The Blowfly

[Midnightbiker]

Anyone have any thoughts on this disc? Seems like it would make a great approach disc.

[buzzinb]

I have only putted with one once. Just felt way too floppy for me...kinda like trying to fling a whoopy cushion. I could have swore it made a fart sound when it hit the chains!

[Shank]

I don't like them to much. The floppiness of the disc kind of messes with me.

I do have a buddy that swears by them. Out of all the times we have played I can only remember seeing a handful of his putts bounce off the chains or get any kind of roll once it hit the ground. They also just go limp as soon as they hit a tree (that can be good or bad). He also uses "gum putts" as well, these seem a little stiffer and I was actually considering getting one of these.

One less know advantage to the disc I learned recently when playing this friend. It was the 18th hole and we where both tied at one over par. My second shot was right on the money (10' away) his however was a long 65-70' putt to save par. I though surely I have one this match. Not the case. He threw his blowfly so hard from that distance it actually became lodged in the cage of the basket at the bottom of the goal. The tie breaker hole went to him. Darn blowfly any other disc would have made a "dong" sound and bounced to the ground.

[leathercash]

Yeah,I once held a Blowfly and I kind of giggled and flopped it around in my palm and just put it right back down. But if the price were right,and if I was a little buzzed,MAYBE I'd pick one up. Purely out of simple drunken curiosity. By all means try it and please let the rest of the class know what you think.

[kyflash]

I am a big fan of the BlowFly as a putter. NOT an approach disc. Putts from 100 feet or less. An excellent choice when putting onto fast greens. If youput too much a$$ on the BlowFly it will become very understable. I tell those who ask me about the BlowFly is that it gives me more made putts than I deserve.
If ouo get one, look for a 174g. I haven't seen one any heavier.

[Tolbert]

I bought one cause it was supposed to help with bound outs, the flimsy disc would absorb the impact more and fall into the basket. For me this was not the cause, my shots were still bouncing out and to top it off, I was less accurate with the floppy disc. Now it sits in the practice basket in my backyard and hasn't seen a course for a year.

[Flies to the Left]

What is the real difference between the Blowfly and Blowfly II? Anybody actually own both of them?

DGA says Blowfly I wrap its way around the chains and Blowfly II bounces off hard objects and absorbs the shock of the chain.

[Three Putt]

Originally Posted by Flies to the Left

What is the real difference between the Blowfly and Blowfly II?

If I remember correctly, the Blowfly is made from the mold for the Gumbputt. The Blowfly II was made from the mold for the Powerdrive. The Blowfly II has a bit larger diameter and the wing comes to more of a driver-like "V" shape, kinda like an Aero. The Blowfly wing just comes to a big flat blunt edge.

Originally Posted by Flies to the Left

Anybody actually own both of them?

NO! I don't own either of them. I just know stuff.

As a funny aside...The Blowfly II is not PDGA approved, at least it wasn't the last time I looked. The Powerdrive is approved, but the the Blowfly II is not. Both the Gumbputt and Blowfly are on the approved disc list.

[garublador]

Originally Posted by Tolbert

For me this was not the cause, my shots were still bouncing out and to top it off, I was less accurate with the floppy disc.

Yeah, what's the point in having a disc that "catches better" if it's a lot harder to hit the basket?

[Three Putt]

The Blowfly is one of those "I know a guy who is killer who throws [insert crappy disc here] and cans everything with it" discs. My theory is that the disc is sooooo floppy that you HAVE to put spin on it to get any sort of consistency from it. Old Frisbee guys who are used to throwing with spin can probably figure this disc out and use it for finesse shots, long putts, approaches, etc. So you will run into some one-disc guys out there killing pitch and putt courses with a Blowfly and think "It must be the disc." It's not the disc, it's the guy. Discs like the Blowfly and 86 Softie are great discs in the right hands. Unfortunately for most of us, those hands are not ours. If you are like me and mostly play disc golf without a Frisbee background, the Blowfly is a flippy-floppy-inconsistent POS.