Wayne,
I have fished and trolled forms and variations of spinner flies for mackinaw
and pike when I'm up in NW Montana in the Flathead Lake area. No originality
here, as the local shops are full of variations of half-lure/half-fly creations.
The offerings get much larger than panfish flies, and a min of an 8wt is needed
to toss them. When fishing from a boat on the lake, the macs are 90' down and
we troll the same flies behind downriggers and dodgers.
In Swan Lake, it's the opposite. I tie floating pencil-poppers with propeller
blades up front to fish in the weed-covered shallows where the pike hang out.
It's better to be small and accurate rather than large and inaccurate, as a
weed-hang-up spooks all the pike and then they go lock-jaw for an hour. Need
to relocate and start over. But if you get a good, noisy drag on the surface,
you will get a minimum of a good follow. Getting them to strike is the trick.
DonO
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Blake-Hedges
To: vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:25 AM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Tom Nixon patterns
Hi All;
After meeting and watching Ron Knight at SOW BUG tie classic fly rod
spinnerbaits, I've started trying to tie tying them. Just palced an order with
Janns Netcraft for rest of supplies I need.
This got me thinking, do any of you tie/fish and other of the Tom Nixon
patterns?
If so, which ones have been successfull for you and for what fish and
under what conditions?
Thanks in advance;
Wayne
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