Weather conditions varied widely, from 70's to 50's, and wind from glassy calm to 30mph.
Success varied widely as well. In order of the 5 days fished, trout landed were as follows: 27, 6, 4, 89, 17 (+1 perch). So, one great day, and a couple of very disappointing days.
I tried a fair number of patterns. I caught fish on many. I would say my best-producer was probably a #10 or #8 nymph hook with an orange or dark-colored glass beadhead tied with a sand- or brown-grizzly marabou tail, Canadian olive or Canadian brown simiseal dubbing in a dubbing loop palmered up the hook shank.
Dave, good to see that you are still doing well with the fly rod on the ponds and lakes in your area. I like the pattern that was successful for you. I tie the same fly, but, have used regular Marabou for the tail. Thanks for sharing and I will add these too my box also.
ReplyDeleteYes, regular marabout works just fine. I just happen to have a bunch of grizzly marabou in several colors that works especially good for smaller patterns. Even rabbit fur tails work great on these, especially for bluegills.
DeleteBass and crappies are still biting here as well, but the temps are dropping dramatically over the next couple weeks!
Nice ties! I do well with our stocked trout with a variety of micro buggers, none larger than # 12 and some an honest size 16. A 60 degree jig hook in # 12 with a black or copper slotted bead and tied in black and brown has caught many fish. However, what won't catch those fish? Still, when only they are available this fly works.
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Good to know, Gregg! I will have to try that pattern. I have some of those jig hooks, although mine are barbless, and the way these things thrash, I'm sure I'll lose a bunch to thrown hooks! :)
DeleteI tied up some #10 Marabou Muddlers, and caught a trout on it during my first cast with it! It was a tough day, though, and didn't catch any more fish on anything else, before or after that one.
I have been catching a lot of crappies lately, though. But, our weather is set to change by tomorrow. Today is already 64 degrees F...but our 10-day forecast shows highs temps of only 26-34 degrees. Might've just seen the last of our open-water fishing season today. :(
Sane here as far as the weather, only not so extreme. We have had an unusually warm fall and received our first hard frost only yesterday. Next few days will have rain snow mix. Those small buggers, I found one on Global Flyfisher that has a tail of hares mask, body of PC herl, hackle brown, and with or with out a bead and in size 12 that thing slays the fish. Good luck with the weather!
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Beautiful fish sir.
ReplyDeleteThose are great trout fly patterns. What fly rod size, line size, and tippet do you use for these pattern? How do you retrieve these flies to catch trout? I been trying to catch stocked trout near my lake and have not figure out how to catch them from shore.
ReplyDeleteI apologize it took me a few days to respond. :)
DeleteBecause the lake I fish is notorious for strong winds and the trout seeming to like hanging out just beyond catsing reach, I use a 6wt fly rod, Airflo 40+ WFF 6wt line, 2x leader, and 8lb test tippet. Although these trout average 12", their teeth were cutting 6lb tippet too frequently, so I upsized. Trout seem to like a fairly steady retrieve. Keep the fly moving. When they strike, they are pretty aggressive about it...they pretty much "grab and run".
Good luck, Manolo!
I ordered some materials to make your trout patterns such as the grizzly maribou and mohair for the body but I need to know where your get your glass beads? Do you add more weight to the fly? And lastly how long is your leader? I assume you use mono for you leader.The trout over here also average about 12" inches but they been stocking the minimum amount lately. Perhaps your technique will improve my catch rate.
DeleteI think most of my beads I've bought from a local Michael's craft supply store. One online source is J.Stockards. Here's a link (you'll have to copy and paste this text into your web browser):
Deletehttp://www.jsflyfishing.com/hareline-wapsi-tyers-glass-beads
I don't use any extra weight on the fly, other than either the glass beadhead (or a brass or tungsten beadhead if the fish are hanging out a bit deeper).
I use a 7.5' tapered mono leader, and 4'-6' of mono (or fluoro) tippet on the end of that.
Stocker trout aren't particularly line-shy or even person-shy. The biggest part of the challenge is to locate where the fish are. Once found, they are usually pretty willing to strike.