Fly Fishing

bonefisher · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:22 am Post subject: Memorial Day Creeks

I will be in the UP of Michigan fishing some tiny un-mapped creeks (water depth 1-4 ft.) for some brookies and possibly browns..? I have only caught small brook trout on tiny mepps spinners and little dry flies. Does anyone have any advice for fly selection for that time of the year... Dries, nymphs, streamers, sizes... anything that has worked for you in the spring for brook trout... also any advice on finding bigger fish... anything you have would be appreciated.

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bonefisher
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jeremy · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: streams

olive conehead wooly bugger with an adams wet fly tied off the back ... try fishing it from upstream .. meaning walk up and fish back down .. (if you can resist stoppng at all the spots that look good along the way .... that's the hardest part) .... work all of the pockets and little seams while walking back down ... bigger fish, early am and right before dark in the deeper sections and undercuts and under overhanging trees ... if it looks like a hard place to get too, with lots of trees and obstactles and the water is deep enough that it's tough to see the bottom ... that's where the bigger fish might be ...

Matt1515 · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:14 am Post subject:

Bring a whole box of buggers with you. Not because you need a huge variety in sizes and colors but because small creek overhang is a bitch. I must have lost half a dozen this weekend. What was working well for me was to find the carved out banks and bounce the bugger off of it and let it fall into the water. Let it sink and almost jg it back cross current. Not big strips, just bobbing the rod tip up and down all the way across. Alot of strikes happen at the end of a swing but almost all the fish I caught were a result of cross current action. I can't say enough about the "yallerhammer" pattern. I just started fishing it this spring and the last four or five times I've been out have been incredible. Fish will at least look at it as soon as it hits the water. Same action as the bugger. Jug it across the current and the fish will chase it.

SageDS2 · Newbie Joined: Oct 18, 2006 Posts: 17

I have been having great luck on sucker spawns. Most of the trout were stockies although i have caught several natives. I just bring my steelhead box. I have the best luck on pink and chartruse with a pink stripe. Also try crystal meths in pink, peach and white. Good Luck!

colehatch · Newbie Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 32

Bonefisher....how'd you do?