TYING PERCH BAITFISH PATTERNS!!

[Mike Nowak]

SO IM ON A QUEST -FISHED SILVER LAKE NY-BY BOAT BASICALLY TROLLING PERCH COLOR RAPALAS WITH LEAD CORE LINE LETTING OUT BOUT 3-4 COLORS BEHIND THE BOAT.WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS CAN I SWITCH AND USE MY 8WT-STEELHEAD ROD WITH A 10FT SECTION OF SINK TIP ON IT .(IS THIS POSSIBLE-DONT REALLY HAVE MANY TROLLING SPEEDS ON OUR MOTOR).WOULD IT BE BETTER TO ANCHOR AND JUST CAST?.IM NOT SURE.SO IM TRYING TO IMITATE A PERCH FLY ANY SUGGESTIONS(PICS OF YOURE PERCH IMITATIONS ONLY PLEASE).ANY SUGGESTED MATERIALS FOR SUCH A PATTERN WOULD HELP ME GREATLY.I ALSO CAUGHT 3 NOTHERNS JUST ANCHORED AND CASTING A BLACK N GOLD 4-6 IN RAPALA OVER WEEDS WITH A WHITE BOTTOM ON IT JUST MAKING IT LOOK INJURED.BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO BOAT ANY OF THEM. SO WHAT IM LOOKING FOR IS A PERCH FLY-SIZE IS VARIABLE-I GUESS ID TIE IT 4-6 INCHES-IN PERCHY COLORS-EYES ETC.ALSO WONDERED IF TOOTHY CRITTER LEADER IS NEEDED IF SO WHAT KIND?.DID THIS IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.(MAY-AUG) THANKS. ;D

[AdamWellington]

I'm sure any "perchy" colored streamer made out of bucktail would do the trick. Look for some musky flies on google, and size them to your situation.

Trolling might be an issue though, if you cant go slow enough the line will twist and you'll have a mess to deal with in no time. Probably would be better to anchor and cast.

[k clancy]

I'm thinking of a streamer tied using DNA or similar or Icelandic Sheep in perchy colors like dark green/gold with a little help from a magic marker to add the dark bars, you could tie them pretty much whatever size you wanted. or a stacked deerhair bass bug type fly, with green, black & yellow, as a surface fly or possibly with dumbbell eyes tied in to take is down.
I suggest you anchor & cast if you want to get deep, unless you're using a full sinking line or shooting head & running line, while trolling the floating flyline will pull the sinktip & fly up out of the depth you're looking for.
good luck, oh yeah -WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING?

[Adirondackflytyer]

Silver Lake ? Youre in my territory

[AdamWellington]

^^^ That is NICE!!!

[johnjarosz(jj)]

I like to use a "short" anchor line, since anchor line length is one of the factors that determines holding power. I'll drop my 8# mushroom straight down so the bottom of the anchor just touches lake bottom. Use an anchor design that won't hang up. A breeze will slowly drag the boat & anchor across the bottom. This way:
1. you're going slow enough downwind which is similar to a slow troll
2. you're covering new territory
3. the dragging anchor kicks up bait from the bottom so panfish are attracted
4. if drift speed is fast enough but not too fast, you might be able to get a slow troll without retrieving the line
5. When drift speed was too slow, I learned how to do a two-handed retrieve.
Overall, that kind of fishing, in the small inland lakes on a boat, is just my kind.

[VERNBURM]

Here's my version

[Mike Nowak]

verno nice tie but what size hook you using??

[VERNBURM]

mustad 3366 size 2.........thanks......that picture is actually taken with the fly in a dish of water