Posted: Sat 08/14/10 5:05 pm Post subject: Flies For This Time Of Year (Summer)?
i was just out fly fishing today for trout and got skunked. i used nymphs, streamers,dry's and only got i few bites (wich i missed becouse i am only a novise). now it absolutly could have been that i was fishing them wrong but from what i have read and from my own experienses i was fishing them correctly. i was wondering wat flies tend to work this time of year. I know i should not b asking this and i should go out and figure it out myself but as many of u know i cant becouse i am too young to go anywhere without getting dropped of at a stream by my parents. so until i can go out myself i will be asking these really stupid stuff. srry
any info will help me slowly put together the habits of the trouts life.
Dax,
This forum is all about asking questions and sharing fishing experiences. Don't be sorry! Now, to answer you corectly I need to ask you some questions. Did you see anything hatching? Sometimes trout get really keyed into certain bugs. You might see Caddis hatching and skating all over the surface, but the fish might only be eating the emergers or nymphs. So be sure to have all stages of each bugs life with you... (i.e. nymphs,emergers, dries and criples). Make sure to be very observative. Get to the river, and look around. Shake the bushes and see what comes flying out, look under the rocks in the riffles and see what kind of bugs you find. Then it is your job to accurately immitate what you find. As for fy patterns, I need to know what you are finding in the water.Tell me what you find and I can recommend some great flies for you. Off hand,summer time usuallly means terrestrials. Try hopper patterns and you can never go wrong with an ant pattern. Also, summer usually means that there should be some sort of Caddis hatching depending on where you are at. I would definitely buy a hatch guide book. It makes it WAY easier to depict what you are finding out there on the water.
What was the water temp? Trout are very sensitive to temperature. So, with that said, you will fish different types of water at certains times of year. In the hot summer months, look for trout in faster water like riffles and pocket water. They will be there because the faster water will have more oxygen in it than slower water. When it is colder out, trout can hang out in the slower water because oxygen content in the water is higher. So, pay attention to that.
Now, some days trout can be very picky and not be that active. Bad fishing days do happen,so don't get down on yourself if you have a tough time out there once and a while. But remember, presentation is KEY! In some rivers, an absoultely perfect presentation is the only thing that will be taken. So make sure that every drift you make is drag free and as perfect as you can make it. Stick with it and keep writing in. I am looking forward to hearing about how you are doing. Get back to me with what nugs you are seeing. Tight lines
well at one point i saw somthing scittering across the surface of the water but i didnt see exactly what they were. as for the water temp. i am pretty sure it was warm and they trout were more in-active than usual. i am going fishing tommarow, i'll be sure to let u know whats happening on the water
ok well i saw something hatching but they were so small and they were on the other side of the stream i couldnt see them. there was a CRAZY storm the night befor so when i hit some of the bushes nothin came out.
that storm also made the stream high,muddy,colder,and more arrated. i actually got a nice little brown on a hairs ear nymph wich i was happy about.
i am going to go as much as possible untill school starts and even then ima try to go every weakend. i will give u a new report on wat this stream is doing every time i can.
I would just add something to what Rustayy said about presenting the fly. You are very yooung at age and it is very important that you learn fly fishing correctly. I would recommend you take a course, if you can afford, would be good to have one to one course with an instructor. This is not just for casting, it is also about the patterns to be used and the way you present them.
Second, maybe it is difficult at this early fly fishing stage of yours do differentiate between bugs and flies that are being hatched, so a small hint from me. Just pay attention at the size and colour of the bug/fly. It is enough if you manage to imitate the colour and the size, not always but often works
thx for the tips! i will definetly try to get to a course and i will look at the size and color of the bugs i see. the thing is i am not that great with dry fly's,im more of a nymph guy,at least for now i am. so im not sure if the fish will b convinced by my dry ...oh well,only one way to find out!
well im probably going tommarow,i'll tell u how it goes!
c ya on the stream
-dax
so when i got to the stream i watched it for like 7 minutes and i saw nothing rising or any hatch on the water but the stream i fish at isnt exactly a "real" trout stream. it is just stocked to the brim.
when i started i was using a hairs ear nymph. becouse of the begginer that i am i missed a few bites and caught one of the most brightly colored rainbows i have ever got (considering i'v only got like 4 haha). i snapped of my nymph so i went to a hopper dropper nymph set-up and got NOTHING. so i went to a home-made pheasant tail wich got there attention and one bite befor i had to go.
oh ya and the water conditions were low and clear. thats it for todays trip any words of wisdom from any one and i will b greatful
-dax
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