what kind of flies to walleye like ?

Do they behave more like bass in what they eat and how they behave( so you would approach them like bass with poppers, crawdads ect

or can you use standard lake trout flies for walleye like scuds ,damsels, wooley buggers,
does any one have any information on how to fly fish for walleyes ?

lots of other books on trout ect, but I cant find much for walleyes

any ideas would be appreciated

From what I understand, 'eyes can be caught on large streamers, especially at night or early morning/late evening. I haven't caught one on a fly yet, but I am thinking of targeting some of the Seep Lakes for them this year. I'm going to tie up a bunch of large (size 4-8) leech and baitfish patterns and fish those during low light.

Clousers and Decievers. I've seen them work first hand.

I have no idea, but it's a safe bet they could be caught with a black wooly bugger.

walleye in Moses Lake and the Potholes eat lots of minnows and crayfish. Pick your flies based on that.

Baitfish streamers

Grey ghost fly

Any big streamer looking like a perch, trout, bass, pretty much anything they can put in thier mouth.

I've heard of people getting action on topwaters for walleye, anyone ever seen this?

As for behavior, walleye are a schooling fish that tend to feed at night or low light. They target smaller fish, crayfish, and leeches primarily. I think they tend to stay deep during the day and cruise the shoals at night.

Size 4-8 streamers probably won't do it. Think 5''-7'' patterns. Any decent sized walleye can swallow a 12'' perch.

Ha, thanks for the challenge!

Here's a decent thread from another forum on walleye fishing. Sounds like location is more important than fly selection.

http://www.fliesandfins.com/postt739.html

Back in the olden days when I lived in Ontario , I used to catch a lot of walleye on an all yellow streamer . If I can find any yellow chenille , I`ll whip one up tonight .

In ND we used wedding rings with live trout (rainbows). So a slightly flashy Minnow pattern, dark back and white belly?. Probably no need for trailing hooks, walleye tend to destroy their object of affection...i don't recall many short takes, but this was in the 80's...so details are fuzzy.

Good post JD. You are right about location. I've only fished for walleyes a couple of times with a friend on Moses Lake but before I went out I did some homework on them and found out through some vids is that they are structure huggers, rock piles, outcrops, shelves.

Thanks, and that's some great input. It's not often this particular forum has discussions on walleye, so it's pretty cool to see the info flowing in.

Are there any particular leader materials that work better than others for catching 'eyes? Rocks and large teeth sort of point me towards heavier than normal line strength.

I usually pick up several a year by accident trout fishing, and even more when I'm going after smallies. At one point last spring during runoff the bows were hitting yellow streamers on the swing, and I incidentally noticed more attention from the wallys. Enlightened landed an eight pound walleye last year at banks lake while throwing top water on a floating line in two feet of water.

BTW any streamer should work. Yellow or white seem to be hot in right conditions, while some days black streamers are unbeatable. I get most of my incidental catches while throwing crawfish patterns on a fast sink for smallies in June, on Roosevelt(which can be phenomenal action). I usually cuss like it's a squawfish though. Fight like crap, and I wouldn't eat the poisoned flesh if you paid me.

Hmm, maybe to help the cutthroat kid (and anyone else curious), what kinds of rods/lines are we looking at for tossing 7-12" streamers? Sounds like some serious punch might be in order.

I often forget the size of the wallys over east. When I think of targeting them, I'm thinking of just catching some after a long day of trout fishing. I wasn't really considering they get to monstrous sizes, or how much fun that would be to tie into.

Walleyes also like Hexagenia nymphs and will gorge on them where/ when available...... sandy bottom areas mainly I believe in lakes and rivers...... many lakes in Minnesota have sandy portions and the Mighty Mississippi has lots of walleyes and lots of sandy bottom areas and huge populations of Hexagenis.... aka shad flies..... the hex mayflies can completely cover/ coat entire bridges ....