Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike

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2011/09/02 18:27:34 (permalink)

Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike

Anyone go after the Esox with flies?  I started this year and have landed a few, largest only 34'' on the Allegheny. I've mostly chuck large streamers.  Anyone have any advice on flies/patterns/colors they have had success with? 

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    PACOFRANSICO
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/06 21:13:52 (permalink)
    Yep there are a couple of guys on here that chase muskys with flys. If ya landed some your way ahead of the game. I fish larger flys. I dont like little steathy that are hard to see. I wanna either wanna elicite a territorial or food responce and a larger fly helps with this. There are no magic fly just repition and staying "on the clock" for every retrieve. Here are 2 of my biggest ones.


    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/07 18:42:35 (permalink)
    Thanks for the info.  Here's a photo of my PB so far. 

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/07 19:57:47 (permalink)
    Thats a nice fish. I fished the allegeheny a couple of times. It just seems alittle big for me. I hate fishing a river I cant cover all of it. What style of streamer you using? The "take" is awsome isnt it?

    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/07 21:28:37 (permalink)
    I reacently bought a fly rod with the intensions of catching a skie on it. My question is how do you all fish the streamers I will tie all my own flies. What patterns and material do you all use. Thanks

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/07 21:43:51 (permalink)
    lots of bucktail in reverse, feathers, and flashabou... in that order 2 or 3 times
    big heads that move water creating a vortex for the materials to move
    (use the search, there are a few threads and tying tutorials on musky/pike flies)

    fished on sink or int lines
    6/0 hooks
    7+inches



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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 06:39:44 (permalink)
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     The take is what got me hooked.  I've had a few fish follow my fly and then slam it right at my feet.  I'll throw a couple of flies on here once I get them uploaded.  I'm heading out this weekend so hopefully will have some pics to post also.
     
    MUSKYJUNKY
    Strip retrieve.  vary your strip length and speed.  Ive had hits striping slow and also have had them striping as fast as I can. 
     
    KJH807
    Couple of good looking flies. 

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 09:03:18 (permalink)
    I never caught one on a fly...That would be fun though! My goal is to get one on my pin....someday. I have, however, caught a few over the years Some good colors or patterns you might consider are:

    -yellow perch....(yellow, green, orange with some black bars)
    -straight black with gold flash (overcast days)
    -white with silver flash
    -Anything chartreuse

    Good Luck!

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 12:49:05 (permalink)
    Those are about my top colors, too.
    Except I had better luck with gold/white and either silver or copper/black. Probably just a self confidence thing.
    I've tried a couple patterns with pink incorporated into the fly, similar to KJH.
    I found out that bass like pink.
     
     
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 17:55:59 (permalink)
    Do you guys weight the flies any

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 20:22:35 (permalink)
    no weight on the flies
    sink line

    weight on the fly flies i tie would kill the action and the "hang" and pulses on the pauses in the retrieve



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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/08 21:05:15 (permalink)
    I just cant wrap my head around the single hooked flys. I know they catch fish I just like fishing tandems. And have caught foot long musky and pike on them so they dont deter smaller fish. I have even dabbled in triples @ 15 inches you can cast em but they cast like ****. I too am a big believer in unweighted flys on a weighted line. I dont like the clouser kick you get with a weighted fly.

    Colors that have been good for me are black purple- and the hot colors.

    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/09 10:08:12 (permalink)
    These are not huge, 6" or so, they are for an 8 weight, I don't have a 10. They have lead eyes, but I think that with the spun hair head, there is little noticeable jigging action. They caught pike and big bass, anyway.



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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/09 21:04:13 (permalink)
    Here is 1 of mine flys tyed on 6\0s.

    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/10 13:21:37 (permalink)
    I tied a few flies last night but when I went to test them they didn't sink as fast as I would like but the one was almost too heavy to cast I made a variation of the supercharger

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/10 23:12:05 (permalink)
    On a 10wt. almost anything in the realm ten to 12 inches and unweighted is castable. Except materials like wool or big rabbit strips and marabou. Bucktail fash and hackle is were I'm at. If the fly aint gettin down use a heavier tip or a faster sink rate of line.

    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/10 23:36:57 (permalink)
    That is my option now cause I bought floating line. I'm gonna have to go to sinking line any suggestions on taper and brand

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    RE: Fly Fishing for Musky/Pike 2011/09/11 16:36:01 (permalink)
    If ya got a floating line and wanna get out cheep make some looped sink tips outta t-8 of various lenghts. I like s.a. lines they have some sinkers that will get it done. And if your looking for a intermediate line look a the Piketreks fly lines. They have floating, intermediate and sinking lines. I have a intermediate from them nd its a great line for the price.

    "If, when you pull a fly out you
    dont hear drums and cant smell
    chicken blood in the air, put it back
    in the box, for if it is evil you seek,
    then it can only be conjured with the
    same.
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