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David L. Darnell

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Flies and Hooks
« on: December 31, 2008, 07:24:09 PM »
What are some go to flies a fellow must have for Skip Jack, Stripe and Rockfish and all other stuff in warm water that can eat a small dog?

Speaking of a dog, RedDog and I fished the steam plant Monday for the first time ever, we got some Skip Jack and a few Stripe, I was throwing a #4 Clouser.

Hook sizes?

I plan on utilizing my warm water resources better in 09.
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Re: Flies and Hooks
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2009, 02:48:15 AM »
For Skips I use Size 8 and tens sometimes even down to 12's. Clousers, bunnies, Flashy wolly thingies....  Lots of Flash... lots Of White... Lots of Yellow... I think with Skips Size matters.... and getting the fly in front of the fish or maybe I should say Down to them.... my 2 cents..

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Re: Flies and Hooks
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2009, 05:17:01 PM »
I agree with the wize man above, flash for skippies, white and grey for hybrids, and smallies, well black and orang should do the trick.

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Re: Flies and Hooks
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2009, 08:09:36 PM »
All good info so far. For skippies just tie some silver flash, pearl estaz,holo flashabou, on a hook couser style. Most of the baitfish they are feeding on right now is 2 to 3".

For everything else the all time killer go anywhere catch anything for me is going to be a Chart/white gray/white clouser. I like mine in 1,2,3/0 with a long flash tail of flashabou. I use bead chain eyes most of the time but also keep some big brass eyes for deep water or big flows. Trust the clouser it's about as good a fly as anything ever invented. Plus you can churn out a doz and hour.
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Re: Flies and Hooks
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2009, 04:19:57 PM »
Quote from: Mike Anderson on January 01, 2009, 08:09:36 PM
Plus you can churn out a doz and hour.


Not if you keep gluing your fingers to the vise like I always seem to manage.   :P

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Re: Flies and Hooks
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 04:36:12 PM »
I fish cheatham dam like crazy. I will warn you go big on your flys. Unlike trout, with skipjack small fly small fish. I go after the skipjack hard for catfish bait. I throw a bead head white woolly bugger in size 12 and i get alot of small ones, if i go big it like the small fish know their limit. I have learned this to the hard way with jigs there to. Used to use 1/16 and 1/8 small fish. Once i started using 1/4 lot bigger skipjack and started catching stripers to. Skipjack are alot more aggressive than the stripers and hold up close to the surface. Throw a bigger bait and let it get past the skipjack and down to the waiting stripers. Just my .02 based on years of fishing cheatham dam.
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