Walleye on the Fly

wildbill · #1 06-02-2013, 12:03 AM

Anyone here ever specificly target walleye on the fly? Any success stories from south of Calgary, I've already caught my share of trout this year, need a new challenge, I've half heartedly, blindly tried in the past but I wanna check em off the list, I know where to go just don't the technique or patterns as well I think there is like 1 youtube video on this subject, I love being on the fringe, just like being at Henderson today and everyone looks at ya like "what's this retard doing here with his fly rod, there ain't no trout in there" then they seen what I was doin, and them hardware guys are lookin at ya like hey leave some fer us.

pikergolf · #2 06-02-2013, 12:13 AM

Fished them lot's in the river years ago, big woolly bugger down deep. Is there anything a woolly bugger won't catch, I think not!!

pikergolf · #3 06-02-2013, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by pikergolf

Fished them lot's in the river years ago, big woolly bugger down deep. Is there anything a woolly bugger won't catch, I think not!!

Brings to mind a fish story, hooked a fish on a #2 woolly bugger, fish took of down stream in a slow section. Not crazy fast just run and then stop and then go. I never gained a ft. on whatever it was, right through the backing and straightened the hook. Sturg. maybe, don't know but I don't think I even got his head turned.

Darren N · #4 06-02-2013, 08:47 AM

Along with wooley buggers I find a Bow river bugger dragging on the bottom works very well. Sometimes Zonkers.

huntsfurfish · #5 06-02-2013, 10:37 AM

PCR should be the place to go, sinking line and streamers.

BGSH · #6 06-02-2013, 02:29 PM

I used to fly fish for walleye on the n s r. They love big leech patterns. No need for sinking line as it's a river and shallow as is. You are also going to catch pike we using leech patterns. If you change to ant patterns and fly fish more into the main current of the n s r you are going to get into goldeye.

Calgaryguy1977 · #7 06-02-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by huntsfurfish

PCR should be the place to go, sinking line and streamers.

This is 110 percent correct....if you use the fly I mentioned and go there and dont get at least 20 an hour then youre probably doing something wrong.

Go under the bridge on the way in or use the dock if possible.