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Flash & Fox Musky/Pike Fly
C. Schuit Pike pattern
tied by C. Schuit
Materials:
Hook:
Partridge CS43 8/0 barbless hook
Tail:
Small bunches of flashabou, krystal flash, glimmer, and the like, alone
or in combination and of several
colors tied darker color over lighter color
Body:
A full Finish Fur brand arctic fox zonker strip wrapped over a glued
hook shank
Wings:
None
Thread: What you prefer, but a heavy strong thread
(Kevlar is often used) for durability is desirable.
Hackle:
None
Head:
Red thread
Tying Instructions:
1. Mount the hook in the vise,
mount the thread just before the hook bend.
2. Tie in the flash for the tail in several colors, in
small bunches over each other at the end of the hook shank.
I prefer to
use light colors first, darker in the middle and dark on the top (as a
bock of a baitfish).
3. Tie in a full Arctic fox zonker strip at the
rear of the hook shank, apply a coating of cement to the hook
shank, and
wrap the zonker strip in touching turns to just behind the eye of the
hook.
4. Wrap a small thread head, whip finish, and apply head
cement and gloss finish.
Notes:
This fly is the result of a fly tied by Peter Lyngby of Denmark
(Flash & Flash) that I received in a fly swap. On the very first cast of
Peter's fly I hooked a nice Pike in one of my favorite waters. His fly
set me thinking of using more flash in my large pike flies and combine
it with my preference for foxtail zonkers.
The 8 inch Foxtail zonker strip flies I normally use tend to
become quite heavy when fully soaked with water and need a stout rod for
casting them (9 or 10 wt.).
The new Flash & Fox is a bit lighter and proved to be
irresistible to many pike on its first outing. And it can easily be
fished on a 6 to 8 wt. rod even though it is still 8 to 10 inches long which adds more fun to even moderately sized
pike.
Don't be scared by the 10 inch size of these suckers, I've
caught many pike of only 20 inches on them.
I use clear intermediate lines for most of my pike fly fishing. In
deeper waters in summer this fly will be a killer when fished near the
surface. you could even thing of tying a Rainy's Foam Popper head on
your tippet. Pike will in summer attack your near surface flies even in
deeper water, with a few flicks of their tails they move from 10 ft.
down within a second.
C. Schuit
© 2009 Bruce E Harang