If you go to this link & log in the correct info it will tell you what insects are in the lakes
in your state (all the states are available). Good US Gov't study.
http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/...oticSurvey.php
If you go to this link & log in the correct info it will tell you what insects are in the lakes
in your state (all the states are available). Good US Gov't study.
http://www.flyfishingentomology.com/...oticSurvey.php
A Glens leech is a very simple and good pattern and the Butlers Bug is a great dragon fly nymph. Phil Rowley's book "Fly Patterns for Stillwaters" is hard to beat as every pattern in the book is good. None were put in just to fill pages
Did anybody mention that staple of Arizona, the Arizona peacock Lady? Or her brother, the Purple Luigi?
don't forget snails and leeches. small franke shiner patterns work well also. half back and full back patterns. honey bugs.
sandfly/bob
N.J.B.B.A. #2215
I did not escape.....they gave me a day pass!
from the outer edge of nowhere
fly tying and fishing ghillie..
Although I tend to shy away from "still" waters ( if the waters don't move, I DO) , I , when despite my preferences, find myself in such waters, I have never had to lose sleep over bait specificity. I may not have filled my creel but i've never been skunked. The number of posts above and the variety of baits suggested are evidence upon which I rest my case.
On the other hand, if this was a tournament (YUUUKKKK), I may be a bit more choosey and do some serious investigation.
Mark
I have huge success in high country lakes and even in the big low valley Okanagan Lake with believe it or don't a #12-#14 pheasant tail nymph. I caught a 14lb4oz Rainbow out near the middle (a mile from shore ) Okanagan lake on a #14 nymph fished with a #7sinking line (not a 7 weight line) #7 is the heaviest sinking line in a 5 weight. I was trolling 2.2 mph which is best for trout about 1.5mph for kokanee (land locked salmon)
If upon inspection I find the trout stomach is full of minnows I use a black doc spratley with silver wraps.
a red Dawl bach is also one of my go to lake patterns.
For God's sake, Don't Quote me! I'm Probably making this crap up!
Speaking of the Okanogan (the region, not the lake), one of my absolute favorite patterns for the Callibaetis hatches at Lake Chopaka is what I've long called the Chopaka Emerger. A friend of a friend showed me the original pattern which was given to him by an "old timer at Lake Chopaka". After tying and fishing (and, bit-by-bit, modifying it) over many years, it reached what I consider its final form. Tied on a size 14 dry fly hook and fished on the surface it is highly effective during the hatch of Callibaetis mayflies. Although it bears a strong resemblance to many other mayfly emerger patterns, I still think of it as the "Chopaka Emerger"
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