southern ontario trout
ive been fly fishing for three seasons now and tying for two, but so far ive only tied wooly buggers and muddlers for steelhead on my spin rod and lots of bass and panfish patterns. somehow last year |
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Carp on a Deceiver
Nice surprise! Many years ago, during the winter while fishing or panfish, I caught one on a Beetle Spin. I had cast it up near some downed timber, there was a violent explosion of water & I thoug |
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How many species have you landed on the fly
To date on the fly, I have caught
Bluegill, Red Eared Sunfish, Pumkinseed, Green Sunfish, Large Mouth, Small Mouth, Rock Bass, White Bass, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Golden (not th |
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Any Massachusetts fly fishers?
Boston's a great city! In addition to all the good trout fishing in Massachusetts, you have some great saltwater flyfishing and your a short drive to southern Maine.......I lived there many years ago |
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Bass on bass
Yes it was, Thanks Piker.
Panfish, its what I call the Rabid Dog. You can see more pictures and updated directions here:
http://onthevise.com/flies/rabid-dog-280
Kirk
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Most versitile material?
Well the obvious choice is thread. Can't do too much tying without thread. I tie a bunch of trout, panfish flies that are nothing but thread.
After thread, I would say yarn. |
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questions about progress and practice
Thanks for all the great advice -- pretty much confirms what I thought, that it's just a matter of practice, practice, practice. And thanks for the specifics on the PTN, I'll go back to it for a bit a |
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RBF: What is the difference?
Need some advice before opening the checkbook. I've built some panfish spinning rods on some RX7 3wt and 5wt blanks and like the action and overall weight of the rods.What would be the most notable di |
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Three Favorite Flies Swap
Well I ended up tying three flies that I like. I also tied a fourth because I knew that Fishing Bob and probably some others are more trout guys. The first fly being an articulated baitfis |
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First Attempts - Matuka Fly
Gave my first shots at tying a matuka last night. Needs work I know, but I'm still proud. :-)
I've been tying on and off since I was about five or six years old (23 now), but I've never gotten v |
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Custom built 6'6" 2wt 2pc Fly rod
I have heard of this company. There's a guy on youtube call the humble fishermen. And he has one of these rods. sadly i fish mainly for panfish and bass. |
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Baby Bluegill Fly
[quote name="panfish 12" post="548340" timestamp="1366230089"][quote name="heavynets" post="548333" timestamp="1366225813"]I use Super Hair to tie this one on a Mustad 3366, 2/0 hook. It works g |
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RBF: 9ft 3wt 4pc Stealth rod
This rod is for customer that wanted a stealthy looking panfish rod. Built on one of my "Warrior" series blanks in Titanium finish. Carbon fiber reel seat with the hoods wrapped in black. Grip is all |
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9ft 3wt 4pc Stealth rod
This rod is for customer that wanted a stealthy looking panfish rod. Built on one of my "Warrior" series blanks in Titanium finish. Carbon fiber reel seat with the hoods wrapped in black. Grip is all |
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materials
It is obvious that you are fairly new to flytying so let me say welcome! Now, having said that, you will not like what I am about to say. There are far too many things that you can tie wit |
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Dang
Which one?
ChefBens Franken Shrimp.
Im going to be M-I-A quite a bit because of a work fire and now im working 12 hour plus days, but luckily I had a few minutes I caught this!
Here you |
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April Bluegill Swap Club
Going to go with JSzymczyk's "XFile" super easy panfish fly, which takes longer to say than it does to tie. Bead, dubbing and legs, couldn't be much easier.
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Mini Madam X
I think they would make great panfish flies. May try a couple myself.
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How far can you cast
Since I practice in my front yard ... and my front yard is exactly 75 feet from drive to property line .. I know I can cast my 5 weight 75 feet. That's fly line, leader and fly. I ca |
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April Flies From The Vice!
Liked the look of the viva in the water, no where near as gaudy as I thought it would be. So tied up some smaller ones #16
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recent fly line posts
Maybe it's just me but I use a Cortland 444 peach 6wt for trout bass panfish etc using nymphs dries wets streamers all on the same sage 2 piece fly rod and I catch tons of fish. I do change out leader |
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Follow-Up To My "Canoe" Question
Finally fouhnd the aqrticle I did.Here is the link with pictures in it http://www.flyanglersonline.com/features/panfish/part453.phpRick |
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Opinions on a 7-8ft. 4wt.
I think the tough thing about 4wt choices out there is most are fast action, 4 piece rods that feel like hard sticks -- but I'm a bias fan of slow action 2 piece rods. Also, 4wt options are pret |
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New Reel and Fly Line
filled it with Cabelas Prestige Plus DT-3-F on sale for $29. Now gotta build my 2wt to put it on! Thanks everybody with suggestions. Bluegills and Crappie look out!!!
That's the same line |
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What is your "Searching Pattern"?
My favorite searching patterns are large streamers. I normally start with a size 2, 4M minnow when fishing in the arrow head region for pike. The pattern i make is broad, flashy, and alittle |
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MCM Foam Stone SBS
Very nice SBS with great pictures showing every step. Might have to tie a few of these up for some Florida panfish. Thanks for the time and effort you put in on this.
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A complete beginner
Hello,
I thought I would introduce myself. My name is Mike and I live in N.W. Iowa. I am a complete beginner when it comes to tying flies. I bought a Wapsi deluxe fly tying kit off of Ama |
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Pan fish tickler.
Hopefully this might tickle a panfish
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tying with chenille sticks
Yes, the wire will rust. Tried it many years ago. You want something cheaper? Go on Ebay & search for rayon chenille yarn. You'll find the stuff made for fly tying, but there will also be regular |
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Scuds!
Have you caught a lot of panfish, bluegill, redear, crappie on your scuds? Also, is there any chance that the fish see those as mini-crayfish rather than a real scud? only because I'm not |
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RBF: New Guy
Hey all,For the past couple years on local forums I've talked and fished with quite a few people who either only fish custom rods or build their own rods, and I think it'd be really cool to make one f |
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new to fly tying
For bass and panfish can someone on here post pics of easy flies to start off with,since this is my first attempt. Thanks Kevin |
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New here and to fly tying and fly fishing
Hello all,
I am new to fly fishing and just started to buy stuff for tying.
I have been doing a lot of reading on the internet and in this forum. I was wondering if there is a good place to get |
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best fly tying thread
Many years ago I started tying small poppers for panfish and bass. The only options were silk and some nasty nylon stuff sold by Herters. I then got into hair bugs and I uses some huge nylon thread th |
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new guy from iowa
I am a big bass and panfish fisherman and that is what i plan on doing with my fly kit is make flies for these species of fish. i have alot of wine cork was wondering if that would work for |
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fly tying bird skins
Hello My name is Colin and I am a part of the fly tying bug. I have been tying for 4 years and been fly fishing since i was 14, 15 years old. am 22 and live in Bloomington IL. But i am here to se |
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Skitterbug SBS
That's way cool looking; I've never seen a fly like that. Nice work on the SBS.
I was thinking the same thing! I see this working for panfish and carp when the mulberry's fall! |
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Sally Hansen's Hard as Nails Issue
bottom line- I use it and seem to catch as many fish on flies with it as without it. I tie many streamers and bucktails for bass and panfish which are supposedly more scent-sen |
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Fish Foolin Frog size 8
Here is a Fish Foolin' Frog in size 8. I love this pattern. Killer for the smallies and panfish.
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How many flies?
I used to carry way way too many styles, types, size and colors of flies. I am slowly but surely weeding patterns from my box.
For trout fishing, my dry flies are almost all parachu |
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Tell me of the Kitties
A common misconception is that catfish have poor eyesight. While they are much more attuned to scents than most other fish, they are still able to see quite well. Big cats are predators wh |
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How to tie a Crayfish
luvinbluegills......nice little simple patterns and I prefer simple and EZ ties. Thanks for posting. If you have not tried a pattern called Blind Squirrel you should. Panfish love it and I belie |
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Trout flies for panfish?
There are many, many fly patterns that are popular for trout, that are just as effective for panfish. "Trout" flies are often tied to imitate a specific insect species, or a family of species, but pan |
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Grass Carp
Amur River variety were stocked in local lakes which since have been stripped clean of flora. They have been seen taking overhahning grasses off the shore. In mid summer they also go airbo |
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PB Surfperch
We've also got a few species of saltwater "panfish" here in the east that I like to fool around with when the big boys aren't cooperating. Porgies, hickory shad, etc., can be a lot of fun on a light r |
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Blind Squirrel Recipe?
I've seen a few mentions of a fly called the Blind Squirrel, for panfish & carp, but cannot find a recipe. Can anyone help me out with one? A photo would be sweet too. Thanks!
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Panfish Flies
I tied these up with Bluegill, and other panfish in mind. Some very simple patterns. The purple one was my first attempt at working with dubbing. Terrible I know. haha. Like with anything, you can onl |
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10' Fly Rod
I built a 10 ft 3 wt. I use it for panfish out of my canoe. I find that it is not good for short casts. Takes a fair amount of line to load the rod. Put some salt on this as I am not the best casting |
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Flies with legs. How long?
Beauty of rubber legs. Leave em' long and if they are just getting nipped or no attention, cut them short or off!
Im tend to leave them long, except on my panfish flies.
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A wise man once told me
Piker ... has that "recycling" "proper disposal" line ever worked? I tried it on a couple of posts and I haven't received anything yet.
JonJoe ... I probably tie the worst looking bugs ev |
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Tie on a new one ?
Depends on where I am fishing. Since I am always fishing for sunfish or bass, species doesn't matter.
If I am fishing from a boat, which is 95% of my fishing, then I have three or four fly rods |
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Tarpon Rookie Contest
I've been trying to catch some small trout or bream, maybe a small mouth bass here in the freezing waste land south of Boston.
Then I see this thread about catching a tarpon. I see someon |
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Febuary 2013 flies from the vice
A variation on a fly Curtis Fry posted on flyfishfood.com. He called it a hot spot chironomid and its for early season panfish. Didn't have the colors he used and no hot beads so I used brass. Should |
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fly vise jaw question
Hello, new guy here. I started tying flies last year, to suppliment my fishing addiction (something fishing related to do when the weather prevents me from actually being on the water - you know how i |
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