Published Feb 5. 2010 - 14 years ago
Updated or edited Jul 9. 2016

Pete Gray

Pete Gray lives in Massachusetts in the eastern US and fishes the salt there.

Pete Gray
Pete with a striper - A member of his Phocus Group as he calls them.
Waiting for the tide - Pete Gray on the southern tip of South Monomoy... 'waiting for the tide to change...<br />
Pete and the girlz - Lucy and Dingo. Pete in the middle.
Pete Gray
Pete Gray

My basic philosophy it to design a fly to suit my needs and compose as I go...
When I look at someone else's fly for the first time, I tend to visually de-construct it and then try to figure out the original tying steps...
I have my "favourites" and they seem to form the basis [foundations] for follow-on notions...
There ya' go...

Pete is also quite active in our forums.

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Submitted by vince cappelli on Thu, 2024-08-29 08:56
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Pete Gray authored or co-authored this

Article
Oct 22. 2010
Phlyz Remember the line from "The Graduate"? "PLASTICS!" The hook was dressed with thread and body braid... fine makings for a proper foundation were in place... Temperamental pheatherz were spot welded in place without complaint nor defiance...
Another innovative Pete Gray technique!
Article
Jun 20. 2010
Bella Donna Eyes as large as tea cups on your flies? And still lightweight and not smashed down by loads of goo on the head? Yes, it's possible! Follow Pete Gray's instructions and your squids and baitfish will be gazing with larger eyes than ever before!
The full story here
Article
Jun 20. 2010
Mutant Ninja Crustacean Since we all know that "Stripahs" never eat crabs... ['get stuck on the way down!?]... Well, maybe sometimes... Follow Pete Grays easy crab tie using mesh, rubber legs, glue and sand.
Here's how
Article
Feb 24. 2010
Squid parade Spring is near and the Cephalopod parade is about to begin. Blue Fish will soon arrive to partake in the high protein seafood buffet and there is also a gathering of Stripers to make it all worthwhile and goal oriented...
Learn to tie a head-foot fly here
Article
Feb 6. 2010
Area61 Another variation on large saltwater flies from the hands of Pete Gray. Mainly for striped bass, but useful for other specied too. This is the sinister version for fishing in darkness - or for dead drifting at O'dark thirty as Pete puts it.
Step-by-step photos here
Article
Feb 5. 2010
Author Pete Gray lives in Massachusetts in the eastern US and fishes the salt there.
Find a short bio here.
Article
Feb 3. 2010
PhuzzieNotions They all start out as PhuzzieNotions [R&D ideas rattling around in Pete Gray's noggin and looking for a place to happen]... and then materialize into PharSidePhlyz. Saltwater flies can all start here and become almost anything.
Follow Pete Gray... if you can!
Article
Jul 14. 2007
Large In an effort to entice larger striped muggers (stripers) during the spring herring run on Cape Cod when big fish venture back into the shallow estuaries to the herring runs, Pete Gray started tying 8-12+ inches herring flies on double tubes.
See his humogous striper flies and read his story here
Article
Jan 16. 2013
Phly welding AKA Peeete's Welded Wide Body Tunnel Hull Pheather'n'Phlash Tube Phly. The name is complex, but the fly is simple, showing how to build a large baitfish imitation with few and easily accessible materials - and Pete Gray's neat welding technique.
To the toolshop
All stuff from Pete Gray
 

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