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What flies should you use for winter fly fishing for trout?

Question by cjqga1. Uploaded on January 22, 2010

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from hengst wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

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.

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from dplummer wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

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.

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from hengst wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

dplummer
your'e right about the drift and i love me a black wooly bugger

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from idduckhntr wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

I would try a pheasant tail or hairs ear nymph. You could also try a mikey fin.

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from beaverlog wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

Olive,brown or black woolybugger is my go to fly,buteggs,nymphs and streamers are good also.

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from Sayfu wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

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.

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from BrookieBuster101 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

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.

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from EBru62 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Egg sucking leech is where its at. Black with red has worked really well with me.

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from outdoorsman12345 wrote 2 years 14 weeks ago

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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from dplummer wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

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.

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from hengst wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

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.

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from hengst wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

dplummer
your'e right about the drift and i love me a black wooly bugger

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from idduckhntr wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

I would try a pheasant tail or hairs ear nymph. You could also try a mikey fin.

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from beaverlog wrote 2 years 17 weeks ago

Olive,brown or black woolybugger is my go to fly,buteggs,nymphs and streamers are good also.

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from Sayfu wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

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.

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from BrookieBuster101 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

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.

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from EBru62 wrote 2 years 16 weeks ago

Egg sucking leech is where its at. Black with red has worked really well with me.

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from outdoorsman12345 wrote 2 years 14 weeks ago

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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