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Yuba Pike on the Fly - whistlerfly - 04-18-2010
My fishing partner caught a nice Northern last spring. I have the bug to get one on a fly. What size and patterns work for pike at Yuba?
I need some suggestions, thanks.
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Re: [whistlerfly] Yuba Pike on the Fly - gstott - 04-18-2010
I've never fished Yuba, but I would imagine something like this would work. I'm going to give it a try on the tiger musky at Newton this spring. I'll let you know if they eat it.[inline "perch fly small.JPG"]
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Re: [whistlerfly] Yuba Pike on the Fly - AFK2Fish - 04-18-2010
With the size of the chompers those guys have, I cant imagine that anything is too big. I watched a video posted here last fall of a muskie eating a 14" bass that someone had almost boated.
I would go as big as your fly rod can handle, if it were me.
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Re: [gstott] Yuba Pike on the Fly - whistlerfly - 04-19-2010
Thank you for the pic of your pattern. Looks like a great perch pattern. I will try and replicate the fly in a 1/0.
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Re: [whistlerfly] Yuba Pike on the Fly - gstott - 04-19-2010
Cool, I hope it does well for you. It's pretty much just Icelandic Sheep's Wool in various colors with some cactus chenile for the body. I used a Prisma Color Marker to add the barring pattern. You can buy the wool here:
http://www.jsflyfishing.com/cgi-bin/item/NM-770085-0000/search/Hareline-Icelandic-Sheep-Wool.html
They have a lot of great stuff and fast shipping. They even have a frequent tier program where you get points for everything you buy. Every 1,000 points equals a dollar off your order.
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