Well I've already requested ideas for trico emergers. Does anyone want to share a TRICO NYMPH PATTERN?. From the lack of responses I presume not too many people fish trico emergers or nymphs.
Ginseng, have any ideas or patterns?
Thanks
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Well I've already requested ideas for trico emergers. Does anyone want to share a TRICO NYMPH PATTERN?. From the lack of responses I presume not too many people fish trico emergers or nymphs.
Ginseng, have any ideas or patterns?
Thanks
lastchance,
I don't fish nymphs much for tricos, but I've had some luck using flashback pheaseant tail nymphs (size 18-24) just below the surface or in the film during trico hatches when I was having trouble getting fish on duns. (I've never used weighted versions or fished them deeper with micro shot for Tricos, but that could work too I suppose) They're good Baetis imitations in those sizes as well and I often fish them as a dropper (1 size smaller) under a BWO.
IMHO the most critical thing is matching the size of the tricos onstream which can vary a lot rather than having a very realistic pattern that's off a size, so having a bunch of sizes of the same pattern that will "do double duty" (on Tricos and Baetis) makes sense to me.
Good luck, looking forward to see what other folks use.
peregrines
tiny pheasant tail nymphs should work
And Rs2 or WD40 would also work right in the surface film...
Since I've done so well this year with Trico emergers and spinners I'd like to give the nymphs a try. The PT nymphs are too dark to use as trico nymphs for my liking. I'm obessessive about getting as close as possible to the imitations of the bugs I fish. I realize it's not always necessary. I guess I'm looking for a dubbing combination that will work. also, what is used for wing cases, hook style, etc. I was curious to see if there were any nymph patterns out there and anyone that fished them.
GOOGLE em up!!
Normand: I tried GOOGLE and haven't found anything.
Swisher and Richards have a good description in "Selective Trout". Might add it to your bookshelf it its not already there. Cheers.
Try a WD-40 in a size 20 or smaller...
http://www.flytyingworld.com/PagesD/wd-40.htm
I just read Sylvester Nemes "The Soft-Hackled Fly" 2nd Edition where he has a chapter dedicated to Trico soft-hackles. You might consider picking it up for some ideals.
I hope this helps.
Thanks,
Terry