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flies for mullet

Postby fenitbob » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:55 pm

anybody know a good pattern for mullet. there is a small estuary near me full of them. there just jumping in the air <b>laughing</b> at me ! :evil: please help
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Postby x » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:07 am

I do believe that Jim Hendrick has successfully targetted mullet on the fly. I'd drop him a PM.....
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Postby Bradan » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:38 am

I heard of a fly called the "sewage fungus" fly a cpl years ago - used to target mullet feeding around the outflow pipe from the hatchery at the salmon research place in Newport - dirty green lump of fluff apparently, very appropriately named as well, and since thats what the mullet were feeding on - sh*t from the hatchery :roll: - also very successful (quite a few specimens taken on fly. Not sure how it would work in the estuary situation!
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Postby lumpy » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:48 pm

have had limited success on bread flies. tricky to dewscribe but there basically a load of white ostrich herl whipped with a size 8 caddis type hook. il try and find a pic of it on the net
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Postby Marty Harrison » Mon Apr 24, 2006 4:19 pm

It`s prob considered cheating by some but myself and a mate had sucess using small pices of Partridge Artifical bread mounted on size 8`s last year in West cork with the fly rod. Biggest fish went 5lb 1oz and what a scrap.

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Postby lumpy » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:30 pm

ive seen that used alrite marty, did ya get it on mail order.
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Postby Marty Harrison » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:19 pm

I did mate, been using it for carp and tench for a few seasons (with great results at that) and had though it would be perfect for mullet from the 1st time i saw it, i was right! We found soaking it in Cod liver oil made it even more attractive to the mullet with far more positive takes.

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Postby lumpy » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:19 pm

think that is what i seen them used for alrite. think it was in flyfishing and flytying magazine. who did ya get them from
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Postby Marty Harrison » Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:26 pm

Pretty sure i ordered it from Leslies of luton.

Pic of it here
http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/ ... page27.htm
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Postby fenitbob » Fri May 12, 2006 12:55 pm

Thanks for the info guys
I'll give it a try.
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Postby fogelberg » Sun May 21, 2006 7:47 pm

flies tied with green marabou work great for Mullet..
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Postby fenitbob » Sun May 21, 2006 11:12 pm

Hi Fogelberg

what is green marabou??

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Postby fogelberg » Mon May 22, 2006 6:08 am

Hmm....

I think it's called Marabou in english to. It's a flie-tying material.. fluffy-stuff ;)

I'll see if i can get hold on any pics for you.
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Postby fogelberg » Mon May 22, 2006 6:28 am

These pics are'nt my own...

I'll keep looking for better pics

[img]http://www.fogelberg.info/files/Multeflugan%20_Sophia.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.fogelberg.info/files/Sophia1.jpg[/img]
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Mullet flies

Postby JimH » Mon May 22, 2006 9:28 am

One of the best flies for mullet that is currently very successful is one called the green deceiver- this one seems to work most consistantly. Made from bright green Marabou.

There are others (about six which also do catch them). I cant post an image but if you do need any of the flies i can PM them to you.

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Postby fenitbob » Mon May 22, 2006 11:54 am

Thats Brilliant. Thanks for the the info guys will give it a try.
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