Pike flies

[woodenboater]

nice work Chris

[Christopheraaron]

Ok, here's one for the bass guys

 

[Nightsky]

love this one! Im gonna try to tie your zonker flies, but I will need the material first .. dont have any steel leader material yet.

[Christopheraaron]

You shouldn't need any leader material, just tie the rabbit in twice

Edited March 2, 2013 by Christopher k

[Nightsky]

well need some material to tie both hooks together, I could use 30lbs mono but ill be fishing pike mostly and that could snap off kinda easily

[BillM]

Chris, how big is that last brown one, with the yellow eyes?

[Handlebarz]

Great looking flies for sure very nice work. I loved fly fishing pike and bass in Sudbury but would get broken off alot from pike I had to light of equipment back then.

 

Keep at it your on the right track Chris.

[Christopheraaron]

Thanks, nightsky I think you're looking at something else than what I was thinking

[Christopheraaron]

Bill, it's probably about 6-7".

 

Here it is next to my bobbin

 

This is what I was thinking of night, not the whole fly, just how you tie in your rabbit.

http://business.virgin.net/flyfishing.flies/zonker-olive.html

Edited March 2, 2013 by Christopher k

[Andrew Grant]

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Edited January 30, 2014 by XxX

[Christopheraaron]

That one is a size 2, I can make bigger ones, probably want a stinger with that too. Pm me and we can work something out

[bare foot wader]

sweet looking intruder....google the prom dress, lots of different variations like any pattern, effective fly where you're gonna be fishing (pretty much anywhere really)

 

PS props to those barbless hooks I see there, good stuff

[Christopheraaron]

That's a sweet looking fly barefoot! The hooks actually aren't barbless, they're kind of a hybrid between barbless and barbed, look closely and you'll see. Still better than a full barb

Edited March 2, 2013 by Christopher k

[bare foot wader]

yep, the prom dress is the fly fishermans equivalent to a spinner/spoon...swing and hold on!

 

gotcha, those hooks have more of a hump than a barb right? on my phone so cna't see too closely

[Christopheraaron]

ya, harms the fish less but it still stays on

[BITEME]

Nice stuff!!!!!!!!!!

[Tim Mills]

Here are some basic flies that I have tied for Pike.

What do use guys recommend for leader material when flyfishing for pike? I usually use heavy flouro tippet. Does anyone use Tuff Line Tufleader (braided stainless steel but apparently ties like mono)?

 

 

They're not pretty but they fool some of the hammer handles at Mountsberg. Pike seem to swallow the fly quite often. I like to pinch the barbs to increase the odds of a successfull release.

[bare foot wader]

any fly in general doesn't need to be pretty (don't tell the dry fly elitists that ha), especially pike flies though

 

I use either thick mono/fluor or the Rio wire tippet in 20/30lb for leader...it ties well, usually still use a small snap but sometimes tie a loop knot...albright knot to attach tippet to leader

 

if you get into tying some larger stuff, synthetic materials don't absorb water they way a "half chicken" fly does and pick up and cast easier

 

barbless all the way, all my pike lures are barbless, haven't looked back

 

only thnk about those long streamer hooks is they have a small gap and long shank, leads to more shake offs...mustad makes a great long shank, wide gap saltwater streamer hook, perfect for pike

 

details on those pliers? do they float?

[Tim Mills]

details on those pliers? do they float?

 

BPS brand, they do float and work ok but the the line cutter is not very effective. If your not concerned about them floating Dollarama sells good needle nose pliers that work well.

[azebra]

those look really nice! good job!

I suggest you tie on a stinger hook!

I've lost some takes and visually watched a pike grab my streamer by the tail turn and never hook up. so I tie 20lb wire and have the hook point just shy of the end of the fly. it helps a lot, use a heavy guage hook, I forget what mine are but their a number 6 salt water type hook, I think.

[adempsey]

I haven't done a ton of fly fishing for Pike, but when I do I use TyGer or Cortland Toothy Critter leader. Worked great, but I haven't landed any trophies yet. I also have some of the Tuf-Line, but haven't used it yet;.

 

The flies I have "tied" - which are simple Maribou, bunny strip and flash combinations - I used 7/0 and 8/0 O'Shaughnessy hooks. I also picked up some Partridge Ad Swier 6/0 pike hooks and was using those most recently. Although, my monstrosities look like they would be more for Tarpon or Musky than Pike, lol.

[kemper]

What rods and lines do you guys use to chuck these big flies?

 

I have an 8 weight that doesn't like to toss anything much bigger than 2"...

 

My fly fishing is mostly limited to rivers, and while I could fire some huge flies with the Spey rod it isn't the most practical idea when in a boat on a lake.

 

Weight forward, big shooting heads?

[bare foot wader]

I use a rio outbound line, it's meant to have a shooting head on it but I just run straight 20lb to my leader/fly, works well

 

also overline 1 wt using the rio pike line, my rod is a fast action 9wt, handles the overline nicely

 

tying the big flies with synthetic materials helps reduce the amount of water they suck up, pick up and punch better

 

I use a 9wt switch rod a lot, cast a mile overhand and hanldes big stuff good

 

I also have a cross current 13/14 i bust out now and then lol

[Christopheraaron]

This will be my first year and I'm planning on using the Spey

[Christopheraaron]

Ok, started doing some balsa poppers as well and I've been using head cement to seal them, it seems to work but I was wondering what everyone else uses to coat it?