Flyin for muskies

[Rollin with Rolland]

i'm not sure if this thread is up somewhere, i couldn't find it anywhere, but i can be impatient sometimes....

I was just thinking....flyin for muskies

in my late teens and early twenties i lived in central wisconsin for about five years. while i was there, i got to know the wisconsin river real well. one day i was fishing in late august and had a great day on the water catching smallmouth with bottom bouncers and raps. the next day i read in the local paper that a guy just set the wisconsin state record for muskie(true) for fly fishing on the wisconsin river. It turns out that guy was fishing just a mile upstream of me on the same day, same time of day. I can't find a quick source to back it up, but it is a true story. somewhere around 98-00. anyway...i think it was 40+ pounds. Does anyone in WA fly fish for muskies?? or caught one flyin?? just curious...i know the tigers are "relatively" new to WA, and wondering if this has been explored as a fishery. i'm not a huge fly guy, but i can appreciate it. I think he was using a red feathered streamer of some sort...like long....four or five inches...and he was actually targeting pike/muskie.

[Rollin with Rolland]

alright, i found one.

http://www.washingtonlakes.com/Forum/vi ... php?t=1568

i'll move comments to marc's thread

[Anglinarcher]

There are a few of us, and I think a few more on the East side will be trying it this year.

Marc and Joe have talked about it this spring, and I have done it just over the state line at Idaho's Hauser lake.

Fly fishing for Tigers has been slow for me, but when you get one, it is a real treat. I look forward to see how we do this year.:compress: