James Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Does anyone have any links to step by step guide to tying some pike flys. What catching fish at the moment? Quote
Scratch Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Pike flies are a pretty simple affair really - you need to tink about them in two ways. If I want a fish to strike - I need to offer 1 of 2 stimulus. 1. Food 2. Agression With pike - you are fortunate - since everything triggers an agressive response - including food. Now - I saw the thing I do about Pike from observation. I love these fish. I've fished them on hard gear, hand-lined 40" pike on 4 lb ice line, and caught them on fly gear. I love these fish. Some basics for tying pike flies: 1. Movement - Tie your flies to move in the water - that means using marabou, saddle feathers, long hackles, fishair, bucktail - long fibered materials. 2. Flashy - Get that sharks attention. Use crystal flash, salt water flashabou, bright colors. 3. Weight - Pike don't live on the surface - but they don't bottom feed specifically. Tie with enough weight to sink - but not plummet. You'll want to get down - but be able to predict (by say counting down ) how deep you're getting. So. That said - a couple of started patterns: The Hale Bopp by Ranger Bob: http://www.flyangler.ca/index.php?option=c...21076&Itemid=42 The Tarpike by Pacres: http://www.flyangler.ca/index.php?option=c...21009&Itemid=42 Watch for a new article at http://www.FlyAngler.ca about tying Pike Flies in the next few weeks! (We'll be kicking off our winter swap at that time) About pike: http://flyangler.ca/index.php?option=com_c...id=85&Itemid=50 Fishing for shark: http://flyangler.ca/index.php?option=com_c...id=21&Itemid=31 Quote
RangerBob Posted November 12, 2005 Posted November 12, 2005 Looking forward to the swap. Gots to tye up some more Hale-Bopps for Sunday Sunday Sunday! Quote
Flywing Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Hi James, "Pike on the Fly" by Barry Renolds & John Berryman is a good one to have if you're hooked on pike with flies. Then there's "Saltwater Flies: Over 700 of the Best" by Deke Meyer; any of the flies in this book will take pike. My preference pike flies utilise rabbit strips for durability and best swimming motion. Feathers tend to get chewed up after a few fish and need to be replaced while the rabbit hangs in there and takes the abuse that pike give a fly. Quote
RangerBob Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 I cranked a few of these out tonight. Quick and easy... and they'll work. The body material is Tri-Lobal prismatic. I've weighted the Hale-Bopps with a white tungsten bead. Quote
DennisS Posted November 13, 2005 Posted November 13, 2005 Dito Flywing on the rabbit strips that also my favourite material for all my big flies. Action is unbelievable. I like a bunny style and the zonker style I'm doing a method right now that uses both style in the same fly. I also now use the zonker with some of the new long shaggy yarns with a bit of tri-lobel in it and seem to do will especially on Bulls. Scratch can vouch for that. There quick & easy to tie. Tight Lines Always Dennis S Quote
RangerBob Posted November 14, 2005 Posted November 14, 2005 Dito Flywing on the rabbit strips that also my favourite material for all my big flies. Action is unbelievable. I like a bunny style and the zonker style I'm doing a method right now that uses both style in the same fly. I also now use the zonker with some of the new long shaggy yarns with a bit of tri-lobel in it and seem to do will especially on Bulls. Scratch can vouch for that. There quick & easy to tie. Tight Lines Always Dennis S I fished some bunny bugs yesterday, and clouser minnows in chartruese... and not a single take. Hale-Bopp accounted for more then 70% of the fish taken yesterday. Scratch even beat me on my own fly... and marabou is cheap too. I just started using tri-lobal (as metnioned) - and that's neat $tuff too. Quote
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