Tuna 2026

Matt B said:
The fly is a typical tuna fly. The extension and spinner blade are atypical.
I appreciate Lou’s experiment and report. Would flash work just as well? Who’s to say until you try something. Tuna have large eyes and sensitive lateral lines. And maybe it was gonna pay to have a fly with a flappy metal giblet in the back.
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Thanks. I've been out of the tuna game for 6 years but that wasn't a "typical" fly when I was flyfishing for Tuna. It looks great, but my only concern is that artificial material tends to bind up to other materials when there's underlying turbulence but I'm sure you have that figured out.
 
Matt B said:
The fly is a typical tuna fly. The extension and spinner blade are atypical.
I appreciate Lou’s experiment and report. Would flash work just as well? Who’s to say until you try something. Tuna have large eyes and sensitive lateral lines. And maybe it was gonna pay to have a fly with a flappy metal giblet in the back.
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Next year I might try it again, but tie it like a kreelex. 2 short stations of material, one on the hook and one on the mono to minimize tangling. Smaller stouter hook could be better too, hard to say.
 
Skagittarius said:
Thanks. I've been out of the tuna game for 6 years but that wasn't a "typical" fly when I was flyfishing for Tuna. It looks great, but my only concern is that artificial material tends to bind up to other materials when there's underlying turbulence but I'm sure you have that figured out.
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Oh gotcha, interesting, thanks. The fiber and feather portion of the fly seems like a pretty straightforward mostly synthetic baitfish to me which is a template that I think has been around for a bit (surely more than 6 years) so I’m curious what you consider to be a typical PNW albacore fly.
 
Matt B said:
Oh gotcha, interesting, thanks. The fiber and feather portion of the fly seems like a pretty straightforward mostly synthetic baitfish to me which is a template that I think has been around for a bit (surely more than 6 years) so I’m curious what you consider to be a typical PNW albacore fly.
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I misspoke. I meant the blade was atypical. My point (poorly made) is that with all streamer profile flies, synthetic materials don't behave the same way as natural materials and as a rule should be used sparingly in combination. It's not about Tuna flies per se.
 
Eastside said:
Needs a smile… or maybe he feels like I would, GREEN:sick:. I get seasick even on calm days. Nice fish. Not sure what you mean by a pattern “tied out of cedar.” Mark
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Today was a group of cattle ranchers from Iowa. Nobody had any clue that it wasn't an albacore, including my deckhand lol.

I walked around the side of the boat and saw this cute little bluefin lying on the deck and was like "Oh....sweet!'
 
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