Hey! If you click on and expand the video description it should have a list of everything used here. Thx.

I can’t really speak to the durability on this fly. It’s made primarily for bass, and certainly not a pike specific fly. I’ve had a single one of these last me an entire season, and it endured a couple pike encounters. But if I had to choose an “ultimate” pike fly this would not be it. You could possibly substitute the laser dub with something more durable though, like EP fibers or SF Flash Blend.

Hook down.

Thank you. @@erichgross7644

Dude that’s sweet! Glad you scraped a few fish out. That pattern has been pretty reliable for me over the years. Thanks for the reply, very much appreciated!

much easier

Yes, it hovers really slowly with a “parachute” effect. And with the downward sloped head, when you strip it, the fly digs downward. Crazy action. Smallies have a hard time ignoring this. Very fun to witness this fly get cleaned up.

@@erichgross7644 thanks for your reply. I'm in San Diego CA. So no smallies close by. Plenty of large mouth tho. When bass are up boiling on shad putting this fly in to area and letting it sink like a crippled bait could be effective

I’ve only tied them in white, but could certainly tie it in anything else. Yellow would be sweet!

Thank you Tex! It’s very rewarding to finish a changer and have all the proportions be correct. Takes practice and patience, but very worthwhile imo. Thanks for watching.

Medium!

That’s sweet. Have fun up there! I want to do that trip one day. Never been.

Sometimes, but I much prefer to fish unweighted flies. Mainly because I like to see the fish come up off the bottom and eat near the surface. Its very cool to witness. I would rather catch one fish like that versus 3 off the bottom where I cannot see the eat. Personal preference.

Yes sir, but you could certainly use a sink tip as well, or even a floating line.

Dives down sharply with each strip. It’s supposed to mimic a wounded baitfish that’s off balance, swimming on its side, attempting to get back to the bottom to any sort of cover.

Thanks. If I were to tie this for trout I would definitely put a stinger hook in the back!

Thanks dude. Hope you and the fam are doing well!

This one actually rides hook point down. I just used that picture to illustrate that it’s tied “sideways” if that makes sense.

@@erichgross7644 do you think it would ride hook up with a small amount of lead wire right where the bend starts at the front of the hook?

@@juancanon1459 It definitely would, with enough weight. In fact, look at a fly from Schultz Outfitters called the “fluttercraft”, it’s designed exactly like that. Lots of weight on the top side of the shank so it slides along the bottom, hook point up. I personally prefer to fish unweighted flies as much as possible, but with some tweaking, you could certainly turn this into a “dredge” style minnow.

Hahaha Blake needs a yt channel fo sho

Thank you! Hook is kinda small for a keel, but you certainly could. Just use a thin diameter lead wire. But I personally don’t have a problem with these changers briefly swimming sideways. Looks more distressed and erratic. I keel most of my bigger changers tho.

Jeff, I can see what you mean. All the tail materials are tied on the top side of the hook, running straight off the back. SF Flash Blend (stiff white stuff) and Ice Wing (gold flash). The two colors of Craft Fur are tied on the sides of the hook. So this makes a flat swimming minnow with a downward sloped head, mimicking a wounded baitfish. Thanks for watching and the comment, this fly rocks em.

@@erichgross7644 Thanks for clearing that up. Getting ready for smallie fishing this spring and summer and that fly looks killer.

Hey thanks Dan, I really appreciate it. More videos to come!

Thanks Dom. I will upload more soon, but we recently had baby #2 (!!) at home and my time is limited. More to come !

I’ve never had any issues. In fact I’ve had better success with braid vs wire. I’ve had a few flies with wire break because the wire gets brittle and cracks over time. I prefer braid personally but both are fine. Another good option is heavy monofilament, like 20 or 30 lb.

I don’t, I haven’t uploaded in quite some time. We recently moved AND and a newborn son about a month ago, so I’ve had a lot on my plate, but yea I plan to at some point. Thanks for watching.

@@erichgross7644 congrats. Sweet fly man-small and big one

Pretty much the exact thing I was going for. Less work, less buoyant, less time spent tying. Thing gets em good.

@mark Goodwin - should be in the description. Click on the little arrow to expand the video description. Should be there. Thanks for watching!

Dang.....I thought that I had done that. Old age........

Always good to mix it up. Show them something different. Try this around dock lights too, I’m sure it would work there as well.

Thanks for watching! Best of luck 🤞