Fly fishing Questions?

[p m]

Is it possible to fly fish for walleye?Also I would like to start fly fishing for smallmouth bass,northern pike and if its possible,walleye.Could anybody say some of the best flies for them?thanks.

[kevin b]

Fly fishing for walleye..hmm that's a toughy.Walleye come inshore ( I live near Lake Erie) at night so that would be the time to fish for them on the fly. Around here the Rapala Husky Jerk seems to produce well. It's a decent size minnow bait so you should go with a fly that has a large profile and pushes a good bit of water. As for the smallmouth, that's my summertime favorite. Top-water is the method I choose over anything else..Ya can't beat those top-water strikes! If you look on my profile you can reach my website. I would recommend the Bass Candy,and any crayfish fly as well as some top-water stuff. I'm working on putting some pike flies on my site but I don't get a chance to fish for them around here. Glad to see another "Bass on the Fly" angler. Welcome to the fold!

[The shop]

Walleyes are a blast to take on the fly, they seem to really prefer the streamers the most, but as always, the season will determine the fly.
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[Irish Hunter]

Ain't sure about bass but i know people can fish for pike with flies.These flies seem to be large and fished in the lower layers of the water. Hope this helped

[Pheasant tail]

As Kevin B stated, fly fishing for walleye is real tough.
Smallmouth and Pike can be had on a fly rod.

If you only have one outfit, I would suggest a 7 or 8 wt rod, weight forward floating line, and a reel with a good drag that holds alot of backing.

As for leaders, for smallmouth I would say a 9' leader tapered to 3x would suffice, for northern pike I would use a 7 1/2 ' leader tapered to 0x, that should be sufficient for the teeth. Neither fish is really line shy.

Flies: for smallmouth the tried and true clouser minnow - try different colors until you find what they like. Brown and black woolly boogers are also effective. If river fishing, target faster moving water with alot of rocks/boulders/ strucutre as smallmouth are ambush feeders. Surface poppers can be very effective also.

For Pike: the bigger the better. Large colorful streamers, clouser minnows, large zonkers and woolly boogers should take fish.
Try tossing the fly near the weedline and retrieving in short, violent strips.

Tight Lines