Tope on a lure!

[Snatcher]

Has it been done before? we do not know and by the way I am mingin with the drink

Come on chaps watch the thread with interest

Sir Ian Burrett from Drummore(onyermarks - website - honest to god he caught a bigger skate than my house!)

So the crack is Ian will post to me a few of his ideal tope hooks and I will attempt to tie up the ideal tope "FLY" Ideas chaps?

Guessing a 6/0 macck imatation for starters but come on lads it will be a AN record -teamwork thats the game X

 

[ 16. January 2005, 11:02 AM: Message edited by: Snatcher ]

[Spur-Hound]

Hmmm do them sea trout flies "teal blue an silver" look like mackarel, but only if many many times larger ofcoarse..

[Glasgowdan]

Caught a 25 lb tope at whithorn last year on a pirk on one of the small wrecks... does that count? A 10oz silver pirk with orange muppet, two baited hooks above but the tope took the pirk

[Ian Burrett]

The challenge is to catch Tope on the fly, with conventional fly gear.

[Ken Davison South Wales]

It'll need big eyes and lots of resin

[Salar]

Plenty of US based sea-fly-anglers fish for shark - here's a page about blues.

 

http://www.flyfisherman.com/southwest/dbmo...onterey/#sharks

 

The problem with tope is that as far as I know they are low to bottom feeders, so sight fishing with a lure down there will depend on water conditions, and it won't be on a fly rod! If the water is clear enough and the lure looks like an injured fish of a size to make them interested it out to be possible....need a pike trace though!

[Salar]

And here ae some shark flies!

 

http://www.flyfishsaltwaters.com/big_shark...the_fly_rod.htm

[Kieran Hanrahan]

Hi

 

I'd recommend something that looks like a sandeel as opposed to mackerel as this might better fit the mid to bottom water predatory patroling Tope seem to utilise or if you want a really tough challenge, try a flatfish lure...

 

For the record, I am currently experimenting with soft plastic designs and if I find something that works I will post it here - should be relatively easy to replicate in standard fly materials...

 

FWIW...

[Snatcher]

Just waiting for your hooks Ian. Think I will put on the black bars using a black paint spray and a cardboard template. Will put up a picture on this thread when I have done it because it could be interesting to the rest of the AN chaps watching a story unfold before their very own eyes. I have got the easy end of it Ian!

 

[ 17. January 2005, 09:08 PM: Message edited by: Snatcher ]

[Snatcher]

Would love to see a photo of your lure Kieran.