Post by: hunter93 on March 23, 2011, 10:45:28 AM
Post by: jackelope on March 23, 2011, 10:49:19 AM
Summer steelhead flies and winter flies vary greatly.
Post by: Button Nubbs on March 23, 2011, 10:50:31 AM
Post by: hunter93 on March 23, 2011, 11:59:22 AM
Post by: Button Nubbs on March 23, 2011, 12:20:28 PM
I can't really speak for trout but for steelhead its all about the water conditions. :twocents:
Post by: jeepster on March 30, 2011, 01:28:14 AM
wet flies:
wooly buggers....wooly buggers, and more wooly buggers. well... that is if you are fishing out of a boat. find 3 shades of brown in 3 different sizes, black, beadheads, and 3 shades of green in 3 sizes. make sure to get at least 2 of each. cast em, strip em, troll em, drift em... the MOST versatile fly i can think of.
but just as important, chironomids! they have outfished all other flies ive seen. they are boring to fish and takes TONS of patients.... rig a dropper and some strike indicator putty and just sit and wait.... unlike bait, the longer it sits, the better off you are, they simulate suspended larve floating to the surface, but they are 1000000 times more productive than bait. big and small, thats what the trout eat. make sure to stay perfectly still in your boat/tube. read a book, have a beer. they work, it can just take forever.
if the lake has crawdads.... get some crawdad patterns. those can be DEADLY. some of the biggest trout ive seen taken out of a lake were on a crawdaddy.
leach patterns are good, but as always 3 different colors, 3 different sizes, damsel nymphs are also good.
dry flies
just remember, "Match the Hatch" spend a day figuring out what bugs are hatching on the lake and then go to the flyshop.
some of the best dry flys are ant patterns, small damsels, mosquitos, black gnats, royal wulfs, royal coachmans, elk hair cadis, and grass hopper patterns are some of my favorite
some things a flyfisherman should carry with them are a good pair for forceps for hook/fly removal, strike indacator putty (its a bobber... in putty form), splitshot, and this stuff called Gink, which is a dry fly dressing.... put it on your fly and leader to keep it floating, and so your dry flies stay "dry"
thats my all i have in my fly box for lake fishing. its all ive ever needed. i even have a special wooly bugger that has limited me out 9 times in a row. it since has been retired, and now lives on my hat
Post by: jeepster on March 30, 2011, 01:38:01 AM
every lake, every hole, every stream, has its own specific combination of flies.
learning how to flyfish has been one of the most frustrating, infurating, hardest things ive put myself through. there have been times where ive chucked my rod across the beach, even once throwing a rod like a jevelin as far as i can into the lake screaming "f-this" and sworn never to do it again, and hated every minute of doing it......
but over the years, it also has been the most rewarding styles of fishing ive ever done. eventually that hate turns to love, and you get to a point where you question if you will ever pick up any other kind of rod again. i found landing my first nice trout on a flyrod just as gratifying as it was to land my trophy marlin.
best of luck
Post by: PolarBear on March 30, 2011, 01:40:08 AM
Post by: Madison on March 30, 2011, 11:58:38 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on March 30, 2011, 12:11:25 PM
Post by: Armadillo on April 01, 2011, 07:32:15 AM
Spanish ;)
Those always get the most action
Post by: Armadillo on April 01, 2011, 07:43:57 AM
Post by: TheHunt on April 01, 2011, 06:48:55 PM