Posts Tagged ‘lake’
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{{+1}}Tadpole{{-1}}
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Fish the tadpole fly either on the drop or the lift in shallow water around detritus matter. This action mimics the action of a tadpole coming to the surface to breath and then returning to its cover and is a prime time for trout to strike.{{end}}
Last Updated: May 7, 2011
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Categories: Flies, Nymphs, Streamers & pulling flies
Tags: flies, flyhook, Frogs, lake, trout 
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{{+1}}Scud{{-1}}
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I use this fly to represent not only Scuds but also Olive Caddis Pupa which are of course a completely different types of creature. Scuds are true crustaceans of the family Isopod or Amphipods and generally you find them in shallow water in the detritus matter and around weed beds and drowned vegetation.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, My "trout" nymph fly box, NymphsTags: flyfishing, Grubs, lake, river, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Trude{{-1}}
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In the early 1900s, in Island Park, Idaho, Carter Harrison created the "Trude" fly as a joke for his friend and fishing host A. S. Trude. The fly certainly has evolved with a hackle tail and many other changes coming and going over time. My variant is to fill a particular niche in my fly box for a 'Royal Wulff' type fly but with a highly visible white wing not hidden by the hackle.{{end}}
{{+1}}Anorexic midge{{-1}}
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These little midges are easy to tie and appeal in a a whole range of situations. I like to fish them on a dry line with a longer leader either in a team of flies either static fishing or retrieving or as a single fly on a long leader to cover rising fish. They also work well as a river fly fished behind a heavier nymph.{{end}}
{{+1}}Lakes – loch style … all pumped up / booby pumping{{-1}}
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There is nothing new about "Booby Pumping". English fly fishers have been doing it for years and for a time it was considered so successful in some impoundments that it was banned. I have been fishing boobies for quite a few years and booby pumping has even won a couple of competitions for me.{{end}}
Categories: Members only, Skill Articles, TroutTags: booby, lake, Loch style wet flies, Woolly buggers & variants No Comments »
{{+1}}Bibio variant{{-1}}
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Whilst the Bibio fly may have been originally designed as a blow fly representation it has found its place as a great top dropper fly in lakes where fish are midge feeders. That of course begs the question do fish take them as midges, or do they take them as some other insect more like a fly, but which spends part of its life cycle in the water, that just happens to hatch as the same time as a midge?{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, midge, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Wee wetsTags: flies, lake, Lake nymphs, midge, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Rays beetle variant{{-1}}
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I have found this variation of Ray's beetle to be a good representation for a range of these big bugs. It can be used as a general prospecting fly or to "match the hatch". It lands with a loud plop and floats hook down. I generally fish it on a 2 meter 10lb straight mono tippet. You need fairly heavy tippet to, turn the fly over, pull the fly it out of vegetation when you miscast, and to control bass that are intent in making cover once hooked.{{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 emerging alpine buzzer{{-1}}
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When browns and rainbows are feeding on hatching midges at the exclusion of all else this buzzer chironomid pattern and when a little lead is added for weight in the tie I find is a good choice for point fly in a team of three flies.{{end}}