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| Any muskie Fly fisherman out there willing to give us tips.
Rod wieght?
Reel?
Tip it?
Style of fly? |
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| THE fly fishing guy, I believe his name is Dan Johnson(I hope that's right) and he guides out of Ghost Lake Lodge in hayward. He has been on TNN and ESPN2 several times and can answer any question you have. |
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| I use a 9 foot 10 weight rod with floating line and make my own leaders. I primarily fish poppers, divers, and clousers. I tie them so I can assure you that they respond to flies that are not pretty. You will also pick up nice northerns and bass. All three will really blast the poppers. My wife had two on a 7 weight rod while fishing for bass with 10 pound test leader on a popper. I will never forget the sight of the muskie towing the boat in 3 feet of water. In both cases the musky won. A great way to fish.
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| I've done it some. I have a 9 weight rod with wf line and mainly tried the Dahlberg divers for Muskies. There's a great In-fisherman tape called "Pike on the fly" that gives you a lot of great information about this type of fishing. Even shows how to make the fly itself. I don't believe there's any difference between methods for Muskies or Pike when it comes to fly fishing. I have a couple of flyfishing links on my "Musky Links" section of my site. |
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| Jason,
Get ahold of Charlie Moore. He's about the best fly fisherman I know (not many people can consistently clean up on walleyes with a flyrod...). He's done it quite a bit and can provide an awful lot of info if you can convince him to post something. Contact him through the NPAA...
RK
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| I use a 9'6" lamiglas flyrod and a #8 weightforward flyline for flyfishing for pike in Holland. I use flies of about 8-9" long.
I tie my flies myself and I could send pictures if you want.
I usually fish them back with a varied retrieve of long sweeps, short pulls and long pauses. Usually they grab it when you pull it again (strip some line). The casting is a bit tricky because that fly is heavy and when there is a lot of wind, it's best to keep the flyrod in the trunk of your car if you don't want to hook yourself! |
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| Barry Reynolds has some good books on warm-water fly-fishing...including Pike on the Fly, (probably similar to video mentioned before) which will touch on a like subject. I go on a trip to Canada every year for Muskie, and while everyone else is spin fishing, I throw a fly. Good for diversity in presentations, and hell, it's fun. Have caught several nice pike and bass while at it, and have had a few follows by big muskie. I tie most of my own big flies, using a lot of rabbit fur, spun deer hair, and buck tail. The rabbit fur is tough when wet, though...gets really heavy.
I fish an 8 wt, which breaks half-way through each trip...then I go to spin fishing. Will get a 9 or 10 wt. this year. I use a Teeny line with a 25' sink tip. It has a long floating running line behind it, which allows you to shoot long casts at a quick pace to keep up with the spin casters. It also gets down fast, and stays down. So if you're looking to stay at a certain depth, you can. This makes it good for mid-season fish that may be down 15'. I use a 30 lb. hard leader (not sure of the brand off-hand). Never got a dent in it with an of the pike I've caught.
Would be interested in hearing from other muskie fly-fishers.
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| I use a 10 weight Sage rod with a weight forward sink-tip line. I use 8 to 10 inch rabbit fur strip divers. It is a simple set up. Casting tip: learn to double-haul. This will really help you when casting into the wind. Catching muskies on the fly is a real thrill! [:)]
Nick |
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| yes, double hauls are necessary |
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| While I've never fly fished for muskies, I have some experience fishing for pike with the "long" rod. Just remember the bigger the fly the heavier weight rod it will take to throw it. As for tippet and leader material goes, Bill Reed at Orvis taught me a neat trick. Just use a 7ft to 9ft piece of 50 pound fluorocarbon. Bill started doing this years ago for barracuda and has never had one of those toothy monsters bite off his fly. Good luck and enjoy your tendonitis |
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