bulltrout Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 let's see what you guys got...your ugliest, nastiest, meanest, largest, hardest to cast PIKE FLIES...i want your flies to scare the *hit out of me ...entries in by Wednesday, February 27th by 10 PM (Mountain Standard Time for those who don't already know )...have fun... Quote
bulltrout Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 i present to you, The W.T.F. ...9 inches of awesome, hard to cast pike fun... perhaps a sign of things to come? Hook: TMC 300 #2 Shank: Homemade Weight: Buttload of .035 Lead Free Wire Thread: Pink 6/0 Tail: Pink and Chinchilla Magnum Rabbit Strips Tail Adhesive: Shoe Goo All Flash: Pink Krystal Flash Body Segments: Chinchilla Magnum Rabbit Strip Body Joint: Size 3 Split Rings Eyes: XL Sea Eyes w/Stick On Prismatic Eyes Eye Ring: Size 3 Split Ring Quote
bulltrout Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 BTW...there will be no easter bunny this year... Quote
admin Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 BTW...there will be no easter bunny this year... Is that your work here? [ Quote
bulltrout Posted February 22, 2008 Author Posted February 22, 2008 Is that your work here? [ oooo...sweet...white rabbit strips... Quote
Lundvike Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 I call it the half rabbit cause I used half a rabbit. ok that was funnier when I was playing with the glue. Hooks: two Mustad 1/0 34007 Thread: Red 6/0 Body: red, black and white rabbit Flash: orange Eyes: Sea Eyes Large Red Legs: Sili Legs Firetip Red/black Glues: Goop for binding the rabbit, crazy for securing rabbit to hook, Epoxy for the head Hooks joined by stainless steel leader. Fishing suggestion: Cause I think it will be hard to cast (my biggest pole is a 6 weight) place it in the water next to your pontoon or float tube and paddle like crazy. Quote
Guest Rocknbugs Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 I call it the half rabbit cause I used half a rabbit. ok that was funnier when I was playing with the glue. Hooks: two Mustad 1/0 34007 Thread: Red 6/0 Body: red, black and white rabbit Flash: orange Eyes: Sea Eyes Large Red Legs: Sili Legs Firetip Red/black Glues: Goop for binding the rabbit, crazy for securing rabbit to hook, Epoxy for the head Hooks joined by stainless steel leader. Fishing suggestion: Cause I think it will be hard to cast (my biggest pole is a 6 weight) place it in the water next to your pontoon or float tube and paddle like crazy. Still pretty funny though! Quote
dryfly Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 This is the Great Pumpkin. It has a great history. See top image and crappy small bottom image--ancient scan. What happened was this. I was yakking to a guy who spin fished and he said he'd been having a ton o' luck with a gold and orange "Cyclops" spin lure. So I cranked out a couple of spun deer hair, eyeless, flies using orange deer hair, some orange fish hair and assorted flash. (I still have a couple of these around somewhere.) One of the guys in the Brooks FF Club named it Great Pumpkin, collectively we started using "body fur" for large heads and somewhere along the way I started using LARGE eyes. So it has a cool history. The fly worked way back then and still works today--in its evolved form. We've no idea what the pike take it for and it does not work as well in early spring as yellow. It is one of the "must have" flies. There are days it is deadly--and days the pike prefer yellow. Great Pumpkin instructions here..... That's one of the primordial pumpkins on top here...old flatbed scan. Quote
adc Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Still pretty funny though! One fly might use my entire inventory of tying materials........... Quote
ggp Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 Hook-Mustad-34007 size 4/0 Thread-red Tail-yellow over white kinky fibre Accent flash-yellow Collar (gills)-red body fur Sea Eyes-with 3/8" stick on 3D eyes (red) Head-Magnum rabbit (yellow) Quote
Lundvike Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 One fly might use my entire inventory of tying materials........... It was basically half a package each of white and black rabbit strips. The strips were only just long enough to wrap from rear hook to front hook. There is about 5 inches of steel leader in between the hooks. Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted February 24, 2008 Posted February 24, 2008 Is that your work here? [ No, that's my work. I hit everything smaller than deer over and over again. Quote
Lundvike Posted February 25, 2008 Posted February 25, 2008 Is that your work here? [ I will take 2. how much? Quote
cheeler Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 Technicolor Deceiver-Zonker-Deer Head fly - in case you don't know what color to use, try em all at once Size 2 streamer hook with any old stinger hook Tail - deceiver style with different colored feathers dyed with kool aid (red, purple, blue, and orange) flash - mylar piping over the feather tie ins, krystal flash and red holographic flash tied in under the collar green deer hair head spun over lead eyes And a white zonker strip over the top ending at the stinger hook Dry: Wet: When it sees a big pike bearing down on it: Quote
dryfly Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 You guys wanna know what is REALLY funny? Is Cheeler "preening" and "stroking" that wet pike fly (with his fingers) to make it look nice nice again ... and forgetting it has a stinger hook! OUCH! Speaking from experience of course. Hurts like hell. There is blood. (No smart a$$ comments about the stroking, okay?) Cool pike fly BTW ... Quote
cheeler Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 You guys wanna know what is REALLY funny? Is Cheeler "preening" and "stroking" that wet pike fly (with his fingers) to make it look nice nice again ... and forgetting it has a stinger hook! OUCH! Speaking from experience of course. Hurts like hell. There is blood. (No smart a$$ comments about the stroking, okay?) Cool pike fly BTW ... I learned that the hard way so now I just put a loop of 30# spider wire in and just run it over the hook afterwards, so I don't have to store it with the hook ready to strike. Quote
ladystrange Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 hey is that the apex anvil vice you have there neil? Quote
cheeler Posted March 1, 2008 Posted March 1, 2008 Yes, it is. I'm probably looking to replace it in the future, though, as the jaws have already chipped twice. Quote
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