pike flies

[spinnerdoc]

looked around the internet for patterns and designs and here are some that i have made...enjoy

[spinnerdoc]

here are some more

[spinnerdoc]

last ones

[fish_finder]

 

Here's one, produced pretty well early in the season last year, but I switched the purple to red later in the season which kept them coming!

[kemper]

What set up are you tossing those with.

 

Just getting into fly fishing more this year and would love to get some gators on the fly...

 

8wt?

[MarcusDiGiovanni]

Boy am I glad I found this, I've been looking everywhere for some patterns too tie.

[spinnerdoc]

that's a nice fly my friend..what kinda material is the black part? mine as you might have noticed are of similar patterns and colors bec they are what i have left over from last year i favor rabbit strips a lot and of course bucktails. the one with the white skirt produced for me last year.

 

kemper....my set up:

8rod and reel

8wt. forward, floating (scientific anglers, pike taper)

i use braided line as leader. i don't like the wire leaders

[fish_finder]

Thats cross cut rabbit strip for the black in front. Carefully folding a good marabou feather works in a pinch as well. The main thing I've noticed, the stinger hook is what I usually hook the fish on, so make sure thats secured to the front hook very well, and I use 50# mono to attach them for this fly. Great muskie fly as well. I should also mention the fly in that picture is 8 inches long as well. Tie em about 12 inches if you are targeting muskie. Your first few casts might seem like a squirrel flailing on the surface, but once wet they have some pretty wicked action.

 

Kemper, 7-10 wt rods. Same as what I would use for steelhead or salmon. I'd avoid any full flex rods tossing giant flies though....easy opportunity to chop your rod off at the cork. You wouldn't use the same fly rod nymphing for steelhead that you would tossing those things for pike or musky.

[spinnerdoc]

fish finder is right...try getting a rod a little on the stiffer side, these flies get heavy when they get wet.

 

i haven't put the stingers yet on my flies but i am planning to. i would imagine a lot of missed strikes if you didn't have em on flies as long as these

[kemper]

Im running an 8 wt Ross world industries, seems to be fairly beefy.

 

I tie too, so these pics have definitely giving me some great ideas for flies

[Ramble]

Here is a few i tied when i was in a Maribou phase a while back.

 

 

 

I really can't wait to get out smallie fishing

 

 

-Dave

[spinnerdoc]

those are pretty good ones dave. i'm in my rabbit strip phase as you noticed but i recently discovered the maraboo...great material

[Ramble]

Thanks. i haven't played with rabbit fur yet. I have trouble finding it at a reasonable price. I have a short 8/9 weight i use with them. need to upgrade tho. It's toooo short. Makes for a lot easier packing, but i don't get the distance i want with it. However i dont really have the money for a new fly rod right now. I'm looking at shot guns and that will pretty much be the end of my spending for a while. Can't wait to get out tho.

 

-Dave

[pikeie]

 

rod is a st. croix imperial 9' 9 weight

 

 

hers my lamson konic reel

 

 

some of my "style" decevier patterns, the way i tie them the seem to get better action and a bigger profile there around 7-8"

 

 

some bunny leaches and some saltwater flys i use for pike they work great by the way

 

 

some dhalberg divers and mice

 

 

some poppers and bunny strip flys

 

i tie all my own flys so if anone needs the patterns let me know

[jeffw]

My two personal favourites are the snookaroo and the bunny leach tied with large hooks.