Fly Fishing for Muskies

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sabbatoy
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Fly Fishing for Muskies

Post by sabbatoy » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:03 am

I am ready to try flyfishing for muskie. Just a quick question about leaders. I was going to run a straight section of Fluorocarbon, anyone use anything else? Thanks, Scott
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Post by Cyberlunge » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:41 am

Me personally no I have not done it, however, I ran into some guys from the Trout Unlimited chapter at the Traverse City Expo I worked and we got to talking about flyfishing for pike and muskies. You may want to try a trout fishing chatboard or something flyfishing related maybe they will have some ideas they are willing to share.
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Post by Larry Porter » Sun Apr 23, 2006 9:04 pm

Fluorocarbon should be fine. I use hard-finish Maxima Chameleon, which is stiff enough to turn over well without flopping. Use something in the 20-lb. area if you are going to go non-tapered and just a single weight. If you taper, try going from 40# (at the fly line) to 30# to 20# at the bait, and the fly should present itself a little better than with the straight 20#. But it will all work. Then of course, a short length of nylon-coated braided wire of around 20# in front of the fly. Tyger wire would probably work as well as the standard coated wire.
For the complete treatment, see Larry Dahlberg's article in the May 1992 In-Fisherman if you know somebody that has the issues going back that far.
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Duck!

Post by Muskie Medic » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:20 am

Looks like Im going to have start wearing a helment while fishing aboard the ss Abbatoy..LOL :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock:
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Post by Will Schultz » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:58 am

3-6' of 30# hard mono or stiff flouro will work. You can surgeon knot a wire bite tippet onto the leader, 30# coated wire is all you'll need. There's no need to taper it when your leader doesn't need to be longer than 3'.
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Post by MuskyDan » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:07 pm

Todd I thought you always wore a helment and a bib anyway??? :lol:
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Post by Muskie Medic » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:23 pm

:lol: :lol: True, and I pull my boat with the "short bus"..LOL :lol:
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Post by MuskyDan » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:52 pm

atleast you got my meaning, do you take along a good supply of windex to clean up after the window lickin' :D
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lol

Post by Muskie Medic » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:45 pm

:shock: Yes, but its for the fish slime not drool..LOL :lol: :lol: :lol:
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