I've recently been doing very well on egg sucking leeches/ black wooly buggers through tail ends of current/riffles right before the holes. Pink eggs or red eggs on the leeches. No weight. Stingy fish know when something is not drifting naturally. Cast farther up the riffle to drop your flies to the depth you prefer.
Black has been mentioned, and it is effective, but white is also very effective. It appears white, for some reason, is effective in cold water. For one thing it is very visible. The white biots used on Prince Nymphs make this fly very effective in the Winter time. I use white woolly buggers dead drifted through the slow holes, or slowly stripped, and have had very good results. A trout is cold blooded, and their metabolism slows when the water turns cold thus you find them in slow water.
It depend on the body of water you are fishing. A good way to find this out is to observe the body of water you are fishing closely and look to see if you see any insects beneath the surface.
I've recently been doing very well on egg sucking leeches/ black wooly buggers through tail ends of current/riffles right before the holes. Pink eggs or red eggs on the leeches. No weight. Stingy fish know when something is not drifting naturally. Cast farther up the riffle to drop your flies to the depth you prefer.
Black has been mentioned, and it is effective, but white is also very effective. It appears white, for some reason, is effective in cold water. For one thing it is very visible. The white biots used on Prince Nymphs make this fly very effective in the Winter time. I use white woolly buggers dead drifted through the slow holes, or slowly stripped, and have had very good results. A trout is cold blooded, and their metabolism slows when the water turns cold thus you find them in slow water.
It depend on the body of water you are fishing. A good way to find this out is to observe the body of water you are fishing closely and look to see if you see any insects beneath the surface.
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Hard to be exact not knowing what part of the world you are fishing
I use nymphs and midges fished deep and slow copper john , san juan worm, disco midge, zebra midge etc
I drift 2 flies with weight and a strike indicator through deep pools ( unless water warmed alot recently) some folks use 3 flies.
I've recently been doing very well on egg sucking leeches/ black wooly buggers through tail ends of current/riffles right before the holes. Pink eggs or red eggs on the leeches. No weight. Stingy fish know when something is not drifting naturally. Cast farther up the riffle to drop your flies to the depth you prefer.
dplummer
your'e right about the drift and i love me a black wooly bugger
I would try a pheasant tail or hairs ear nymph. You could also try a mikey fin.
Olive,brown or black woolybugger is my go to fly,buteggs,nymphs and streamers are good also.
Black has been mentioned, and it is effective, but white is also very effective. It appears white, for some reason, is effective in cold water. For one thing it is very visible. The white biots used on Prince Nymphs make this fly very effective in the Winter time. I use white woolly buggers dead drifted through the slow holes, or slowly stripped, and have had very good results. A trout is cold blooded, and their metabolism slows when the water turns cold thus you find them in slow water.
I like small eggpatterns,small phesant tails, stone fly's (mine are size 12-16 copper johns with black wire) and of course a variety of thead midges.
Egg sucking leech is where its at. Black with red has worked really well with me.
It depend on the body of water you are fishing. A good way to find this out is to observe the body of water you are fishing closely and look to see if you see any insects beneath the surface.
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I've recently been doing very well on egg sucking leeches/ black wooly buggers through tail ends of current/riffles right before the holes. Pink eggs or red eggs on the leeches. No weight. Stingy fish know when something is not drifting naturally. Cast farther up the riffle to drop your flies to the depth you prefer.
Hard to be exact not knowing what part of the world you are fishing
I use nymphs and midges fished deep and slow copper john , san juan worm, disco midge, zebra midge etc
I drift 2 flies with weight and a strike indicator through deep pools ( unless water warmed alot recently) some folks use 3 flies.
dplummer
your'e right about the drift and i love me a black wooly bugger
I would try a pheasant tail or hairs ear nymph. You could also try a mikey fin.
Olive,brown or black woolybugger is my go to fly,buteggs,nymphs and streamers are good also.
Black has been mentioned, and it is effective, but white is also very effective. It appears white, for some reason, is effective in cold water. For one thing it is very visible. The white biots used on Prince Nymphs make this fly very effective in the Winter time. I use white woolly buggers dead drifted through the slow holes, or slowly stripped, and have had very good results. A trout is cold blooded, and their metabolism slows when the water turns cold thus you find them in slow water.
I like small eggpatterns,small phesant tails, stone fly's (mine are size 12-16 copper johns with black wire) and of course a variety of thead midges.
Egg sucking leech is where its at. Black with red has worked really well with me.
It depend on the body of water you are fishing. A good way to find this out is to observe the body of water you are fishing closely and look to see if you see any insects beneath the surface.
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