Toothy Critters

[anonymous]

In preparation for ice-out, I’m preparing to tie up some pike flies.

[wolfy]

I’ve done a fair amount of fly fishing for pike, and would offer the following:

[brian dunigan]

Does the white double bunny work as well for musky as it does for pike?

[wolfy]

Brian

[Mike Anderson]

I agree wolfy. I think since you don’t have rattles or the side to side wobble a Rapala has, then you should at least try to move lots of water. The Muskie’s lateral line sense includes rows of pores along each side and scattered over the body and head, even on the underside of the jaw. I read where some Muskie were blinded by cutting the optic nerve and they were still able to catch live baitfish. Another interesting thing I read is that they are almost devoid the capacity to respond to smell.

But, I’ve not caught one on a fly yet so the jury is still out.

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