what your best flys for crappies.?

Post by **joco** » Mon Mar 22, 2010 6:51 pm

will hit looking spots soon for crappies on the flys.

got a few ones..nymphs and all..will try deferent ones.

but what is your flys for spring crappies.?

joco

Website · Post by **Mike Lennox** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:26 am

Hey Joco,

Gotta love flyfishing for crappie..with a floating line the flies all stay nicely suspended. I normally fish a short leader with three different flies. When they're schooled up tight it allows for lots of doubles and the occasional triple. I normally fish a team of three woolly buggers without the hackle in size 8-6, I like to keep off the sunfish. If theyre a bit deeper I put one with a bead or chain eyes on the point. I normally use pink, white, and chartreuse. I found a pond close to university with crappie and I'm looking forward for all the ice to come off so it can start warming up

Cheers,

Mike

Post by **wongrs** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:48 pm

Last spring I was nailing crappies with a crystal purple scud in a size 8 or so. Wouldn't have thought crappies ate scuds but who cares. They seemed to only be on the scuds for a week or so and then they were gone.

I can send you a couple in the mail to try out. PM your address if interested.

Post by **joco** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 3:30 pm

I can send you a couple in the mail to try out. PM your address if interested.

that sound good.......

you a good man....

joco

Post by **wongrs** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:02 pm

I tied up half a dozen crystal scuds for Joco tonight and thought I'd share them. I was always taught as a kid that crappies only eat minnows but for whatever reason, last year I slammed them on practically every cast. No idea why. Anyways, here's a pic of the crystal scud as well as a new stone clinger nymph.

Recipe: no-lead wire, cyrstal flash, light wire, scud back, crystal chenille.

While sampling last year it was really noticeable how creamy they were on the underside so I've tried to mimic that in this nymph.

Anybody else have crappie-savvy flies?

Post by **joco** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 4:59 am

again thank you a LOT.

good man there.

ho you one.

an outhing or 2 in kayak.

soon..for crappies.

joco............by the way you did a good job on those looking at the picts.

make me think why the hell i sold all my fly tying stuff and tools.

Post by **wongrs** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:01 pm

some crappie flies. they haven't been tested yet but from what i've been reading online should pull in a few:

Post by **Fishboy** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:55 am

wongrs:
Those are pretty good looking crappie flies in both posts. The scuds and stone would work really well on trout, while the weighted flies would probably work well on bass in the Rideau and the Ottawa. I like the one with the dumbells - might be a pattern to try on carp. What sizes are the weighted flies?

Post by **wongrs** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:46 am

The size on the coneheads and purple weird thing are size 6 tied on a 3x streamer hook.

Like Mike said, hopefully that is big enough to keep off smaller sunfish. We'll see. If I were to tie up some more, I'd leave off the dumbbell eyes and use bead chain. If the crappies are sluggish then the dumbbell eyes would sink too fast taking the fly out of the strike zone. I'd try to tie it with more neutral buoyancy.

Post by **joco** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:21 pm

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wow

never taught going in buisness. little side line....

you would got a first customer.....

.

now that i have sold all my fly making stuff and tools...have to buy them..so nothing like buy localy.

.

just a taught.

but yep those on that pict are very nice.

joco.

Post by **joco** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:23 pm

hey mike.

that pond close to your university must be open now.

joco.

Website · Post by **Mike Lennox** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:45 pm

Those look great, especially the red and white one. I don't take temperature readings, but there is a certain time every spring when I catch crappies and the bluegills are not yet biting. I always go small at this time, as it seems to catch me more, those scuds are perfect. Normally around early-mid may when the sunfish are getting agressive i bust out the bigger flies so i dont have the little sunnies swallowing the hook.

Joco- I am trying not to go fishing, but with this weather it is hard. I went last weekend and the pike were stacked up spawing in a creek. It was technically legal to fish for them, but it wouldnt have felt right so I was a spectator instead. Im coming back to ottawa tommorow and plan on checking out the NY streams for resident trout or heading for steelhead on friday

. Done exams april 21st, right before trout opens

Post by **joco** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:00 pm

wongrs

my mail man just drop a nice little envelope here wit some goodies in it...

HO YAAAAAA baby man there nice.

will post pict off the tons off crappies it will get soon.

a big thanks.
very nice off you.

joco

Post by **wongrs** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:58 pm

Hey, no problem. Let me know which ones work and I can send you a few more if you lose any. Plus I'm getting some new flytying stuff next week so I'll be experimenting with some more streamers.