Well, here we go again. I’ve got a podcast interview lined up with Brian Chan in early July to discuss still water techniques and flies.
It will be a question and answer format again, so please, send in your questions. Again, we may not have time to get to all the questions, but we will do our best. I will be closing the thread for questions about a week before I do the interview, so get them in now.
Keep coming up with great interview suggestions. I’ll continue to do my best to get them on.
How do you attach a dropper to a floating fly without it getting all tangled up?
What flies do you use related to water temperature or time of the season?
Do nymphs and other insects stay in different depths in the water column?
If it’s so, for how long time do they stay at a given depth and what influences this?
What triggers a hatch, air tempurature, water tempurature, sunshine, air pressure?
I am looking forward to this podcast. I have a few questions. When fishing deep, does Brian prefer a full sinking line, sinking tip, other and why? How does one determine what fly to use in deeper waters on an unfamilar lake? I find midge patterns work really well along the shoreline at around sunrise and sunset, but after that I have a devil of a time figuring out what will make them strike. Any suggestions? When fishing still waters is it best to fish just below the surface, mid column or near the bottom?
I’ve been reading a British book nephew Tom Travis brought back from his latest trip to the Dutch Fly Fair and I’d like Brian’s take on fishing soft hackles in the first few inches of the lake surface.
LF
I’ve had the chance to sit in at one of Brian’s seminars here for the local fly fishing club last spring. Walked away with an enormous amount of information and new / and surpriszingly easy notions.
Now, if I only had a half decent chance to hit the water.
What is the best technique for fishing in deeper water when smaller ponds start to warm up in the summer?
Is trolling the only answer or should I consider a drifting and jigging technique?
How important does he think Water boatman flies are…does he ever use them as a searching pattern or only reserve them for when there is obvious Boatman activity?
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[li]What is his “go to” fly for still water and how does he fish it?[/li][li]How and where does Brian fish his Baby Damsel? How deep? Near the shoreline only?[/li][li]I think I’ve seen Brian use an indicator that “slips down” the leader when the leader is under tension. Is this a special type of indicator or just require special rigging?[/li][/ol]
I have a few questions. When fishing deep, does Brian prefer a full sinking line, sinking tip, other and why? How does one determine what fly to use in deeper waters on an unfamilar lake? I find midge patterns work really well along the shoreline at around sunrise and sunset, but after that I have a devil of a time figuring out what will make them strike. Any suggestions? When fishing still waters is it best to fish just below the surface, mid column or near the bottom?