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Salt water fly types
Anybody want to venture a list of the top 3 or 4 flies for salt water? I fish in the Northeast (Jamaica Bay, NY) mostly. I'm interested in on-shore fishing.
I'd like to compile an up to date list by region. I don't think there are as many out there as people think. Maybe I'm wrong but it would be nice to know.
Also, does anyone know about a fly for Stripers called a Grocery?
dc
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Many men go fishing all of their lives
without knowing that it is not fish they
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Henry David Thoreau
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The grocery fly is a large deceiver type fly used in the Maine/N.H area. I believe it imitates a pollock.
My top four;
1) deceiver
2) snake fly
3) flat wing
4) blonde
I fish in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Cape Cod
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"The trout were laughing so hard at us that they considered evolving legs so they could crawl on to land and catch their breath"
Dave Barry
[This message has been edited by dudley (edited 30 September 2005).]
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Deciever and Clouser are the two most popular in my opinion. After that they seem to vary more depending on location. I've used both successfully from New England to the Carribean.
jed
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i'd have to say the rays fly rates pretty highly
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I'm with Jed, clousers and decievers. There's no baitfish hatch that i have not been able to match with a clouser or a deciever. Sometimes you may find them feeding in a crap hatch or a worm hatch, in that case keep a couple of those around. Also, when your in a bluefish frenzy, poppers and gurglers will do the trick.
Good Luck,
Chris
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Ditto D. Micus.
Ray's Fly is a great pattern.
I also tie a variation of the Ray's that I call the Purple Haze. Instead of topping off with green I use purple.
It has been the go to fly this year for me.
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I like Ray's Fly, but I do not think it is one of the most popular. I use it alot, but I don't hear of those outside of New England utilizing it as much.
As for the Purple Haze, I tie Ray's fly as follows:
Wing: Sparse white bucktail twice as long as the hook.
Sparse yellow bucktail 2 1/2 times as long as the hook.
Two to four strands of silver or pearl flashabou.
Sparse olive bucktail 3 times the length of the hook.
Topping: 7 strands of peacock herl extending just beyond the wing.
Where is this green you talk about?? Do I use Yellow??
[url=http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/arc1.html:659f8]http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/arc1.html[/url:659f8] is where I got the recipe
jed
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Jed,
Some people skip the fragile peacock herl and add a topping of plastic or bucktail.
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"The trout were laughing so hard at us that they considered evolving legs so they could crawl on to land and catch their breath"
Dave Barry
[This message has been edited by dudley (edited 04 October 2005).]
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jed, i think the green refers to olive.
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Jed:
Dave is right. I was referring to olive. Just spaced a bit and was too lazy to edit the post when I noticed it.
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