Alan is much more skilled painting with the nail polish than I. I'm reasonably happy with the way they turned out though and they should catch a few fish.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Crease flies
Had a few friends over for our Tuesday night tying event. Alan has been tying crease flies lately because I think he figured he should have at least one fly for stripers that he doesn't need to drag on the bottom. I thought I'd join him and make an attempt at tying them also. I've fished crease flies here and there with decent success for stripers and freshwater bass but have never tied them myself. Yes I actually bought a few flies to fish with as hard as it is to admit it.
Alan is much more skilled painting with the nail polish than I. I'm reasonably happy with the way they turned out though and they should catch a few fish.
Alan is much more skilled painting with the nail polish than I. I'm reasonably happy with the way they turned out though and they should catch a few fish.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Deep water flies
I sat down to tie some flies to be used for pike and bass in deeper water. Last spring when there was strong wind the shallow water got very murky from the wave action. The bite for pike really turned off under those conditions so we felt like we were forced to fish deeper water. Maybe there was some other presentation we could have tried under those conditions in the shallow water but we couldn't come up with anything that worked for us.
I tied these flies up to fish deeper in these conditions, around submerged weed edges later in the summer and rocky points and shoals for bass. They will also hopefully fish a little deeper where there is current in some of our larger rivers.
Initially I wanted to tie a whistler but started layering saddles, marabou, bucktail and flash up the hook shank similar to a lot of the other flies I've been tying lately. I finished off the fly with a grizzly hackle over a few extra wraps of lead behind some lead eyes. Unweighted this style of fly really swims so it should be interesting to see what kind of action they have with the weight up front and the jig hook.
I tied these flies up to fish deeper in these conditions, around submerged weed edges later in the summer and rocky points and shoals for bass. They will also hopefully fish a little deeper where there is current in some of our larger rivers.
Initially I wanted to tie a whistler but started layering saddles, marabou, bucktail and flash up the hook shank similar to a lot of the other flies I've been tying lately. I finished off the fly with a grizzly hackle over a few extra wraps of lead behind some lead eyes. Unweighted this style of fly really swims so it should be interesting to see what kind of action they have with the weight up front and the jig hook.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Bunker flies
I've been told that the flies I have been tying for muskies aren't big enough. So I dug through my striper fly boxes and pulled out some of my old bunker and grocery flies. I don't have as many opportunities to fish these flies anymore for stripers so maybe they will be better put to another use.
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