Tiger Muskies

[Tids]

I started fishing for muskies last year with the fly rod. what a challenge! Tied up some flies that I cant wait to try out. Had some luck with the bigger ones last year. Anyone else go after them?
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[FOD]

liked the perch patterns nice tyin just getting into it myself. you should take them to starvation and fly for walleyes and bass also huge carp(not so bad on a flyrod but aint no tigermuskie0 report how well they produce for you this summer love the ambition though.
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[flygoddess]

Awesome TIES!
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[lunkerhunter2]

Caught a couple with the fairy wand. Great fun! I have a hard time putting down a buzzbait and using flies.[blush]
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[flygoddess]

I too tied some Muskie flies, just never get up to Pineveiw to try them.

Here is one:



I have had several tell me Nymphs work also.

Does anyone Think the fact they aren't stocking tiger anymore will effect the fishing for them?
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[lunkerhunter2]

Not for a couple years.
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[Tids]

Looks good. Are you serious about the nymphs? What kind? time will tell about how the tiger muskie fishing turns out. Anyone tried the rod out at newton? I have yet to fish newton, plan on it this year.
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[lunkerhunter2]

Watch out for the power squadron up there! They will run you over and never turn around to see what they hit![pirate]
Get up there early before they sleep off their drunk from the night before.[]
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[flygoddess]

A little name dropping, but Lance Egan and Larry Tullis both say HARESEARS work.
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[santravler]

[center]I think this guy knows a thing or two about "Flying in a Muskie".
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[left]"Brad Bohen holds the 51.25-inch muskie he caught in October with a fly rod and a 36-pound tippet. He caught the world-record fish on the Chippewa River above Lake Holcombe." - Duluth News January 23 2009[/left]
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[flygoddess]

Any word on what he caught it on?
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[Tids]

I too would like to know what he uses.
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[santravler]

Here is a link to the forum this guy is on. He has some pics of the fly's he uses and more pics of the record catch.

Sorry, can't post another forum.
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[lunkerhunter2]

Can you just copy and paste the pics?
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[gstott]

I tried Newton last year, and had a number of fish follow my fly up to the tube, and then lose interest. I should have stuck with it though as I switched to a light spinning rod and as the sun got lower that evening, I hooked into three musky in less than an hour. We bought a house in Clarkston in July, so I'm definitely going to try again this spring.
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[Tids]

I too experienced the same thing but at pineview. Numbers of fish would follow but never strike. I was new and made some mistakes. I am ready this year with a few different tatics to try. I cant wait. Is the ice off?[shocked] I am getting anxious. Would really like to try newton this year.
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[gstott]

No, it's still freaking cold up here and I have three foot snow drifts in my yard The Bear River finally iced off this week, but I think we've got a while to go on the stillwaters. Too bad I don't ice fish, I'm getting terrible cabin fever. Last spring was my first time going for tigers, so I still have a lot to learn. I'm glad I caught a few, but I really want to get one on the flyrod.
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[jigs]

i just pulled into the house in logan and it was 7 degrees so i am sure even the river is iced up again, or at leaste slushy. probly another 3 weeks i am guessing. i am no weather man though.
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[jjctbooth]

I've been fishing for them for the last 3 summers using striped bass flies I used when I lived in Massachusetts. At first I was using bigger flies and caught quite a few tigers, as well as some good bass, but when I put on a smaller fly, I really started getting a lot of fish. The size of the fish I was catching actually increased when I went with the smaller flies...more strikes and fewer follows. Size 2 deceiver is my favorite.
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[Tids]

So do you fish the view? I tried some smaller streamers but never really had any luck. Since I was more confident with the large profile fly's that pushed a ton of water when stripped I never went back to the smaller streamer. Now that I have read your post maybe I should consider a size 2 deceiver. Any particular color?
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