Trout flies
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{{+1}}Floating yabby / crayfish{{-1}}
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A floating yabby is a bit of an oxymoron but it does work. Fish it on a fast sink line and let the line sink to the required depth. When you pull the line the floating yabby will be pulled down. When you pause the yabby will rise. Bass love it.{{end}}
Last Updated: January 29, 2011
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{{+1}}Flash Harry{{-1}}
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In larger sizes it works well for Bass, EP's, Silver Perch and Yellow Bellies and in smaller sizes its a great for trout. I like to fish it on a fast sinking line either ripped or with a stop and start jerky retrieve or roly-poly.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Streamers & pulling flies
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{{+1}}Booby beetle – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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Boobies are a fantastic bass fly when fished on the surface but occasionally they hang so low in the water they get a bit hard for me to see. To overcome that when seeing the fly is necessary I added a back of 2mm closed cell foam - works like a dream. This is undoubtedly my favorite bass fly.{{end}}
{{+1}}Midge ball{{-1}}
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When midges are emerging they emerge in large numbers and fish often feed on them at the exclusion of all other offerings. At times the midges ball up forming dense colonies that roll along the surface of the water and are eagerly targeted by trout.{{end}}
{{+1}}Trailing shuck caddis{{-1}}
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As the name implies this fly is a representation of that stage in the emergence when the shuck is still attached but the wing is open. With both of these elements intact the fly is obvious to both those fish that are taking just below and above the surface of the water. A good fishing tip for this fly is to hold the trailing shuck and body between your fingers when applying floatant so that when the fly is fished the trailing shuck and body still sink into or below the film. You can even add sink to the shuck to make sure it sinks.{{end}}
{{+1}}Summertime hopper – Chatto’s tie{{-1}}
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Looks great on the water and floats all day. The general form and colour together with presentation and how you fish them will help you fool the fish. Whether fished dry or wet by in large all hopper patterns should be fished in the current with as little line drag as possible or with occasional short jerking strips or twitches.{{end}}
Categories: Dry flies, Flies, Foam and poly flies, Hoppers, locust & cricketsTags: grasshopper, lake, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Chatto’s yellow winged hopper{{-1}}
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As the name implies this hopper is my representation of the natural of the same name. Its tied in the same way as a stimulator except that a yellow under wing and feather slip wings replace the deer hair wing of the stimulator. It's a good hopper pattern to tie on because it floats in the surface film much the same way as the unfortunate natural does and it is reasonably visible.{{end}}
Categories: Dry flies, Flies, Hoppers, locust & crickets, My "trout" dry fly boxTags: #fishonfly, Hoppers etc No Comments »
{{+1}}Jelly worm{{-1}}
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This fly is a good represent of chironomids in their "blood worm" stage and it works well as an anchor fly in a team of two or three chironomids particularly when fished static early in the hatch.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, My 'trout' river wet fly boxTags: Chironomids No Comments »
{{+1}}Black buzzer{{-1}}
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When browns and rainbows are feeding on hatching midges at the exclusion of all else it pays to have a few buzzers in your kit. This pattern has proven itself to be readily accepted in many countries.{{end}}
{{+1}}Chironomid{{-1}}
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hilst trout do search out lava amongst the detritus matter and eat lava that have been disturbed by wind and wave action it is generally the free swimming pupae that are most often eaten by trout. Whilst the lava is generally found in the lower reaches the pupa can be found in a wide range of depths from very shallow to up to 10 meters.{{end}}