Jigging with artifitial flies?

[tunein36]

A friend of mine at work ties flies for fishing in the Summer and was curious if I wanted him to tie me some to try ice fishing. He brought a couple in that he made using the small jigs for bluegill and such and tied on the fly stuff. I think they look pretty awesome and am going to try them, but I was wondering if anyone else has tried similar stuff before?

Thanks

[Skiff]

Last winter perch fishing, I tied a small trout fly, like a black gnat on a short leader off the main line, about 10" above an 1/8 oz jig baited with 1/2 a salted minnow.  The perch only hit the jig.  Maybe if I'd used a fly that looked more like a minnow, or something that lives in the water it would have been better, so this may not be a fair test.  Or maybe tied the fly beneath the jig, or dipped it in the minnow juice, I don't know.  Let us know how you do!

[winchester 88]

Hi. Tunein....
 There is a method for using flies that is called tight lining which uses weighted flies and 2 or 4 lb. test golden stren. which is wrapped around pins or pegs on the rod handle which causes the line to kink.

 The idea is to imitate the insects that panfish feed on and using the kinks in the line as bite indicators.A man named Larry Stanley from Indiana uses this method exclusively and out fishes everyone around.
 I have several copies of articles on this method and I have your e-mail address and will try to scan them and send them to you tomorrow.
 Winchester 88

[fishingking]

Ive been known to use small black ants and beadheaded caddis flies on the ice and have had good luck with both types. I tried a couple of  different  scuds (freshwater shrimp) flies will little success maybe they will work later on i nthe year who knows they are deff worth a try though tipped with one maggot.

[crappieloo]

When the bite is tough and they just sniff at the jig i will send a fly down. I use the jig with some flash at the bottom and 1 or 1&1/2 ft.above that a bare (or 1 spike on) black fly.
Try it you'll like it.

[biggvinn2000]

I tie all my own flies, and a friend showed me how to tie a particular ice fly. They happen to work very well, and I can make an abundance in a evening. Sometimes I dont take my jigs with me, just a bunch of ice flies and some mousees.

[ifishhi]

I tie all my own flies, and a friend showed me how to tie a particular ice fly. They happen to work very well, and I can make an abundance in a evening. Sometimes I dont take my jigs with me, just a bunch of ice flies and some mousees.

do you have a pic of the ice fly?

[hbs]

but I was wondering if anyone else has tried similar stuff before?

I've had some success using a #12 Bead Head Hare's Ear with about 8-10 wraps of lead under the body for extra weight.  I never thought of it before, but now I'm wondering how a heavily weighted crayfish pattern might work.  Just might have to give that a try...

[Fat Boy]

Mayfly nymphs, scuds, ants, gnats and even wet flies will take fish through the ice.  I also tightline using the Stren but don't kink my line, I just watch the line intently, any movement and I set.  My favorite fly on my lakes is a scud, but a bead head hares ear is also hard to beat.  Experiment with different sizes too, because on some lakes the fish might actually prefer bigger presentations and on others a tiny fly works best.  I bring two tightline rigs out with me, one with a small fly and another with a larger one.  All I can say is that I've caught mostly bluegills on the flies, but have also caught some perch, crappie, golden shiners and largemouth as well.  It's a great rig for the mid day jigging blues when your other stuff doesn't seem to draw strikes.  5, 12, or 15 extra bluegills that you wouldn't have normally caught can bring your daily numbers up from OK to good!  I don't tip my flies with bait and prefer using other rigs for that just because the fly doesn't get the right action when jigged IMO, but that's my preference.

Now, there are no set rules for ice fishing, and if there are the fish are the ones who make them.  You just might tie a fly of your own creation that could out produce anything for sale to the public!

[Bluefinforme]

I have good luck with crappie and bass on a Mickey Finn.....billditrite can attest to that

[biggvinn2000]

[biggvinn2000]

Hope that pic helps

[Kyle_]

I use a bunch of flies for trout and perch...
leech patterns(olive,black,brown)scuds,chironimids,pretty much any staple food for trout or perch.
Some of the leech patterns i tie work better than bait 

[PGKris]

Scuds mostly. Anchor them about 2" off bottom

[scott14580]

 I'll use a fly tied directly on the main line about 1' above a sinker or heavy jig. Should I use a 1-2" tag line instead?
 Scott

[Swift]

Like Pheasant-Tail nymphs tied on  1/64 to 1/100 oz jig heads with a #14 scud, Hares-Ear, PT or chironomid 6"-8" above tied directly on the tippet. Good year round but a killer during last ice. Most often use a regular horizontal jig on bottom with the fly above, for color/flash enticement. Ever notice fish hitting a small sinker? Believe they think it's a small chironomid.

[winchester 88]

 The picture of the red and green ice fly looks like the ones that Larry Stanley ties where he uses 2 colors and weaves them to make them look like a segmented insect.
 He likes brown and black for gills and he also ties one which he calls a flash back I think ,which is a strip of flashbou laid on top of the 2 tone and secured at each end.
 The lakes that he fishes in Indiana are shallow and he likes to fish in the channels which are 5-10 ft deep using the colored stren with the kinks which he watches as a strike indicator. It takes practice but it definitely works once you get the hang of it.
 Win 88