On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 19:14:02 -0500, Kevin Vang
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Anybody gone after walleye on a fly rod. Plannint to try my hand at some
pike fishing on the fly, yea I know it sounds like fun. Figured while I was
at it I might try to catch a few walleye. Always used spinning gear and
jigs. Any of you guys tried them on a fly rod. If so how? Thanks



At this timw of year, the tricky part will be finding them in shallow
water. Usually, but not always, that will mean fishing at night. You
will probably do best by getting up a few hours before sunrise. As a
side benefit, you will probably have the lake all to yourself

If your lake has a Hex hatch, try to get into a shallow muddy bay
around midnight or so. Bounce a small weighted Olive Woolly Bugger
on the bottom -- walleye will come from all over to hit the emerging
nymphs. Sometimes they even hit them on the surface too, so it
wouldn't hurt to carry a few dries, but this is actually pretty
rare.

If it gets really windy, head to the windward shore. Wade out into
the surf and fish the edge of the mud that the waves stirred up.
Walleye and pike will hunt the edges of the mud for baitfish that
come to feed on the bugs and stuff that get stirred up in the mud.

Good luck,

Kevin


My son, when out with his uncle, encountered a hex hatch where the
walleyes were going nuts on top, hitting the duns. He didn't have
anything to match.

The town of North Bay, Ontario are taken over every June by a massive
hex hatch and the locals claim that fishing is impossible during the
hatch as all of the fish in the lake gorge on them.

Now if I could only get a boat . . . . .

Peter

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