ctious 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2011 ok i have WAY to many musky flies tied now.. cant seem to stop tying them... so i have decided to do a little giveaway.. i will be giving away somewhere around 20(unknown final number, too many boxes).. these are all streamer flies.. all different colors and styles.. I cant get myself to part with any divers... i will post up a pic of the pile i will give away once i get through all the boxes.... if you want in on it i need u to post the story of what got u hooked on the idea of chasing musky with a fly rod... i will pm people for addresses for the ones i feel have the musky bug... i will cover shipping costs.. will not be shipping till july after i get back from my honeymoon... thanks... curt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flytyer14 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2011 I am interested, I am going up to New york in the late summer! This would be great! Please PM me!! I don't really have a story. Haven't started yet, But I'm interested in the thrill!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJ All Day 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2011 I'm interested, post stories here or pm you a story? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctious 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2011 I'm interested, post stories here or pm you a story? post here for all to see... so far i have 17 flies... most are ones when i started into tying these beasts.. they are not perfect but will fish... if this goes over well with good stories i may have to expand into some of my prime flies... pic will be up soon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctious 0 Report post Posted June 11, 2011 here are the flies picked so far.. i keep them all bagged.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riffleriversteelheadslayer 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2011 About 10 years ago I was fishing for gills with 3 of my closest friends. We were doing ok on our 5 weight rods using small poppers and foam bugs. Around 5:30 in the evening the gills had slowed all of a sudden right in front of me this musky swam past chasing the gills we were catching. After he had left the shallows the gill bite was back on. On the third gill I hooked the musky grabbed it and instantly turned and ran which spooled me and my knot broke. This costed me new backing, floating line, leader, and tippet. Not to mention the gill and ending my fishing day early. That night I vowed I was going to catch him and get my line back. After catching a few on spinning gear I started fishing them with fly gear and have been hooked ever since nothing like a musky running hard and fast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJ All Day 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2011 3 years ago when i first started fly fishing, i was getting lessons from my uncle by the river near his house in Wisconsin. It was fun catching the smallies he had me fishing, with streamers so i can just throw it out there and strip back and have a decent fight. Before this date I've fished for musky in the same river with spinning gear. Once when we were talking during lunch he was telling me about how he caught this musky on the fly, and as soon as he said that I wanted to catch one. Well later that night on the last cast i finally hooked into a small 20" musky. It was one of the greatest fights i've ever had. Every summer i go there for 1 week and try to get as many muskies as i can. So far i have caught 5 the biggest one being 34". Its addicting feeling that tug. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morfrost 0 Report post Posted June 12, 2011 I'd like to get in on this too. About 40 years ago, in 1972 or '73, I was fishing the opening of the season for walleye at Pigeon Lake in the Kawartha region in Ontario, Canada. This would be mid April, and I thought I had snagged on something when I felt some resistance on a retrieve. At that time I wasn't fly fishing, so this was using a minnow as bait. When I tried to free myself, the line moved, but very slowly. I thought I might have snagged up on a sunken tree branch, or maybe the proverbial old boot. Retrieving slowly, I got the snag to the boat, only to find a big old muskie on the end of the line. I'd never hooked one before; actually I'd never even gone after them. One of the guys in the boat got the net, but instead of allowing the fish to swim into it,he scooped it up across the bows of the net and lifted ir clear of the water. This thing was about 42" or so long ( my memory may have allowed it to grow some), but the net had a wide mouth and there was fish hanging out over each side. At that point the fish flexed itself, breaking free of its restraint and escaped back from whence it came. It was so sluggish in the cold water, that I could not tell it was a fish until I actually could see it, and it displayed no fight whatsoever. Shortly after that I relocated to the east coast of Canada, and have remained there ever since. Since then I have taken up fly fishing and fly tying, and now I fish mainly for Atlantic Salmon, landlocka and some bass and pickerel. Although there now are muskie in the Saint John River in New Brunswick, I don't have a proper boat to go after them, and I don't think they are readily accessible in this river by wading. Currently I am planning to go after some muskies in the Ottawa area in Canada. My daughter lives there with her family, and I am gearing up to fish them in the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers in the fall when I visit them I have bought a 13' 9 weight spey rod set up and will tie up some big streamer flies. There is not too much here in my area for Muskie fly tackle. Maybe by winning one of these I will have a sample to study from and use. It may be the lucky fly to allow me to get the "One that got away", or maybe his grandson. Tight lines Don (morfrost) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctious 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2011 keep them coming Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJFlyMAn 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2011 A few years ago my good friend who lives on lake Hopatacong in NJ decided to do some evening fly fishing for some bass and other panfish along the shallow weed beds in 2'-8' of water that the bottom was rocky & soft in some spots. We were using Clouser minnows at the time and doing great on all types of panfish. All of a sudden the bite stopped in this one area for a few minutes. But we kept fishing it b/c it had many feeding lanes and the area should produce fish just like the other spots we were fishing. So I kept casting my Clouser into the feeding lanes and wham.. I hooked into a nice 30"+ Musky that broke me off in under a minute after a somewhat aerial display on my 2x tippet. But just getting that glimpse of him & the quick break off got me & my friend hooked into going after Musky when the water is too warm for trout fishing. So maybe with the right Musky fly you tied and the correct leader/tippet, When I hook into another one under 10,000 casts. I hope to get it in and get a pic and post it up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctious 0 Report post Posted July 6, 2011 ok i am back... not too many stories... but everyone message me your address and i will send a few to each of ya... thanks for playing... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yetavon 0 Report post Posted July 6, 2011 Just found this and hope I'm not to late....but enjoy the story anyway. My first intro to a Musky was at the age of 15 in a 10' john boat with the oldman from next door in NY on the Mowhawk river. Trolling along he hooked one and after a 30 minute battle he pulled this monster with a mouthfull of teeth that was almost hhalf as long as the boat(well it looked that big). I swear it looked at me and licked its chopps....I, using words not suited for a 15 year old, jumped from the boat and swam the 30' to shore, Dave laughed at me till the day he passed on.... the past 25 years I have fished the lake that the NC state record has come from several time,and the river below it.I have caught a few over the years, and with picking up the fly rod again I now am trying to hook one on a long rod. I have a couple flies I have tied and tried without sucsess...so far but not giving up. Darrin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
