» Topic: Shark Flies

This topic has 10 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated Mar 11, 2011 at 6:37 pm by Chris Beech.

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Mar 7, 2011 at 12:10 am #6690

Brett Hoskins
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My new obsession is shark fishing with flies.

Mar 7, 2011 at 12:12 am #58420

Brett Hoskins
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Neal

Then can you get on a plane in July or August and use them with me???
Brett

Mar 7, 2011 at 12:48 am #58421

Neal Osborn
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You really are serious about shark fishing aren’t you?

I already gave up the Tarpon trip . . . and that is a guaranteed melee.

Mar 7, 2011 at 2:42 am #58422

keith b
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Try looking at war path flies. I am sure he has something. Saw the creator of war path flies on wild on the fly the other day. This guy has some serious flies, especially for taimen! He brings articulated flies up several levels from what most of us would imagine.
There is also a guy put of wrightsville north Carolina that uses flies for sharks. Capt. Matt Wirt, check out his stuff at reel-adventure.com.

Mar 7, 2011 at 3:42 pm #58423

Aaron Brown
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Have you seen this for motivation?
http://www.drakemag.com/2010-films/462-mako.html

Mar 7, 2011 at 9:07 pm #58424

Tim Angeli
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This Is Fly has an article by Bowman too. That dude seems to have the Mako on the fly thing dialed in. There are shots of his flies in there too. That’s where I’d start.
http://www.thisisfly.com/

Tim

Mar 9, 2011 at 6:09 pm #58425

Chris Beech
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I’ve had some success on orange flies tied to represent squid.

Best Regards,

Beechy

Mar 9, 2011 at 10:34 pm #58426

Zach Matthews
The Itinerant Angler

That is a cool squid fly, Chris.

Zach

Mar 10, 2011 at 2:24 pm #58427

Bob Riggins
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I posted a little about flies on your other thread on TFO. As I indicated, I use tube flies for shark with the predominant color being red and/or orange. I also like a little black in them with a lot of flash. Depending on the size of the shark, the flies could be 4″ to 8″ long. I like to use synthetic materials for durability. I don’t think specific patterns matter that much. Just tie a bulky fly generally in the shape of a fish.

Remember, a shark is going to take a fly in a quick reaction to sight, so you have to use something that will excite them. Once they get a good look and sniff at a fly, they will never take it.

For the hook setup, I use braided steel bite tippets snelled to a circle hook. Snelling the hook keeps it from flopping around inside the fly. Since the tippet is threaded through the tube in the fly, hook action is not relevant. I also do not use multi hook flies like shown in one of the pictures. If you get hooked when landing the fish, you are connected to the shark. Not a good thing. 😮

I have attached a sample tube fly and a snelled hook as an example.

Mar 10, 2011 at 8:34 pm #58428

Brett Hoskins
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Bob
I found some Berkley Gulp pink strips that I thought might help with the scent issue.

Mar 11, 2011 at 6:37 pm #58429

Chris Beech
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Actually that mako in the shot above took the fly with all the delicacy of a trout taking a nymph. The fly was fed down the side of a berley trail and I was catching a lot of squid on it. The squid ‘take’ was like a gentle pull on the line. I thought I had another squid take and yanked back pretty hard on this occasion (sick of catching squid…), then the line took off at some speed and we got treated to a mako missile show! The little fella was hanging back just out of sight picking off the squid that were attracted to the trail.

Best Regards,

Beechy
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