what flies are you using?

[fenitbob]

Hi all, Can somebody put up a few pics of flies that work for pollock? what sizes should they be?

[liamdenn]

Big Gawdy flies are the name of the game for pollock. Have a search on google images for clouser and deceiver. They will take poppers and gurglers off the surface at night time

[lumpy]

ive been catching alot on on quite specific patterns. to go on the assumption that if its big and gauy its gonna catch in my opinion is not sufficient. i fish with patterns which are a specific representations of small mackeral, pipefish, sandeel, launce, small pollock and round baitfish like small pouting respectively. you dont have to hav this many different patterns but have sum specific sandeel, mackeral and baby pollock patterns and try these in different situations to see what works.

i have fished with the so called gaudy flies and caught alot of small pollock but when i began to tie flies which were more specific mycatches increased and the average size of the fish i caught increased significantly, i even began catching pollock in places i didnt think the inhabited. its a similar concept to "matching the hatch"in freshwater fishing

[lumpy]

oh ya i forgot to say that i generally fish size 2/0 owners from america with the barb flattened

[Liamo]

Hi,

I know Bob Moss swears by very sparsely dressed blue and silver flies. They look more like mackerel feathers than the contraptions you see from the states!

Just two blue cock hackles for wings and some silver foil. That's it. He gets plenty of big uns in the 6 - 8lbs+ bracket too. Have a look at his DVD he's using one of them on it I think.

Had some great sport on the fly couple of weeks ago but we changed the fly to a small redgill and almost had a pollack every cast

Liam

[JimH]

FB

im a firm believer in keeping it very simple in respect to flies, like Liam says, any of the clouser or deceiver or indeed the half and half type will catch you fish very easily - correct presentation, depth and retrieve are more important than anything - couple this to confidence in your fishing and you will have no problems - they are only predators after all!

best
Jim