Flies and Ice Fishing

Post by **Rybren** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:11 pm

Have any of you fine fishermen used flies for ice fishing? I was thinking of tying up a variety of weighted buggers and jigging with them.

Any suggestions as to what might work? I'll probably just stick around Petrie and go for whatever's out there.

Happy New Year.

Jerry

Post by **beachburger** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:21 pm

Crappie will usually co-operate if you offer up a #10 WB in white or yellow.

Post by **Rybren** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:46 am

Post by **Todd B.** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:16 am

Jerry,

Big chironomids might work as well for panfish.

Post by **wongrs** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:41 am

some of the stocked rainbows in alberta went for the usual assortment of nymphs (weevils, princes, hares ears etc). i used sizes 14-18. colour didn't seem to matter.

Post by **Todd B.** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:03 pm

Jerry,

If anyone asks you what you're fishing with, just tell them that they're "Canadian Tire specials".

The last thing we want in an invasion of "other" fishers in the flyfishing forum. LOL

Post by **Prairieboy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:24 pm

Check out Gord's "Bits & Baits" post on Blue Fox â€œFoxee Fliesâ€ Ice Flies. They are weighted to get down to the fish.

http://www.fish-hawk.net/hawktalk/viewt ... highlight=

Cheers,
Prairieboy

Post by **Todd B.** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:36 pm

Ouch! Those are pricy flies 3@$6. If I were an icefisherman I'd be learning to tie.

Post by **Prairieboy** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:36 pm

yeah, $5.18 after the F-H 10% discount and taxes. Then again a trip out to any lake is going to run me between $20-50 in gas, food, bait, dancing girls per outing so really is the $1.75/hook much in the big picture...hey I got myself so convinced I bought three packs

Post by **Rybren** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:00 pm

Prairieboy:
Is there a F-H discount on the dancing girls? If so, where do I sign up?

Todd:

Thanks for advice and Wilco on the CTC special.

I should have fun with the 6wt and trying to get those flies into a 6" hole. I assume that I'll have to use a sinking tip? Come springtime, I should be a pretty good caster - assuming, of course, that nobody straps me into a tight-fitting white jacket and drags me off the ice. Do you think that wearing the waders might be a bit much?

Post by **Prairieboy** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:10 pm

Do you think that wearing the waders might be a bit much?

Kind of Red Green like without all the duct tape.

Waders...not so much....Bare-butt chaps...uh-huh!

Post by **Todd B.** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:25 pm

Jerry,

That all depends on whether you're still wearing those leaky wader?!

Post by **Rybren** » Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:13 pm

Naw, I got myself a set of D.A.M. breathables during one of my forays to Pulaski this fall.

Guess that makes me a damn good fisherman

Post by **troutnmuskiehunter** » Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:29 am

Todd B. wrote:Jerry,

If anyone asks you what you're fishing with, just tell them that they're "Canadian Tire specials". The last thing we want in an invasion of "other" fishers in the flyfishing forum. LOL

Post by **beeman** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:09 am

Been looking at fly sites in Prince Albert (Sask) (Just found out yesterday that my new job will now be located out of Prince Albert instead of Regina) and found this about flies for pike through the ice.

http://www.nwf.ca/Art_IceFliesforPike.htm

G.