That's a tough call. Considering I haven't even seen a musky within 2 hours and I've caught Snakeheads, I'm going to say musky. Though at this point I've spent a lot more time targeting Snakeheads than I've spent targeting local musky.
Either way, both are elusive - which is probably why I like them!
--Scott
On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 6:23 AM, D. Walker <williamdaviswalker@gmail.com> wrote:
I am curious, those who fish for muskie or know anything about them, which would you say is tougher to catch on the fly.... a local muskie (within 2 hrs) OR a snakehead.
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 3:19:10 PM UTC-4, John Smith wrote:Yeah, that is probably what I am doing. Maybe its psychological. I just seem to fare better making a false cast or two toward the center of the river and then letting my back cast drop along the shoreline or some structure I am fishing. I almost never use floating lines anymore so my style is more slinging, ducking, and hoping for the best. I have a fast action one piece 11 wt that I use too, which helps with the large stuff.
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 2:45:34 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:Wow, those are some long flies. I have to admit that I get some wrist and elbow discomfort from casting 6-7" bucktails on a stiff 8-weight for several hours. I actually feel like it's the rod itself more than anything that gives me problems. I may not have the gumption to throw those big suckers on a 10-weight for very long, unless Musky suddenly get a heck of a lot more excitable and become "the fish of 14 - 17.5 casts".I can think of a variety of things that would meet the criterion of "backcasting", but I'm assuming you are referring to water hauling and then dumping your backcast as opposed to standard overhead casting such a rig? I do that from boats, or when wading if I have a lot of room. It also helps deal with 25mph wind in my experience.
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 2:34:48 PM UTC-4, Scott S wrote:Thanks, John - that's really good info. I guess I should get busy at the vise! And get myself some stouter leader material!--ScottOn Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 2:30 PM, John Smith <nati...@gmail.com> wrote:Thanks Gene. Probably just poor hook setting technique on my part but I sure tried to give the good hard strip strike. Given that I donated blood several times while attaching the treble is any indication of its effectiveness, I should land one for sure. Forgot to mention, those flies should be in the 9-11 inch+ range. I tried smaller versions of streamers like hang time, optic minnow, etc. without getting much of a look until I put on the big articulated stuff. Backcasting worked best for me.
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 1:37:32 PM UTC-4, TurbineBlade wrote:And there's yet another method (80-pound fluoro crimped). That only leaves single strand (piano wire - haywire twist), and maybe something like 100+ pound hard mono (like Mason).Pretty fly John -- I like it. I'd probably have to use wood duck flank (since it's what I have) but it would probably work too. I've not seen a treble hook used in that way before, but anything that may make a fly fisherman feel uncomfortable gives me an immense feeling of pleasure ;).Gene
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 12:50:09 PM UTC-4, John Smith wrote:Cant speak specifically about Tiger Musky or the lakes around here, but i think the two best close by spots for Musky in general (True and Tigers) are the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. The Potomac has a lot of them in western Maryland but still some down into the Montgomery County area. I started fishing for them at the end of last winter into early spring (upper Potomac and Shenandoah areas) and had plenty of action as long as you count follows, near misses, and lost fish. My setup was a teeny 450 attached to about 4 feet of 60 pound mono leader looped to two feet of 80 pound fluorocarbon and then attached to the fly with a loop. I also used small crimps (.027 I think) for the loops in the fluorocarbon which gets them nice and small. All but one of my follows/hookups came on a Blane Chocklett-style articulated fly in fire tiger color. I have since added a treble hook to see if that helps. That might be a mistake, but I'd like to get at least one fish to the boat. Fished out of my canoe with some pretty silly looking homemade pontoons for stability,so Musky DIY is definitely possible nearby. Here is a pick of the fly I have been using for those interested. I dont have any of the real nice long hackle that is usually used for these flies so I made the tail out of SF Flash instead but it seemed to get their interest. Once striper season winds down, I plan on getting back after them. John
On Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 11:26:36 AM UTC-4, Scott S wrote:I'd love to hear if others have had any success. I've just began to fish for them out of my canoe (logged about 6 hours so far this week) in that Gaithersburg location, but haven't seen one yet. That's no real surprise, though - it's musky fishing!I plan to keep at it...--ScottOn Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:14 AM, MattySt <mstein...@gmail.com> wrote:Has anyone gone after tiger muskie around the area on the fly? I hear there are some resident populations, one in particular around Gaithersburg area.--
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