7-12" Flies for Pike

[ROR-EYE]

Okay,
After being on the water for four hours Saturday without so much as a sniff from a pike, I find myself in search of the largest flies anyone has ever tied. I watched a guy in another boat land a 30" pike on a foot long musky plug and he invited me over to fish the area with him. Neither of us caught another fish.

I am looking to find a pattern with four traits:

1: Long
2: Bulky to "push" some water
3: Noisy (for obvious reasons)
4: CATCHES PIKE

If anyone knows of such a pattern, please help.

Thanks in advance.
Rory.

[rrhyne56]

Rory

The Snap Tandem pickerel pattern here on FAOL ought to be fairly easily modified up to the size you require. That's one idea. There ought to be some more experienced pike hunters on here with even more info.

[joe cool]

No specific pattern to recommend at the moment but if tandem hook rigs are legal where you fish that would probably be your best option for the size you want. I would try a dahlberg diver style fly with doll eyes for a little bit of noise, maybe with a synthetic tail to try to cut down on the weight.

I have also heard tandem wooly buggers suggested for pike and musky. These could meet your length and water-moving requirements.

If the tandem thing isn't legal or isn't appealing then I would look into the longer synthetic materials to create something with the length you want.

The biggest problem is probably going to be a balance between size and bulk vs. castability with the rig you intend to fish with.

[dudley]

This is a good time of year to pick up some material for big flies
I tie some surf flies for stripers that are 8-10 inches and I use Halloween wig hair as the main ingredient for the tail.
My flies just have a short wing and beard also of synthetic hair, but you may want to palmer some hackles, a'la' Seaducer, instead

Seaducer "Fly of the Week #17 - FAOL

[ROR-EYE]

Thanks for the replies all.

[Eight Thumbs]

Hi Ror-eye

There are lots of good books out now on saltwater fly patterns and their construction. Check and see what looks good. I would pay particular attention to the big mullet and big bunker flies. Modify those to look like a yellow perch or a big shiner and you should have a winner. 8T

[William Fitzgerald]

For large light weight flies google "Tube Flies" and "Snake Flies" BILL

[Clay]

In my area this is the musky hunter with a fly rod and many of his techniques would be appropriate: http://www.bradbohen.com/index.php?o...page&Itemid=28

http://www.invictaflies.us/Pike%20Mu...pike_flies.htm

http://www.americanflyfishing.com/Fl...%2FMusky+Flies

Good luck

[iaflyfisher]

I have tied the Dahlberg Diver in the larger sizes (10-12 inches). Be sure to use synthetics in the tail as they will not absorb water and become a dish rag to cast. You can usually find the recipes on the web. Bill Sherer's We-Tie-It.com has some good Pike Patterns also. His videos are good and will teach how to tie his flies which are huge and very productive.

iaflyfisher
Central Iowa Fly Fishers

[MSD53X]

I have never fished for Pike, but here in Maine we have Chain Pickerel, and they will hit anything that is all red and white. Just my .o2