San Juan worm and a #16 Blood or Zebra midge. Deadly combination in small ponds for stockers in my area.
San Juan worm and a #16 Blood or Zebra midge. Deadly combination in small ponds for stockers in my area.
FLIES: Let's assume they've been pellet fed. #1 choice is a chocolate Boudreaux. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...ese/112408.php #2 choice is a march brown nymph.
KNOT: A pitzen will take about 10 seconds to tie. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/feat...ese/122208.php
As always....wooley bugger.
Good fishing technique trumps all.....wish I had it.
The Wet Mouse by Jack Gartside. Easy to tie and catches planted pond trout. Even easier is leave the collar off. Size 14 Scud hook, tie on a fluffy aftershaft feather and a hen soft hackle collar(or NOT). All trout like it too, not just planted. Easy tie streamside too with vise, hook, thread and one feather. Jerry
Sz 10 tung BH bugger with some flash in the body, but NOT any in the tail (inhibits the motion of the maribou). 8-9' 3 or 4X leader fished with a 5 or 6wt rod for ease of casting for more distance or wind. May even want to have a reel set up with a 10-15' sinktip for days when they are down deeper. My best colors for stockers are Olive, Black, all White and Peacock herl body with brown maribou and brown hackle.
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Last edited by appalachian angler; 12-09-2011 at 03:37 PM.
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BH woolly bugger with a BH "something" on a dropper: Prince, PTN, or GRHE.
9', 3wt, with a floating line, a 9' 4x tapered leader. A # 12 hares ear, then have a kid standing around throw a handfull of fine gravel out into the water. Put the fly in the middle of it. Those fish are so used to being fed by food thrown into the water that they will all be at your fly.
There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
R.Y.
When in doubt, start with an olive woolly bugger in size 8 or 6.Originally Posted by Big Bad Wulff
One fly to rule them all.
One fly to find them.
One fly to bring them all,
And to the tippet bind them.
Ed
Last edited by EdD; 12-15-2011 at 12:10 AM.
That's my VP! Very cool Ed.
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