April 2012 : Flies from the Vise
It was fun tying with the hair, I've got some light blue, and enough white to create some mackerel or shad patterns, it's really got me thinking And I think I have some old beaten up rubber g |
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B B B B B Baitfish
I don't know much about the runs up north, but f you bring those translucent surf candies don here you better tie on some heavy tippet because the mackerel and blues will shred those things. They |
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March 2012: Flies from the Vise
A bucktail streamer, loose mackerel imitation Tied on a 2/0 hook with white, blue and olive bucktail
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Musky flies
The head of fly back from the hook eye is for a little added protection for the fly from the toothy critters, I assume. You'll see this often with Cuda flies and mackerel flies. It was also done i |
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RBF: New guy on the blog
Okay, let me start by saying that this is the first time I have never posted on a blog! Stop laughing it's true.Please feel free to tell me what I am doing wrong. Why not, everyone else does. I am als |
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RBF: dont go fishing with divers
i decided to head off out on the boat last weekend in the -10c weather to see if there were any halibut around to test out my latest jigging stick. a few diver freinds came along to hitch a ride on m |
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BIG WIG FLIES
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This is a web pic. This fly was developed by a Japanese gentleman in Boston to fish for Big Stripers in Boston's Char |
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Post Card From Australia
aussie joel, looks like you have been having fun up there, always nice to see some backing! Next time i am either going there or the Mackerel Islands group off Onslow.
DazWah, sure was Millbrook, |
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Islamorada, FL Report
Im back! lol. Im feeling a little lost not having been on here in 4 days or so! My trip down to Islamorada finally happend. As fast as it came, it went. My first thought on the whole weekend i |
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Chocktawatchee Bay Destin Fl
I haven't fished that far west on the panhandle but I know it has the usual North Florida species - trout, redfish, mackerel, bluefish, pompano, etc. There is a really good cobia run around there |
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JStockard
[quote name='nyFLYguy05' timestamp='1327533343' post='491416']
lol - When I send you those crease flies i am gna making sure when you hook a fish, the hook comes right outttttt |
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RBF: Looking for rod advice
Once I get my light spinning rod finished up I am going to start on a rod for my Abu 7000. The target fish for this rod will be jack crevalle, king mackerel, both in the 15-20lb range, and bonita. I |
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New materials crossing the line??
[quote name='FishDragon' timestamp='1326832380' post='490212']
Actually in the NB fishing regulation guide book jigging is defined as : Manipulating a hook(s) to foul hook a f |
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Flats Fly Swap
Hey shoes. No worries.
I wasnt targeting the longtom, so I was using 14lb fluorocarbon. Mates of mine that regularly target the toothy critters will often use tyger wire (i think thats the spelling) |
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Tandem Minnow
Thanks agn54, and yeah i wouldn't use the trailer for fish that have giant bucket mouths and inhale stuff, i think there is a word for that type of fish? Mackerel and sheesh i'd love to see so |
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flies and tips for cape coral canal fishing
I agree with Kirk that those fish are pretty much bait eaters. Pinfish on clear water grass flats will hit pretty much anything with flash but in murky canals you may need something a bit stinky. In |
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Do your our Super Spoonfly - Pulpito jig Series #3
Welcome to the forum, Jose Antonio. Great video, the spoon looks like it would work well on many species in the salt here in Florida. It would be especially effective on the mackerel and bluefish, bu |
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Waterford, Maine.
Went to Maine for a week. It was beautiful the highest it was 85 degrees, while back in NJ it was 100's so i was happy to just sit on the screened deck and read a magazine or do a puzzle.
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materials list
Personally I use a lot of natural materials and the fly usually holds up to several trout before being mangled. Now if mackerel or bluefish are round then I agree, you will definitely want synthetics |
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The Horror...The Horror
Great looking flies Dave. Looks like you need to go find a school of mackerel or blues and thin the crowd out a bit |
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Fun in the Sun
Tried the South Padre Island Jetty's today for the first time. Beautiful day not much happening though. Saw lots of sea turtles and dolphins had a couple tarpon roll just at the edge of my casting |
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Schminnow
Heres some attempts at making some schminnows for my upcoming trip to Florida. Any suggestions for flies are appreciated. Mainly going to be beach fly fishing for snook, trout, redfish, ladyfish, blue |
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BWO
I just couldn't help remarking on the irony of a thread calling for more specificity when the starting point is a broad dumping of all [i]Ephemeroptera[/i] into the common name "mayfly", |
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Barracuda Fly
QUOTE (djgunter @ Feb 28 2011, 12:32 PM) Thanks for the help. You mean I should strip the fly in constantly? Like in one fast and fluid motion?QUOTE (agn54 @ Feb 27 2011, 09:18 PM) F |
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Weirdest thing you have found fishing
In the early 80's I was a mate on a commercial fishing boat ( New Smyrna, FL) and we brought along some Kentucky fried chicken for one of the many dinners, which we ate and tossed the bones over, |
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BB bendback
I rekon even if the herl got munched off it would still produce plenty of fish. My flies never last too long around schools of marauding bluefish or mackerel. This a great tie, i have never bent hooks |
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Mikes Glassy Minnows and greetings!
welcome, and great looking flies. They would work great on the flats, especially when the mackerel are feeding on schools of glass minnows. |
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Todays Most Unusual Catch...
QUOTE I agree with Horseshoes headbang.gif I have a question about your mackerel, do you have to rig special for them? I know when I spin fished for them I used a steel shock leader to keep from cut |
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Swap Idea
QUOTE I've been in two 100 fly swapsHoly mackerel!!! Sounds like you've got a little experience then. Go for it. I could see doing this over the winter. Keep us posted.-D |
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Red Rat
Thanks Dave. I got several trout this past weekend, biggest was up around 20 in. Missed several good strikes and got broken off twice (one was a bad knot and the other might have been a blue or mack |
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materals
I've never used it to tie glass minnow flies but I imagine it would work well since it is very translucent and flashy. I usually use Frosty Fish fibers to tie greenie imitaions. For glass minnow |
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CZ Nymph - 10 easy steps :)
QUOTE (Flytyer14 @ Mar 27 2010, 04:31 PM) That's a very nice fly! I could tie it if i had the nymph skinFlytyer, the nymph skin is nice, but absolutely not essential. In the era befor |
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Let's see how you store your flies
lol, you and I have a similar problem. I use the small baggies to store the flies as well and use plano boxes to hold the flies. The baggies help store many flies in one plano box but I seem to run |
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5/6 reel - soliciting advice
Well, I've got a $100 Amazon gift card and I'm itching to spend it. My first thought was reel seats, and guides for my next few builds, but I couldn't find any component vendors on Amazon. So I figu |
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Mackerel
A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by avelino:
Mackerel
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surf rod blank recommendation?
Hello All.Just returned froma week on the Outer Banks (Avon),and have come to the conclusion that my surf gear is sub-standard.The Spanish Mackerel were mocking me, just out of reachof my 6'0" rod wit |
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MAINE FISHING - HELP
Being born and raised in Maine I have some experience in what to use and what to look for but by no means do I consider myself an expert. So here goes......Freshwater fly set up, for Trout I use a 4 o |
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Fly fishing in Ireland
I can't help on the guide or shop- but I was in Dun Laoghaire in the summer of 1997 and fished along the seawall of the harbor. It's the port just beside Dublin. I want to say it was late |
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Flies from the vice.
I know that these are all freshwater patterns, but I have been tying a few saltwater streamers. I am waiting on the rest of my materials in the mail. So, here is my first shot at a mackerel pattern. I |
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New to Fly Tying!
Thanks a bunch Paragrines Right now I am going to save up for all the supplies. I am also looking for a fly tying class in Southern California so if you have any particular classes that you think i |
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How do you fly fish the surf?
I fish the surf locally on a stretch of beach near Cameron .Between Cameron and the Texas border there are miles of coastline with wave breakers.(large granit jetties that run paralel to the coast). T |
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Mesh minnow
I'm not sure how it will hold up to toothier critters, but seatrout have two sharp teeth and I occasionally run into some Spanish mackerel and bluefish at the beach (I imagine the blues would dest |
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DEER HEAD MARABOU (PIKE)
Very nice design and another who's going to give that a shot. Nice clear pictures too for this old guy. Bump for you.So you asked for links to free picture hosts them so I thought I'd post my |
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Opti-flies
QUOTE(day5 @ Feb 3 2008, 07:25 AM) [snapback]291938[/snapback]I kinda thought so. Ive seen the sheets of this material in my hair line catalogue a gazillion times. I usually forget to add it |
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Gibby's D.T. Special (Variation)
Thanks, all.The fly is a killer for sight-fishing snook in the surf:I've have also taken redfish, spotted seatrout, ladyfish, jack crevalle, Spanish mackerel, little tunny, dolphin, bass and barra |
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Foam Head Mullet
Here is another version tied in Mackerel colors and using mylar palmer chenille. |
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Surf fishing in So. Cal
QUOTE(pickin6ofem @ Oct 2 2007, 11:27 AM) [snapback]258956[/snapback]Hey thanks for the tips, Where do you live? Do you ever hit Long Beach?I'm always up to meet new people and go fishing |
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Places to fish near Sydney Cape Breton
I m nots sure where you are talking about but I would suggest the Bras d'Or Lake, for sea run brownsI have heard they like streames or small lobster patterns, a good local fly is a something like |
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Weipa, Australia March/ April fishing report 2007
Weipa Fishing Report March / April 2007Barramundi where on the bite as the weather began to clear, from another northern wet season. Eating to replenished spent energy used while in the breeding mode |
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fish stories
This is a bump of a thread started by ted patlen a while back. With all the winter weather I thought we cabin bound fisher people could come up with some entertaining fish stories. Ted had asked about |
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What`your favorite kind of fish to eat
I regularly fish a little creek with a very healthy population of wild rainbows and I occasionally keep a couple for dinner. I can honestly say wild trout is 10 times better than a hatchery raised fis |
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Looking for the worst...a little fun
I was once fishing from the peir in a shipyard after work. schools of mackerel would show up and just destroy anything in the water. I was having a blast. they would come from nowhere, 10-20 of them a |
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Whitebait Fly, No. 1
Thought you may like this fly that was tied for fly fishing the saltwater in the late 1800s as described by the Duke of Beaufort, KG and Alfred E.T. Watson in a book entitled Sea Fishing published in |
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Striper Fly
Nice fly, two days ago I had a bit of time to try out a few patterns, that I recently tied, one was a purple Disco Leech that is in the database. I am positive that I had a striper hit it. I saw a sho |
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