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Hi All
First time on this site. How many on this site chase Musky with a fly rod ? I've only had the good fortune to get one so far (small by Musky standards, but I'm only just getting started). I would be interested in hearing from anyone that might be able to help me with this addiction. I live in Ontario Canada, lots of great Musky water within an hours drive.
Thanks for all and any help.
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| I've dabbled in it a bit and find fly fishing muskies pretty fun. The guy who seems to have this technique really dialed in is Bill Scheer. He runs a fly shop in Boulder Junction, Wi and guides for muskies on the fly. He's got at least one instructional dvd that I know of and sells nice flys for skis too. Try this for his website www.wetieit.com |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | For a couple years I had a 12 with a autodrag reel, had a great time with it and did boat a couple muskies on big surface poppers. I sold the outfit a couple years back, and miss it some days. |
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Thanks guys
It would be great to hear from anyone that uses this method on a regular basis, also some pic's of flies that have been successful
I'm a little starved for info.
Thanks Rick |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I made my own poppers using wine corks, .050 wire, some living rubber, and a bit of epoxy. It was fun and easy to make a popper, just model it after what's out there for the smaller fishes. Flies are also easy, just make BIG versions of what you see in the streamer styles, use flashaboo, etc, and be creative. |
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Location: Ogden, Ut | I've done it, in fact the first muksie I ever landed was on a fly rod. Since then I haven't had that much luck attempting to get them on purpose w/ fly tackle...
I use a GLoomis GL3 9'9" 8 wt and a Ross Cimmarron (3) reel. Line needs to be made for the purpose of throwing big stuff as a 'normal' line won't turn big flies over. Cortland used to make a pike line and most saltwater lines will do the job. The drawback of saltwater lines is that they tend to get stiff if it's cold. I used about 4' of heavy mono w/a steel tippet. There are commercially available steel - tipped leaders; look for stuff marketed for shark and barracuda.
I keep threatening to do it some more, but having some chronic shoulder problems has put that idea on hold for a while. I tied my own flies using synthetic materials (they hold much less water than most naturals). I'll attach some pics of flies I've tied/used. The lure in the pic is an 8" Jake for size reference.
Sorno
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Location: WI | I've caught 2 nice pike on big streamers but it's always too windy when I'm on musky water. |
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| I was just going to start a similar thread when I found this one. I'm not into fly fishing myself, but I just found an article about fly fishing for northern pike (in brackish waters!!!), with some photos, including photos of flies they're using, and also some links to other articles that show how you can make your own pike/musky flies. So I just wanted to share the article with you guys.
http://globalflyfisher.com/reports/pike2001/ |
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Location: Racine, Wi | I've done it off and on the past few years. It's a blast for sure and your arm will be sore. If I am not too lazy, I'll post some of the flies I throw. We get some really nice smallies on them as well. I usually do this in the spring if I throw flies. There are some really easy flies to tie as well. I forget the name, but it's all hackle. 3 or 4 for the tale, then 2 to wrap around for the body. Takes a few mins to tie them. |
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