Simi Seal Leeches

[lastchance]

Does anyone fish these in streams or are they just a lake (still water) fly? They sure look like they would be good for trout in moving water.

[Luke McLeod]

I did very well with them on the Duck in TN this spring thanks to Liljoe.

[James Smith]

I use them as my go-to fly in both still water and moving water. Just a pattern that consistently produces for me on a wide variety of different fish species.

Jim Smith

[jszymczyk]

I never knew certain flies had to be fished in only moving or only still water.

[whatfly]

I never knew certain flies had to be fished in only moving or only still water.

Hate to agree with such a...shall we say unnecessarily brusque response, but the point is valid. There's no single pattern I can think of that works only on moving but not still-water. There are however patterns that work better in one water than other, so there really is nothing wrong with lastchance's query.

For the record, have not fished Simi-Seal Leeches in rivers nor streams, but mohair leeches work just fine, so I imagine they would perform just as well.

[redietz]

There are certainly real leeches in moving water, so I see no reason any leech pattern shouldn't work there.

[Chuck441]

There are certainly real leeches in moving water, so I see no reason any leech pattern shouldn't work there.

Yes there are, but I suspect we often overthink the idea of closely matching only the fauna of a particular body of water. Perhaps a trout chomps on a fly just because it looks alive and, as been said often in the past, it doesn't have fingers to grasp something to check it out. Inhale it, check it out, then either swallow it or spit it out. Or, in our case, hook the pretty creatures and have our way with them.

Chuck

[redietz]

Yes there are, but I suspect we often overthink the idea of closely matching only the fauna of a particular body of water. Perhaps a trout chomps on a fly just because it looks alive and, as been said often in the past, it doesn't have fingers to grasp something to check it out. Inhale it, check it out, then either swallow it or spit it out. Or, in our case, hook the pretty creatures and have our way with them.

Chuck

I agree, (I fish generic flies more than anything) but there's no harm in imitating something that's there, either. Either way, "leech" patterns needn't be restricted to still waters.

I doubt that trout ever get keyed on leeches in any sort of water.

[jszymczyk]

Hate to agree with such a...shall we say unnecessarily brusque response,

My apologies. I forgot we fly fishermen are supposed to have such delicate personal constitutions.

[Ed_D]

Lastchance, try tying up a few and giving them a whirl. The fish will give you a better answer. Although the fish often deal with me brusquely...

Regards,
Ed