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Last summer Eyedaddy (Mike) asked me to speak to his community association about kayak fishing. Mike gave me a set of beautiful hand-tied flies he had made. I am not a fly fisherman and was looking for the right opportunity to use them in some other way. Lately I have done a lot of jigging for stripers and have had the most success using 2-oz metal jigs. I did well with Stingsilvers, but have lost a bunch of them to snags. Last evening I put on two other metal jigs -- one flat and the other made from a painted trolling sinker. On the flat one, I added a feathered single hook. But on the trolling sinker, I used one of Mike's flies attached by a split ring.
On both lines I attached a 12" piece of mono with another of Mike's flies at the junction of my main braided line and my mono leader. This gave me a double lure on each line. During my trip this morning, we found large stripers in 25 ft depth. I jigged up a few then had a really heavy weight that bent my rod over hard. It turned out to be a 24" striper on the metal jig and a 23" striper on the fly. Sadly the fly broke off at boatside. I switched over to the other rod and hooked a 28" striper on the fly attached to the trolling sinker a few minutes later. Mike's flies worked well as fancy hooks on my jigging rigs. Here are a few photos of the rigs.
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I attach my flies or other teasers in the following way. I tie a 15" to 18" piece of mono or fluoro to the fly or teaser. On the other end of the line I tie a loop. I place the loop on one side of the running line (just above the knot connecting it to the leader), pass the mono behind the running line, then pass the fly through the loop. After pulling it tight, it is securely fastened to the main line but can slide up and down if needed. This method avoids having to tie special dropper loops in the main lines. It is a very effective method to attach a light second lure so it can float up and down. This is the same way I attached a snelled, leadered hook to a metal bottom rig.
Thanks Eyedaddy for providing me with the flies that caught good fish today.
On both lines I attached a 12" piece of mono with another of Mike's flies at the junction of my main braided line and my mono leader. This gave me a double lure on each line. During my trip this morning, we found large stripers in 25 ft depth. I jigged up a few then had a really heavy weight that bent my rod over hard. It turned out to be a 24" striper on the metal jig and a 23" striper on the fly. Sadly the fly broke off at boatside. I switched over to the other rod and hooked a 28" striper on the fly attached to the trolling sinker a few minutes later. Mike's flies worked well as fancy hooks on my jigging rigs. Here are a few photos of the rigs.
001.jpg 006.jpg 007.jpg
I attach my flies or other teasers in the following way. I tie a 15" to 18" piece of mono or fluoro to the fly or teaser. On the other end of the line I tie a loop. I place the loop on one side of the running line (just above the knot connecting it to the leader), pass the mono behind the running line, then pass the fly through the loop. After pulling it tight, it is securely fastened to the main line but can slide up and down if needed. This method avoids having to tie special dropper loops in the main lines. It is a very effective method to attach a light second lure so it can float up and down. This is the same way I attached a snelled, leadered hook to a metal bottom rig.
Thanks Eyedaddy for providing me with the flies that caught good fish today.
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