Gold Boogers

[AtticaFish]

Favorite color pattern for smallies (and just about everything else) on my local river.

- cones are tungsten on #2 Mustad 3366 hooks
- pearl/gold OR pearl/white twisted chenille

Others are copycats made for the short rod.

[FishnDave]

Those look great! I bet they would also work great in my local river for walleyes and white bass, amongst other species. Thanks for sharing.

What is the main forage in your local river? Shad? Miscellaneous minnows (shiners, chubs, etc.)? Our main sforage species is shad, but there are plenty of other minnows in the river.

[AtticaFish]

No shad to speak of. Most abundant minnows are probably chubs - but there are a lot of carp and carpsuckers species in the river that i would guess make up a large portion of diet to any predators. You can see lots of gold hue flashes when the minnows school in the fall.

Is a major dam downstream scheduled to come down in the next few years that i have a feeling may change the forage base. With it gone, it will allow access for fish from L.Erie to come upstream. Possibly even let the 'eyes run up this far in the spring.

[ScottP]

Possibly even let the 'eyes run up this far in the spring.

Very nice fly. I have a place in mind to try those for wally next April.

Regards,
Scott

[quivira kid]

Terrible, Russ...... tie me up a dozen and forget about that pattern altogether. LOVE that gold mixed in there!

[wet fly guy]

Those look great !
Love the gold in them