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agrippando
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05/30/2016 10:11AM   (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
This was originally posted in the standard fishing forum. Any help is appreciated!

Hello,

Heading up from Oklahoma with 5 buddies (25 years old) for a 6 day trip on June 19. First time for all of us. Paddling the Moose River (16) to Mudro (23) trip.

A couple of us will have fly gear, including myself. I really just want to catch some fish, sallies sound fun. I am used to catching largemouth on topwater flies in Oklahoma.

Does anyone have any tips for success for my first trip to Boundary? My setup will be an Allen 8wt rod and reel with Orvis Bank Shot textured floating line. Will the floating line suffice? I am used to throwing topwater poppers and weighted clousers in rivers and small lakes. I could get ahold of an intermediate strung spool if needed, just not sure I want to carry it.

How do the fish act this time of June? Will they hit topwater regularly or should I be taking deeper?

As for flies, I've searched other threads here and seen suggestions for poopers, clousers, dahlberg divers, etc. any specific colors for these? I tend to tie my own flies, especially clousers, foam poppers, buggers. What size? I tie a lot of 2 and 4.

Should I be worried about pike enough to bring multiple tapered leaders? Not sure I want to get into the wire leaders, or heavy mono additions to my setup.

Should I be planning to fish from the bank in the evenings, mornings? Wading, or from the canoe? I have fished often with a brother in a 2 man 8ft scamp both of us with fly gear.

We are looking to stop over for two nights on Iron Lake.

Thanks for any fly advice!
 
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06/01/2016 03:39AM  
I am NO expert on fly fishing but will relate to you what I know about fly fishing in the BWCA for smallies, I rarely fish for Northerns in the BWCA, I save that for my Ontario trips with my sons. I have lots of smallie flies but my most used fly is a simple popper, bright yellow with a size 2 hook [I think} since I'm not the greatest fly caster, and going solo, I make sure the flies have weed guards on them. Seems some of my casts may or may not alight on tree branches. At times I have noted the fish want that fly to land almost on the shore, other times under overhanging branches, very near down trees limbs, between down tree limbs sticking out into the lake, you get the idea the worst possible place for a fly fisherman to land a fly. I don't use a leader unless I'm really fishing Northerns, instead I use about 5 foot of 8 pound clear mono simply tied to my bug forward tapered floating fly line, I use a 9 foot 9 weight fly rod. I'm headed up towards Ensign on Tuesday next week and I'm pretty sure the smallies will be hitting on top. FRED
 
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