Muskie Flies

[sandfly]

slider is a tube fly and yes the disk is off an orange carton. works great for a disk fly. going to figure away to dye them

 

[BlueSteel89]

Thought I would bring this thread back and see what everyone is tying. I havent had any luck with the toothies, but I have tied some flies up. Ive been tying up a hangtimes with laserdub heads and for some reason they walk the dog under water really well. Some are articulated and some are singles. All look great in the water. I also tied buck tail on a game changer in perch and I like how it looks. I'm running out of good bucktail so I tied a fly with a little of everything to make an "Ugly fly". Well it worked... Ugliest fly I've ever tied

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

Figured I've give thread a bump since the fall bite is getting into full swing.
The Bohen 747

 

[Crawdad31]

Great ties brother, I'm a big fan of the black and pink. Quick question was the difference between the beuford and the bohen 747? They look very similar to me

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

There's a big difference between the two. Here's two pics of bohens 747.

The 747 have 4 rudder feathers upfront behind the head.
The Buford's have just 1 on each side.

 

[Crawdad31]

Ok I see the difference now. Thanks will be adding some 747's to the mix.

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

I'm on a Buford kick. Two Muskies on em in the last 3 weeks who wouldn't be. Fresh one off the vise.

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

The game changer concept kinda took over after seeing Blane Chockletts musky size ones. I got on the bender and bent some of my own up. There .5, .75, 1.25, 2 inches long.

 

[JakesLeakyWaders]

This is a great thread. Haven't read through it all yet, but it reminds me how helpful this place has been for me over the past 6 or more years.

Just bought a Cabela's CGR #7/8 and I'm determined to try to land my first musky on the fly. Caught one on spin gear last year and what a thrill.

 

[Night_Stalker]

Hey PACO

What gauge / kind of wire are you showing. What is the device that is being used, referred to as a "bender".

I went to 2 of Blane's presentations TCO shops last weekend...!
He is featured in current Fly Fisherman issue.

Great info provided by him...and easy to talk to. His flies were very sparse and light weight.

 

[jay348]

Night_Stalker wrote:
I went to 2 of Blane's presentations TCO shops last weekend...!
He is featured in current Fly Fisherman issue.

Great info provided by him...and easy to talk to. His flies were very sparse and light weight.

Did he mention the name of the tubing used on the T-bones? I know he used to sell the stuff but it looks like his website is no more.

Is there a good substitute otherwise?

 

[Bosshog]

I've tied up a few of the musky sized game changers so far after seeing blane's stuff. I'll try to get some pictures up.

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

I use a Boggs tackle maker for my bending. Also I use .051 wire.
The stuff blane uses for t bones is pet expandable braided tubing. You can find it at cable organizer.com. I believe he use 1/4 for the dams and 1/2 for the heads.

 

[wgmiller]

I certainly understand the concept of using the braided tubing, for someone who fishes their flies a lot. Personally speaking, I think I'm just going to use the reverse bucktail method and see how they hold up. I'm not fishing my muskie flies constantly like some of you guys and will see how long it takes the bucktail on my flies to "lay down". If I were guiding like Blane or fishing a lot for muskie, then yes, there is definitely merit to keeping that bucktail up.

Good stuff fellas!

 

[jay348]

Aside from (maybe) added protection from teeth, I can't imagine the tubing accomplishes anything for the profile that the RT'd tail doesn't. You're in control it either way. Action may be a different story.

I've just always wanted to try the tubing and never pulled the trigger. Thanks for the info paco.

 

[wgmiller]

I believe I remember his saying that after a while, the bucktail begins to "lay down" due to the flies being fished heavily. The way I see it, the flex tubing is a "Cialis of sorts" to help prop up the bucktail. Again, I think this is for someone who fishes these flies A LOT.

 

[jay348]

Ahh that does make sense now.

Can't say that any of my flies have reached the stage of over-fished...sounds like there could be worse problems to have eh?

 

[wgmiller]

Yeah, if I'm "overfishing" my flies, that's a good day!!! :-D

 

[PACOFRANSICO]

Tyed a bit at Jims Sportcenter today. Got three really fishy musky flys done.

I'm pumped about this one. The Bucktail Game changer.

 

[TD55]

Knocked a few out at the Central PA Outdoors and Sports show this weekend.