I love topwater action and my favorite pattern is the Gartside Gurgler. I can fish it on the surface or just below. I have tied in on hooks ranging from 14 to 5/0.
But more often than not, topwater presentations are not optimal for the conditions so you will find a clouser minnow in my tippet more than any other pattern. I have tied them on hooks from 12 to 6/0.
BWO's. From 18-24. Duns, emergers, cripples, nymphs, and spinners!
Here are samples I've recently tied....
Last edited by Silverexpress; 10-28-2009 at 01:57 AM.
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Jose
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Me too, olive flavored please...Originally Posted by 51BC
"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore." - John Gierach
Sight fishing with streamers to large ill tempered fish, doesn't matter if it's in sweet water or brine.
I have no favorite streamer pattern.
Best, Dave
For smallmouth, it would be some variation of the Clouser Minnow.
For trout, I like fishing a pheasant tail soft hackle. However, on my last two trips, a GRHE with a Zebra midge dropper was the ticket.
" If a man is truly blessed, he returns home from fishing to the best catch of his life." Christopher Armour
Favorite fly: the one in the fish's lip.
Favorite technique: The one that got the fly in the fish's lip.
Actually, I lean pretty heavy towards the soft hackles.
If it swims and eats, it'll eat a fly.
My favorites are my Larvae Lace Crawfish:
And the N.E.W. Shad:
Honorable Mention goes to my Mini Crease Flies:
My favorite style would have to be dry. But I have to say that's probably because I've had more success with it. Dry fly fishing is more active to me; I can see the fly, I can see when the fish rises. It's easier for me to get into the 'zone' with it. Maybe I have some kind of attention disorder. I'm not saying that it's better than other styles, I'm just saying that it's the one that fits my temperament. It gets me the most excited. But if it's just not happening, or I see no rises when I first get to the stream, then it's time to practice my nymphing. When I've reached the edges of my patience with that I start to think about swinging a wet fly, or using a streamer, and then it just gets weird after that. But when they start to rise...
Speculating fly is usually a rusty spinner, but otherwise I try to match the hatch, or get close. For nymphs either pheasant tail or a hare's ear.
Dave
The top 4 producers for me are:
-Boa Yarn Leech
-Woolly Bugger
-Shwapf
-Gartside Gurgler
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
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