I have begun to tie up some flies for Cape Cod stripers this spring. I’ve got sand eels, deceivers, clousers, crease flies, and ray’s flies. I am wondering if there is something I missed, and also what is a good night time pattern. Right now I mostly fish a black clouser type fly, with a buck-tail, tail and palmered black rabbit body, and lead eyes. This has been killer on shad and mackerel, but not so hot for stripers.
The last few years my go-to fly has been a flat wing.
I don’t tie huge ones like some you see. I use regular sized saddle hackles and the flys end up to be 6+ inches.
Smaller ones are good too.
So far I carry two colors yellow/white and the Rays fly colors of olive over yellow over white.
I think flat wings have a superior action to flys with vertically tied wings, like a deciever.
The fish like them too.
I’ve got nothing to add. You’ve touched on my favorites. I use chartreuse/white for deceivers and clousers as my go-to colors.
jed
I’m a Ray’s guy at heart, but Gartsides Beastmaster is a sweet looking fly. Swims like a bullet through the water - very 3-D.
Clam worm and grass shrimp patterns drifted in the current work all year long.
I mostly fish LI, but it seems to me you have it covered with Clousers, Deceivers and Sandeels. And adding shrimp patterns sounds good.
For night fishing I like fishing a 1/0 all black Deceiver and something that pushes a lot of water like an all black Sar Mul Mac 2/0.
It sounds like you’ll be there before any worm hatches, but I always carry some Cinder Worm patterns too just in case.
Good luck,
Peregrines
Hi to all,
I need more information on flat wing term. Do you mean a streamer type of what kind? A wewb page would be great help
Thnks
Bluewilly
Flatwings;
http://www.stripermoon.com/flyarch/arc2.html
Patterns that work during the day will work just as well at night. A fly doesn’t have to be big and black to catch fish at night. Big black patterns will work during the day too. I find that the small stuff works better at night because that is when most of the little critters come out of their hiding spots to feed and spawn. My last fly caught striper in January was caught on a bright orange clam worm at night while the fish had four other different flies to choose from on my leader that drift.
Thanks for the information
I looked at the web page and it will be of great help.I’ll be tying some of these for the next season in NH.
Bluewilly 
A couple more local favorites that may produce when others don’t.
Bondorew Bucktail- Works when they want a touch of blue / vs olive or Rays fly
Yellow Rebel- Great low light/overcast day fly.
( Both outlined with rays fly in mr. Bondorews excellent book)
Ell Punt- Easy casting night time fly that PRODUCES.
(Kenny Abrhams recipe)
hth