Flies for Walleye

[gaspumper]

What brand and size hook do you guys tie your walleye flies with?Also how is the best way to fish them in no current and in heavy current ? Never tried them before just looking to try something new.

[Phil T]

Just in case you're asking about fishing with a fly rod (unlikely), a Clouser minnow works really well.

[gaspumper]

Using a spinning rod drifting in a river.

[kzoofisher]

Clousers are a great suggestion and can be trolled or cast with spinning gear. For a fly rod or trolling I really like the Puglisi flies. Too bad they cost as much as a crank bait. I would use any streamer hook that matches my pattern and put on a stinger if I was getting short strikes. This post has reminded me I need to tie up some single hook stingers.

http://www.epflies.com/estore/category/4792

[S.Larson]

I like these,...

http://www.vipertackle.com/browse/riverflies/

[pjshorthorn]

Years ago we ran into walleyes gourging themselves on helgramites and my Uncle happened to have his fly tying gear with him on the trip. That evening he tied up a number of different patterns trying to mimic what the walleyes were spitting up. Attached are a few pics of the flies from that trip. We fished them on a 3 ft leader with an 1/8th oz egg sinker above a barrel swivel. They produced fish well enough but not as consistent as minnows. Haven't tried these in years but I doubt they will ever go swimming again. They are for display only now.

I would say that the hook size is a #2 or #3. Don't know what brand. There is another thread from January of 2014 talking about the same thing that may be helpful.

PjShorthorn

[huffranger]

http://www.riverwalleyes.com/bucktail-flies.html


I'm gonna try some of these this year

[Huntindave]

Originally Posted by Phil T

Just in case you're asking about fishing with a fly rod (unlikely), a Clouser minnow works really well.

I use a fly rod and a sculpin or weighted crawdad pattern. Works well around the rocks in the shallow rivers I fish.

[fishnfool2]

Hutches flys are what u want to use.here in Oshkosh it is deadly pulling in a river last weekend my wife and I pulled 16 fish 6 were over 4lbs I usually use 2flys in tandum off a three way a12 in dropper with a 1-1/2 oz weight its like pulling a bottom bouncer.The leads are one is about 4ft the sec is about 5 ft my favorite color is red and purple green and orange red and black . once u have confidence in using them. They work in the river I have had so so success on reefs You can also cast with them in on the shore and jig them back. I make my own so that i can have the color combo I want.

[Gone Again]

Hard to beat these flies.

http://angling-solutions.com/#