thought this one might be pretty cool. A little blue and silver with some red and white and chartreuse highlights. I think it's going to be a good one.

Got my pops out today for a beautiful day on the water. I recently bought a counter just to keep track of how many keep...
07/23/2026

Got my pops out today for a beautiful day on the water. I recently bought a counter just to keep track of how many keepers we got. We are primarily catch and release guys, so rather than trying to guess or count in my head, I am trying this out. No monsters today, but some solid 8 inch gills on average and some cleaner crappie. Was a good day for sure.

I've had several orders come in recently, so if you are waiting on an order, please be patient. I work about 5 hours every evening on jigs, so I will get them done as soon as I can.

So, the people I fish with typically have a good supply of my baits, and some of them have jigs going back as far as 25 ...
07/23/2026

So, the people I fish with typically have a good supply of my baits, and some of them have jigs going back as far as 25 to 30 years. Back long before I was selling them to anyone in any meaningful way. And it's always kind of cool and humbling when someone busts out something from the Stark-ives and reminds me that just because it's not new doesn't mean it doesn't work. As someone who is constantly inventing new stuff, I am always using whatever the latest model is for research and development purposes, and although they work great, sometimes the old stuff works even better.

Take for example a jig I call the cater-killer. It is a pretty simple bug topped with a tungsten bead and made with a chewy Koosh ball type material. A few days ago, I had the pleasure of taking the littlest Larry out, and he worked his way around several Starky offerings until he settled on this jig. And he was, I hate to say, whooping me with it. And wouldn't you know it, I didn't have any.

So, of course, when I got home I may have made myself a handful of those suckers, and I have been burning up the bluegill and crappie both on these things. They out fished anything else I tried today. And I don't know how many my friend and I caught on them. We were well over 100 fish on the day on a small lake In northern Indiana.

Unfortunately, I'm running low on the material to make them, but I will be picking some more up soon.

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