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Guest FreshwaterFisherman

Ice fishing flies

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Guest FreshwaterFisherman

Well that time is coming near. Soon it's going to be augers and ice huts. I began experimenting with flies while ice fishing last season. Was a little slow going at first but eventually picked up. I was able to hook into perch, walleye, whitefish, specks and one small laker. I was using chironomid patterns as well as some other nymphs such as hares ear, prince nymphs, and some other made up concoctions. I am wondering does anyone else have any preferred flies that have produced in the winter? Any cool stories or tips?

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brookiebuster

For specks I'll tie a natural coloured woolly bugger, then add a 1/16oz jig with a worm or minnow off the fly as a dropper. Even adding worm to the fly works. The fly goes a few inches below the hole then the jig gose about 2 feet off bottom. Has worked pretty good when they're active.


"Whack em' and stack em',kill em' and grill em'" Ted Nugent

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Guest FreshwaterFisherman

That's a good idea. I did something similar on whitefish lake last season. I used a pink bugger below a green and yellow chironomid. I got walleye on the bugger and perch on the chironomid. We got about 40 fish between 3 of us. I was the only one using flies and got 20 of them.

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AB

Size 16 and size 14 brassies for perch. Peacock and ostrich herl for the head. Tie them heavy!

Have fun!

Iceman

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