its hard to go wrong with....
a #10 or#12 woolly bugger.
its hard to go wrong with....
a #10 or#12 woolly bugger.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Allowing for seasons ...
... fall through spring, a Griffith Gnat, which can be fished dry or wet.
... summer through fall, an FEB Hopper, which can do double duty as a Golden Stone or October Caddis.
John
The fish are always right.
Madam-X in size 14 Black, or maybe Green, or maybe Green wing with Deer hair body.....I can't decide on the color, but size and pattern is easy!
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." John Wayne.
"When you know, to know that you know, and when you do not know, to know that you do not know - that is true knowledge..." Charlie Chan (author Earl Derr Biggers ...Behind That Curtain 192.
A size #6 "Big Ugly" Rubberlegs stonefly in a gold and rust variegated chenille with gold rubber legs.
Kelly.
Tight Lines,
Kelly.
"There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home."
Roderick Haig-Brown, "Fisherman's Spring"
Bead head pheasant tail. Almost always gets some action on the water.
I spend a little time on the mountain, I spend a little time on the hill...
Tounge in cheek
I'm glad we've all come to a consensus on which fly to use.Best thing I've found for a surefire fishgetter is two chicken feathers wrapped onto a quarter stick of Dupont. (Looks kinda like a big tubefly) Use your 14 wt. and open up the loop.
They're just fish, right? Right?
Lew,
I must admit that I've been tempted to use Dupont Lures (or lies) at times but managed to refrain myself. I did manage to take a canoe full of fish using 6 fragmentation grenades tossed into a large lake. Do those count as Dupont flies?
REE
Happiness is wading boots that never have a chance to dry out.
Since nobody has mentioned leeches...i'll say black marabou leeches, size 10 to 4 on longshank nymph hooks, no added weight.
Panman makes a great case for the Montana nymph though and i go to that a lot when the leech doesn't do the trick.
Both flies are very easy to tye as a bonus.
Cheers,
MontanaMoose
ptn soft hackle #16
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