Pike Mini-Clave

wrote:
Oh, ok. I know that one.

There is also another lake, known as Pike lake.
It's up north-west of Babb. Kinda back in the boonies
a bit. Supposed to be real good for northerns.

I'll see what I can do about coming on up. Would be good
to meet you. I'm a beginner fly fisher/fly tier and have always
wanted to catch pike on a fly.


It will be fun to help you get started on these beasts. I don't know
about Pike Lake, but I'd like to find out.

Hope to see you there,

Chas
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Chas:

Thanks for the offer, I'll try my best to take you up on it!
The only problem I forsee - so far - is that I work for the Browning
school district - I'm the Network Administrator - and it will be very
tuff for me to take any time off that week. May have to try and have
a busy day on Sun, the 5th.

Where are you coming from?

Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?

Thanks,

George



It will be fun to help you get started on these beasts. I don't know
about Pike Lake, but I'd like to find out.

"George G. Miller" wrote:
Chas:

Thanks for the offer, I'll try my best to take you up on it!
The only problem I forsee - so far - is that I work for the Browning
school district - I'm the Network Administrator - and it will be very
tuff for me to take any time off that week. May have to try and have
a busy day on Sun, the 5th.

Where are you coming from?
Near Seattle. We'll drive out Friday night and Saturday Morning,
trying to arrive before noon on Saturday.


Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?

My favorites are black and red, sometimes chartreuse, sometimes green.
The flies are tied large on 4/0 hooks. For a wealth of info, check out
Kevin Vang's pike clave home page:

http://www.misu.nodak.edu/%7Evang/PikeClave/

There are a bunch of links on the flies page for patterns that work.
Also check out Barry Reynold's book, Pike on the Fly. With the single
exception of his reccommendation that you use heavy mono for a leader,
his book is great.


Chas
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my limited experience with the slimy gator-fish indicates anything with
yellow or orange as a major color is preferred...

Chas Wade wrote:

Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?


My favorites are black and red, sometimes chartreuse, sometimes green.
The flies are tied large on 4/0 hooks. For a wealth of info, check out
Kevin Vang's pike clave home page:

Jeff Miller wrote:
my limited experience with the slimy gator-fish indicates anything
with
yellow or orange as a major color is preferred...


Sure, yellow and orange too. One that's done me well recently is what
I call the Halloween fly. Half a dozen orange and black saddle hackles
for a tail, black bear for a wing, and an orange epoxy head with an eye
painted on it. I'll be bringing some of those to the clave along with
Blackbeard and black bunny leaches.

One of my son Glen's favorites is the Daredevil. It's a double bunny
with red on top and white on the bottom. Red head with a black on
white eye painted on.

Chas
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Jeff Miller wrote:
my limited experience with the slimy gator-fish indicates anything
with
yellow or orange as a major color is preferred...


Sure, yellow and orange too. One that's done me well recently is what
I call the Halloween fly. Half a dozen orange and black saddle hackles
for a tail, black bear for a wing, and an orange epoxy head with an eye
painted on it. I'll be bringing some of those to the clave along with
Blackbeard and black bunny leaches.

One of my son Glen's favorites is the Daredevil. It's a double bunny
with red on top and white on the bottom. Red head with a black on
white eye painted on.

Chas
remove fly fish to reply
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html
San Juan Pictures at:
http://home.comcast.net/~chasepike/wsb/index.html

Jeff Miller wrote:
my limited experience with the slimy gator-fish indicates anything
with
yellow or orange as a major color is preferred...


Sure, yellow and orange too. One that's done me well recently is what
I call the Halloween fly. Half a dozen orange and black saddle hackles
for a tail, black bear for a wing, and an orange epoxy head with an eye
painted on it. I'll be bringing some of those to the clave along with
Blackbeard and black bunny leaches.

One of my son Glen's favorites is the Daredevil. It's a double bunny
with red on top and white on the bottom. Red head with a black on
white eye painted on.

Chas
remove fly fish to reply
http://home.comcast.net/~chas.wade/w...ome.html-.html
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my limited experience with the slimy gator-fish indicates anything with
yellow or orange as a major color is preferred...

Chas Wade wrote:

Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?


My favorites are black and red, sometimes chartreuse, sometimes green.
The flies are tied large on 4/0 hooks. For a wealth of info, check out
Kevin Vang's pike clave home page:

"George G. Miller" wrote:
Chas:

Thanks for the offer, I'll try my best to take you up on it!
The only problem I forsee - so far - is that I work for the Browning
school district - I'm the Network Administrator - and it will be very
tuff for me to take any time off that week. May have to try and have
a busy day on Sun, the 5th.

Where are you coming from?
Near Seattle. We'll drive out Friday night and Saturday Morning,
trying to arrive before noon on Saturday.


Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?

My favorites are black and red, sometimes chartreuse, sometimes green.
The flies are tied large on 4/0 hooks. For a wealth of info, check out
Kevin Vang's pike clave home page:

http://www.misu.nodak.edu/%7Evang/PikeClave/

There are a bunch of links on the flies page for patterns that work.
Also check out Barry Reynold's book, Pike on the Fly. With the single
exception of his reccommendation that you use heavy mono for a leader,
his book is great.


Chas
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"George G. Miller" wrote:
Chas:

Thanks for the offer, I'll try my best to take you up on it!
The only problem I forsee - so far - is that I work for the Browning
school district - I'm the Network Administrator - and it will be very
tuff for me to take any time off that week. May have to try and have
a busy day on Sun, the 5th.

Where are you coming from?
Near Seattle. We'll drive out Friday night and Saturday Morning,
trying to arrive before noon on Saturday.


Could you recommend some pike fly patterns that I could attempt to try
and tie? Any 'best' color combos?

My favorites are black and red, sometimes chartreuse, sometimes green.
The flies are tied large on 4/0 hooks. For a wealth of info, check out
Kevin Vang's pike clave home page:

http://www.misu.nodak.edu/%7Evang/PikeClave/

There are a bunch of links on the flies page for patterns that work.
Also check out Barry Reynold's book, Pike on the Fly. With the single
exception of his reccommendation that you use heavy mono for a leader,
his book is great.


Chas
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