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Colors of pike flies which work best?

#1 User is offline   hexfli 

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Posted 02 May 2005 - 03:24 PM

I have had best success with chartruse and white. Just curious what those who focus on pike most find success with?
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 03:31 PM

Bubblegum pink....it's great stuff, especially on those longer "slug-go" style flies!!! thumbsup.gif

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Posted 02 May 2005 - 03:34 PM

Thanks Nick! I've had sucess with pink as well. Plus you get some bonus monster bass!
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Posted 02 May 2005 - 05:41 PM

QUOTE (Pujic @ May 2 2005, 03:31 PM)
Bubblegum pink....it's great stuff, especially on those longer "slug-go" style flies!!! thumbsup.gif

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I've also done well with yellow/red, chartruese/yellow, white/yellow, and white/red.
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 09:23 AM

Bright Orange...figure its a key color in perch works great.
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 03:49 PM

you guys forgot black. when pike get tough its often the only color that works.
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Posted 03 May 2005 - 06:19 PM

Black/yellow gave me six small but hard fighting pikes a few days ago. I have also some good experience with a black/olive flies and of course the orange one...wich i always loose the first time it is getting wet blink.gif

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Posted 23 October 2005 - 08:46 AM

In NW Ontario I've had the best luck with.
orange/yellow
all black
red/black
all white
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 09:22 AM

#1=Blue/white/chart. #2=Olive/black #3=Olive/orange/yellow/black
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Posted 23 October 2005 - 01:42 PM

in ontario i use black and white flys thry them they work awesome on pike




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