troutinturnie

Greetings all,

I am having trouble tying flies using buck tail. Im wondering how I can get my buck tail streamers to have more of a baitfish look. Every time I try I just get a frayed/ fanned out look. I dont have any pictures right now to show you what I mean, so Im just wondering if there is another technique I should be trying?

Also I know Iv been asking a lot lately but is there any easy streamer patterns I can try? Ive done several Micky FInn's and have been happy with the results and I'm mainly targeting bass, pike and walleye. I have a decent order of synthetics coming in hopefully this week to experiment with as well.

Thank you all for the advice.

Kyle

Great looking set up. What is in all the mini glass bottles underneath your hackle feathers?

Nice looking work area.

Thanks for the advice and I'm glad you like the flies, hopefully the pike feel the same.

I'll tie some more up today using less buck tail and trying the weed guard idea.

Kyle

Ok I will give that a try. The underfur if just bucktail with some crystal flash and the glue i used was Loon Outdoors Epoxy replacement which hasnt made any of my other flies float to bad.

Kyle

Greetings all,

Ive recently been tying several big zonker strip flies for pike. My question is when I was testing them out to see how they swam in a tank they wouldnt sink? I had to use a small split shot weight 6 inches up from the fly to get the action I was looking for. I would have thought that when they got wet and heavy that they would sink and swim nicely.

Would lead wire help? I new to tying with zonkers so Im in need of some advice.

Kyle.

I use schlappen when I tie larger Wooly Buggers, usually size 2 and 4 for bass. Works great, swims nice and is easy to tie with. My go to color is bright green and white.

How do you tie the deer hair on so sparse like that?

Sounds like a great trip! Enjoy and I hope to see some pics posted

Kyle

Piker, so prior to tying I have to wash and blow dry? It is very tangly

Greetings all,

Icelandic Sheep Hair, anyone use it? Any one a fan?

I was recently at cabelas taking with their fly tier about materials and he recommended this Icelandic sheep hair. I've personally never heard much about it but I got 2 packages anyways - chartreuse and black. I find I'm not a huge fan of it and was thinking its because I'm not using or tying the right patterns?? I don't know but is was wondering what you fellas think of the stuff and any commen, easy patterns I could try.

Kyle

Also JSzymczyk, what size wolly worms and buggers would you reccomend tying?

Thank you, I appreciate all the advice. i mostly want to target pike and smallmouth bass. That was my first clouser to I will try some more tonight and post a pic later to see what you think.

Kyle

I've now been tying for about a month and I think I'm ready for some. Feedback. Here are the flies I am most impressed with but I want to know what you think. With no other fisherman or even tiers up here feedback is nonexistent.

Please help, I want to get better.

Wolly Bugger

Hares Nymph

Wolly Worm

Hopper

Clouser Minnow

Great thread! As a new fly fisherman I have to constantly ask myself is the stuff I am buying really any different then the cheaper product. Reading this thread is going to save me a lot of money right off the hop!

Again I am a huge fan of this site and appreciate all the help!

Ok thanks Ill give that a try. What size Clousers would you suggest tying? I am in Winnipeg this weekend and they have a big new Cabelas so I want to take full advantage!

Don't have an iPad but nothing better then tying fies listening to bluegrass music!

Greetins all,

Looking for some advice here. To be honest im new to both fly tying and fly fishing. Iv had a fly rod for years but never really took the time to become good at it, only caught a few brookies and a couple smallmouths here and there. As stated earlier in a post I have taken a job teaching in Northern Manitoba, Canada. Perfect oppritunity for both, awesome awesome walleye and pike fishing as well as lake trout, and pretty much winter untill June so I would have lots of time for tying.

I love new hobbies and recently started tying but I am unsure what to tie plenty of considering I am only new to the sport. Iv tied a dozen or so Wooly Buggers and Worms as well as PT and Hares ear nymphs. Again new to the hobby but my flies are starting to look pretty darn good compaired to those I have boughten commercially.

Any advice? Im hooked on the tying so far and usually try to tie 3 or 4 flies a night. I do understand that I am investing alot of time and money in something that I dont know for certain will even catch fish, just too much fun to stop.

Kyle

Sounds good. I recently caught a 37 incher ice fishing. No one up here fly fishes, I dont understand why.... huge monster pike and walleye, the sopts we catch fish are wide open and free of things to tangle up on and in the summer it stays day light from 5am till about 1am lol. Perfect fishing conditions if you ask me.

The moose and caribou hunting doesnt hurt either!

Greetings all, I was wondering if anyone out there has had any experience fishing Pike on the fly? I recently took a job teaching in Northern Manitoba and the fishing has been UNREAL. Lots of large Pike and Walleye as well as Lake Trout.

This spring I would like to try fly fishing up here, alot of the spots we fish are wide open and the Pike hang out right along the shore, perfect oppritunity. I received some flies from a gentleman from home (Nova Scotia) over Christmas break but I still have alot of questions.

Line weight/leaders and tippets?

Flies? Colours and Sizes?

Iv started tying aswell and would like to get a good jump on the flies before the ice melts (middle to late may) up here.

I appreciate any help

Kyle