The hottest striper lure this week for me was not really a lure but a combination artificial. It was the float and fly. The hot fly was a homemade pink Deceiver while the float was a homemade wooden egg float. I had a three foot long section of 30 lb. test mono connecting the float to the fly. Stripers this week along the oceanfront were feeding on huge schools of small bay anchovies that were an inch or two long, so the fly was a good choice here. I would cast this rig out and reel slowly while giving the rod an occasional pull. It was outfishing any other lure I had!
Here's the formula for making the fly:
Hook: Mustad 34007 SS size 1/0
Thread: white
Tail: 4 pink saddle hackles
Body: Fine pink wool
Underwing: Sparse white bucktail
Overwing: Sparse white bucktail overlapped with blue bucktail
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| This slot limit keeper was landed on the float and fly. It was deadly all week for schoolies and small keepers that were feeding on bay anchovies. |
