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What are your top ten flies?
We have asked our customers to provide us with a list of their top ten flies. The idea of this page is to help other fly fishermen find out what works where and in what hook size. What is your top ten list of flies? Please send your list by e-mail to fly.fishing@blueyonder.co.uk .
FLY FISHING IN OREGON, USA
Here's a nice
Oregon Deschutes River steelhead (about 11 lbs) caught on a #12 Pheasant Tail
Nymph
Most
common used flys:
Bead head Terminator (#8)
Prince nymph
Gold Ribbed Hare's ear
Pheasant tail
Batman (small purple bead head nymph)
Soft hackle
Salmonfly (occasional)
Elk hair caddis (dry)
Pete O'Dell, Oregon
FLY FISHING IN MONTANA, USA
I normally only need a few nymph patterns, most of which can
be fished in Tandem with any of the others. Important patterns are
Beaded Pheasent Tail Nymphs (sizes 16-22)
Brassies (sizes 18 - 22)
Bitch Creeks (sizes 6 - 12)
Gold Ribbed Hares Ears (sizes 14 - 22)
Dry flies must consist of Baetis emerger patterns and BWOs in
small sizes.
Do not enter Montana without some Griffiths Gnats (size 16 - 24).
Elk Hair Caddis (sizes 14-16)
Adams Parachute (size 14)
Stimulators (size 10 - 16)
Finally for those times when no hatch is going on I add a
handful of streamers
Natural Zonkers
Black or Olive Woolly Buggers
Muddler Minnows - Fred Hoover
COLORADO HOOK SIZE
Great website! Ive learned a lot just reading the descriptions of the few flies
I've seen so far. I live in Colorado, and typically fish the South Platte fro
rainbow and brown trout. Small flies are the rule - rarely anything bigger than
a size 22. Thanks take care, Doug Whittenberg, Littleton. CO
FLY FISHING IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON STATE, USA
Thought I'd send you my ten favorite flies. I live in the state of Washington USA, I'm on the west side of
the Cascade Mountains and our climate is probably a lot like what I
understand England's is, lots of rain and for the most part very moderate
Temperatures. My wife and both work and have built a retirement home in the
Cascade foothills on the West side. The weather is quite different there,
Very warm in the summer and very cold in the winter and lots of rain or
snow. I like to fish Lakes more than rivers or streams. Most of the streams
here are very small, narrow and overgrown. There are some large rivers also
and I'll try them in retirement. (about 2 years from now) Mostly I have been
fishing Lakes in the Cascade mountains, average elevation is about 4500 Feet
and a few in the lowlands around Tacoma, around 500 to 700 feet in
elevation. The flies I use most are:
(Nymphs) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear,
Telico,
Damsel,
Dragon Fly,
Zug Bug.
(Dry) Adams,
Black Gnat,
Blue Dunns,
Elk Hair
Caddis,
Sizes10 thru 18.
Have a great
Day!
Chuck
TONEY OF www.waywardflyfishing.com
TOP TEN LIST
I fish for just about anything that swims, but mainly steelhead, trout and Bass.
My top ten flies might include:-
BASS: Dahlberg Divers in different colors, but mainly deerhair grey in hook
sizes 6 or 8, sorted swimmers that do not dive too much like muddlers, Wool
bodied streamers size 6, 8 and 10 - no names yet. (they are just different colored
wool tied onto a hook).
TROUT: Lots of Adams and Cahills. Currently experimenting with quill patterns
down to size 24 if my eyesight will hold out.
STEELHEAD: Currently experimenting with simple spey patterns, mostly from John
Shewey's book Spey and Dee Flies, except I do not put a tent hackle on top (too
difficult for me). I put wool up there I guess I like wool. Thanks
Toney
GERMAN & AUSTRIAN FLY FISHING
I'm glad to share my favorite flies with you. I live in Belgium but my my fly
fishing trips take me to Germany and Austria. Favorite German fishing places are
the Eifel region, The Black Forest and Baveria. The Austrian Alps have the luxury
of numerous excellent fly fishing rives
Dry Flies
1. Sedge (Caddis) Bresson
2. Adams parachute
3. Sedge - Buck Caddis (Elk Hair Caddis) size 10 - 20)
4. Dun (differnt CDC colours but also parachute tied on Tiemco 531)
5. May fly
6. Coachman ( for almost all terrestrials)
Nymphs
1.Black gold bead (Stonefly or Gold Ribbed Hares Ear) size 10 or 12
2.Frank Sawyer pheasant Tails
3.Little Brownie
Best wishes Guido Vervoort, Bierbeek, Belgium
NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING
Dear Mr Moore, Thank you for the quick delivery of my order. I just got it some
days ago and I'm already very excited for using them. As you've been asking me
for the place I go fishing. I would like to explain. Usually I go fishing in the
mountain torrents in North Italy close to Turin. Normally I use small quantities
of flies but always dry flies. In those rivers it is necessary to search for
fish. Like that I often use the Royal Wulff on a #14, The Royal Coach man on #16
or #14, Wickham's Fancy on #12 or #14 and other types of flies, but my preferred
is the March brown fly. Many Regards Ernesto Fiora, Italy
SLOVENIA AND NORTHERN ITALY FLY FISHING
My fishing places are small mountain streams in north Italy, chalk and river (Unec,
Soca etc...) in Slovenia
Top Ten Flies
Klinkhammer size 14, 16
Adams size 14
Black Ant size 16, 18
Prince's Nymph size 10, 12, 14
Midge Spent size 20, 22, 18
Midge CDC size 18, 20
Stonefly nymph size 8, 10,12
Blue Dun Parachute size 12, 14
BWO parachute size 12, 14
FLIES FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH EAST FRANCE
CDC emergers size 14 - 24
CDC spents size 10 - 24
Parachute Flies size 10 - 20
Peute Dry Fly size 10 - 16
Goddards Sedge size 10 - 14
Hot Spot Pheasant Tails size 16 - 20
Pheasant tails size 16 - 20
Shrimp size 14 - 18
Beaded Pheasant Tails 10 - 20
Buzzers size 18 - 24
Beaded Lafontaine Caddis size 10 to 16
Christopher Noharet, Saint Marcel Les Valence, France
NEW ZEALAND'S TONGARIRO RIVER
For winter fishing (June to September) we mainly use Hare and
Coppers on a long shank hook size 10 with full length wraps of lead and a 4 mm
tungsten bead on a 15ft 6lb flurocarbon leader then a dropper of about 3 foot to
a size 14-16 Pheasant Tail / glow bug / prince nymph / or hare and copper, but
to the point the flies aren't that important, but the way you present them.
Summer fishing on the other hand is a totally different kettle of fish, fly selection and presentation are very important, fishing long 4lb leaders and light weight nymphs or dry flies. We use a large selection of dries everything from size 18 Adams right up to size 8 Royal Wulffs and Cicada's depending on the time of season and weather depends on what works. The up side is you can see the fish in summer clear as day, so you can see if they are turning it down or not.
Mike Burgin (All About Trout/New Zealand Guides) www.allabouttrout.co.nz.links.htm
KENAI RIVER, ALASKA FLIES
STREAMERS size 2-6
Double Bunny grey and white
Clouser's Minnows grey and white
Zonkers white, natural grey and purple
Egg sucking leech, purple, black or olive
Woolheaded Sculpin, olive black, brown or mixed
NYMPHS size 10 - 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, olive tan and black
Prince's Nymphs
Caddis Pupa
Small stonefly mayfly and caddis nymphs
DRY FLIES size 10 - 16
Elk Hair Caddis
Stimulator
Royal Wulff
Other attractors
EGG PATTERNS size 10 - 12
Glo-bugs 6 - 10mm in dimension, best colours are , champagne, Sockeye and
peachy king, Mixing colours is good
Glue Gun Eggs
Beads 6 - 10mm
FLESH FLIES sizes 4 - 12
Gingery Bunny
White Bunny
Peach Bunny
Mixed fleshy colours of bunny fur
Battle Bunny
Yarn flies with egg or Champagne coloured Glo-bug yarn on #8
Micro flesh, a small flesh coloured yarn, marabou or fur on #12
SOCKEYE SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Simple Stealth, black chenille body with a black or blue wing
Soft Hackle Stealth, black chenille body with a soft hackle
Polar Shrimp
Russian River Coho
Note that just about any small steelhead/salmon fly pattern can work. I have
seen Sockeye move to take pink, orange and green flies. Most shy away from the
bright colours but take on smaller and/or darker flies
SILVER SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Purple egg sucking leech (I like a cone heade added for action and weight)
Chartreuse egg sucking leech~
Flash Fly, silver or purple
Woolly Buggers with various colour combinations and flash added
Rabit stip flies with dumb bell eyes in black, purple and pink
Silvers will just about take anything at times but they can be picky. Variety is
the key.
FLY FISHING IN SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA
I fish these flies in the lakes and rivers around the Snowy Mountains of New
South Wales and Victoria in Australia
FRESH WATER
Irresistible size 12
Humpy size 12,14
Renegade size 10, 12, 14
Parachute Adams size 10 - 16
Royal Wulff size 8 - 14
CDC Rusty Spinner size 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis size 10 -18
Green Cicada size 6 -14
Black Ant size 14 - 18
SALTWATER & BASS
Surf eel size 1/0, 2/0
Broadside Minnow size 1/0 2/0 4
Clouser Deceiver (Yellow, Pink, Blue Green) size 1/0 - 3/0
Foam Spider size 10 - 12
Crayfish size 1/0
Deerhair Bass bugs size 2, 6, 1/0
Tropical Punch size 1/0 - 3/0
Shrimp (orange/brown/red) size 2 - 8
Crazy Charlie (pink) size 2 - 8
Ezy Duster Charlie size 4 - 8
Ron Williams, Australia
FLY FISHING THE POCONOS, PENNSYLVANIA, MONTANA & WYOMING
In the Poconos early season, Woolly Buggers, Muddlers and Leeches on #4,
#6 and #8 hooks. the Woolly Buggers are black and olive with some flashabou in
the tail. Also I will fish pheasant tails #16, Gold Ribbed hares Ears # 12 to 14
and Princes Nymphs #10 to #12. Often I have two on at a time. By May the hatches
are more in evidence and I use Blue Wing Olives #16 and #18, grey and tan caddis
#14, Hendrickson #14. Terrestrials begin to become more active and small black
and red ants #14 to #18, black beetles #10 to #12 are good. We do not have any
grasshoppers because this is not farm land but forest. The most productive fly
all year round is a #18 baetis.
In Pennsylvania, Penns creek, Fishing creek, Spring creek, and Elk Creek this is fishing to pretty predictable hatches starting with Hendricksons, gray caddis and by june Sulphurs #16 and around the end of May, the famous green drake hatch #10. Both duns and spinners just at dark. The tiny Tricos are there in the mornings for several months. These streams are in part farm country and grasshoppers are often used along with other terrestrials.
On the Big Horn River in Montana and Wyoming again #18 baetis
are good all year long. A big pale morning dun hatch is there in July and August
and later in the day a black #18 microcaddis comes on. Between hatches I use #18
Pheasant Tail Nymphs and #18 Scuds and Sow bugs.
Fran Perri
NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FLIES
My daughter and I fish in North Central Pennsylvania for trout. I got her
interested 2 Years ago and now she's hooked. Some of our favorite flies are:
Female Adams hook size 14
Adams hook size 14.
Light Cahill hook size 12 & 14.
Sulfur Dun hook size 12 14 & 16.
Royal Coachman hook size 14.
Sulfur Dun Parachute hook size 14 & 16.
Royal Wulff hook size 14.
March Brown hook size 12 & 14.
Light Hendrickson hook size 14.
Adams Parachute hook size 14 & 16
Paul Keller.
FLY FISHING TOP TEN FOR MAINE, USA
Most of my fishing is on rivers and streams. Occasionally I'll canoe a few
ponds. Most noted are the rivers of Kennebec, Penobscot, Moose, Crooked, Rapid,
Messalonskee, Kenebago, Grand Lake Stream, Magaloway, Dead River, Kenduskeag and
Sebasticook. One of particular interest is our tri-annual trips to New
Brunswick, Canada to fish the Tobique river (hence the Thompson Special Fly)
Pheasant Tail Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Grey Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Muddlers
Hornsberg
Soft Hackle 14, 12
Brown Stonefly 14, 12
Maple Syrup
Tent Winged Caddis 16, 14, 12
Mickey Finn Streamers
Gray Ghost Streamers
BWO dry 16, 14, 12
Thompson Special 14, 12
As always tight lines, Jeff Haresear
NEW MEXICO FISHING
I fish a lot of tailwaters like the San Juan River in
New Mexico. The main flies I fish are small nymphs. WD-40s Copper Johns,
Brassies and small pheasant tails etc..I try to fish with a dropper, so I tie
something like a San Juan Worm as the first fly and then the dropper will be
something small like a 22 or 24 WD-40
I also like to fish a size 16 PMD (Pale Morning Dun) or similar (parachute often as it is easy to see) and hang a dropper on about 24" of tippet with small bead head pheasant tail. This was a killer combination in Idaho last year.
As far as a list, it is hard to do just ten but here is a try
WET = WD-40, Pheasant Tail, Cooper John, Chamois leech, Woolly Bugger, Gold
Ribbed Hares Ear, Egg Pattern
DRY= PMD, Blue Dun, Various Caddis, Grasshoppers, Humpies, Ants
I typically fish with yellow and red Humpies in size 12-18 with the most common being 14 and 16. As an attractor pattern it is amazing how well it works even when there is no hatch on. I have a friend who lives near the San Juan River which is notorious for its small flies, He rarely fishes anything other than a 16 Humpy and catches fish all day long. I may catch 15 to 20 in a day fishing wet and matching the hatch, but he will regularly catch 10-12 and never change his fly
NORTHERN VIRGINIA FISHING
Here are my top ten flies I use most often in Northern Virginia streams and
Shenandoah National Park
Dry Flies:
Elk Hair Caddis tan and Olive Hook Size 12 to 16
Royal Coachman Hook Size 12 to 16
Quill Gordon Hook Size 12 to 16
Parachute Adams Hook Size 12 to 16
Nymphs:
Pheasant Tail Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Prince's Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Streamers:
Olive Crystal Woolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
BlackWoolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
I hope this helps
Ken Bohling
VIRGINIA FLY FISHING
I generally fish for brown, rainbow and brook trout, as well as small mouth
bass. My top ten are as follows
Adams Hook Size10-20
Light Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Dark Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Hair Wing Royal Coachman Hook Size 14 to 16
Elk Hair Caddis Hook Size 10 to 16
Dave's Hopper Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Fur Ant Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Midge Hook Size 20 to 28
Woolly Bugger Hook Size 2 to 10
Rick Ahern, Virginia
TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FISHING
Hi I'm Mike from the mountains of Tennessee. Around here there are two types of
Fly fishing for rainbow and brown Trout. One is fishing tail waters from dams
and the other is mountain streams. The rule is the bigger the water the smaller
the fly and the smaller the water the bigger the fly. In large tail waters we
fish size 18-20 BWO, Sulfur comparaduns and elk hair caddis. In mountain streams
we use size 10-14 orange stimulators and weighterd Goled Ribbed Hares Ear
Nymphs. The Mountain trout range from about 7-12 inches and the tail water trout
range from 12 - 30 inches. We also fish for small mouth bass in the rivers with
woolly buggers and clousers minnows. The are rare and are only found in higher
elevations and in very clean water.
Mike Gunn
FISHING IN NEW YORK STATE
In small and large trout stream I use
Hook size 16 Adams Dry Fly
Hook size 16 and 18 Blue Winged Olives
Hook size 12 - 16 CDC Olive Caddis emerger
Hook size 14 -18 Olive Caddis dry
Hook size 14 -18 Black Caddis dry
Hook size 16 -18 Tan Goddards Caddis dry
Hook size 16 -20 Sulfur Dry (more towards orange)
Hook size 8 - 12 Silver Badger Matuka Streamer
Hook size 12 -18 Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs
Hook size 16 -20 Black Stonefly Nymph
Hook size 10 -14 Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Dry
Hook size 10 - 14 Pale Olive Dun Dry
Hook size 16 -20 Green Drake Dry
Rozanne Roberts, NY
OATKA CREEK NEW YORK
These are the files I use for matching the hatch on Oatka Creek
Blue wing olive hook size 14 -16
Quill Gordon Hook size 10 - 14
Light Hendrickson hook size 12 -16
March Brown hook size 10 - 12
Light Cahill hook size 12 - 14
Blue Winged Olive hook size 22 - 20
Trico hook size 22 - 26
Grey Fox hook size 8 - 10
Sulphur hook size 16 - 18
Gold Ribbed hares ear nymphs hook size 14-18
Pheasant Tail Nymphs hook size 14 -18
Tight Lines Bill, NY
MOUNTAIN FLY FISHING IN CALIFORNIA
The most productive dry fly I have found in the Sierras at high
elevations is
the the popular Royal Coachman sizes 14,16,and 18 for little brookies.
Brook trout are generally not very particular at higher elevations where there
is little fishing pressure. A few weeks ago I caught five Browns in one day on
a #16 Coachman in the head waters of the South Fork of the American River above
Lake Tahoe. The river is heavily fished so I was shocked by the results.
The Wooly Bugger( olive and brown) sizes 6- 12 work great float tubing in high
mountain lakes especially in the Autumn. Zugbugs, beaded pheasant tail
nymphs,
terrestrial imitations such as Joe's Hopper, Red and brown worm imitation flies
are
killer on small streams in the Sierras as well as in ponds and lakes in
the
Sacramento Valley for Sunfish.
James Mamola. CA,
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA & WESTERN MONTANA FISHING
I fish Northern California, Nevada & Western Montana at various times of the
year. My 'goto' attractor fly is the Trude, usually size 10. It rides high and
is easy for my old eyes to see. Other choices are Royal Wulff and Humpy.
Parachute Adams and Elk Hair Caddis sizes 14 & 16 ( I put them as a dropper
at about 14 inches to a larger fly I can see). When using a single dry fly I
usually have a small dropper at about 14 inches to a larger fly I can see). My
favourite nymphs are Princes, Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, Birds Nest, Copper Johns
and Zug Bug. I use a bead head where appropriate but then will always have a
small non bead head dropper.
Best Norm Miller, USA
WISCONSIN TOP FLIES
Black Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
Olive Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
3 Hi Vis Parachute Adams hook size 18
Gray Beaded Scud hook size 16
Brassie size 18
Red Ass size 18 and 16
Pheasant Tail size 16
Royal Trude size 16
Griffiths Gnat size 20
Black Gnat size 20
Al Gumtow, Wisconsin
NORTH EASTERN USA STREAMERS
As far as what Streamers are popular up here in the northeastern
US, I can suggest the following:
*Black Nose Dace, *Mickey Finn, Bead Head Woolly Bugger:
Olive/Brown or Black Mini Muddler: Natural or Black Muddler - Unweighted,
Bead Head Lite Brite Zonker, White, Olive, or Black Muddler - Weighted, *Black
Ghost *Mickey Finn, *Gray Ghost, Olive Matuka, Marabou Muddler, The one I've starred, are probably the most popular. top ten flies for our local water would be scuds (14-16),
Pheasant tails
Robert R
TAMAQUA.PA. USA
Adrian, there are about 12 of us retired old farts that fish the last 3
patterns...fishing catch and release...without lying, I know we release over
5000 trout per year on them....probably a lot more....yes that is five thousand
!!!!!!
Top 10 flies;
Royal Wulff......#10 dry
Adams.............#14 dry
Black Midge.....#20-22 dry
Olive midge.....#20-22 dry
Partridge and Yellow...#12 wet
Breadcrust.......#12 wet
Hare's Ear.......#12-3xl nymph
Pheasant Tail...# 16 plain or 3xl with gold bead head
Black and Olive Woolly Bugger...#8 4xl
Brown and Yellow Woolly Bugger..#8 4xl
Then 3 local patterns you won't find in any books...and I fish these 3 more than
others....' The Brown ', ' The Green Louie', and ' The Green Hornet
'...#12-14-16 wet.
Sincerely, Thomas G Horan
NORTH GEORGIA FLIES
Craig I am pretty new to the Sport but here are the flies I have had the most
success with here in
1) Olive Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (10)
2) Royal Wulff (10)
3) Mosquitoe (16)
4) Royal Humpy (12)
5) Brown Elk Hair Caddis (12)
6) Adam's Parachute (18)
7) My father had a lot of luck with Streamers (Lures) but I didn't even get a
nibble on them!
I went fishing this last Saturday and caught a good sized rainbow on one of
your Olive GRHE. He absolutely slammed the fly and I had a hard time
releasing him. It is nice to see a fly that fools the fish that well! When
I finally did get him loose he held right at my feet for about five minutes
before he swam off. What fun! Thanks for the great flies! Dan Ward in
NORTH CAROLINA - ONE FISHERMAN'S ASSESSMENT
Overall North Carolina's trout waters are comparatively small and shallow and
not so nutrient rich as the chalk streams of Southern England or the classic
limestone streams further north in the USA. As a result there are fewer insects
and the hatch is less defined. That is not to say that there isn't hatching
going on...its just that the size of the hatch is often insufficient to trigger
the surface feeding frenzy that may be seen elsewhere. For that reason the
Carolina fly fisherman nearly always gets his best results from wet flies and
nymphs.
I keep several small fly boxes stocked and ready to slip into a pocket. The box that sees most use contains only nymphs...mostly beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ears and Prince's nymphs with a few Zugbugs and stonefly nymphs for good measure. In North Carolina's trout waters I find there to be the most consistent patterns. You can expect to catch fish with them on just about any occasion.
Next in use is a mixed box containing Woolly Buggers, some Matuka streamers and a selection of dry flies. Prominent among the dry flies are the female Adams and the Yallerhammer. A light or yellow colour seems to be a decided plus in dark waters of many mountain streams. I round this box out with Blue Winged Olives in various sizes along with some elk hair caddis, a few miniscule Tricos, plus several black ants.
Then there is the third box. Here you will find the overflow...sulphurs, March Browns, Hendricksons, PMD's, Royal Wulffs etc..predominately flies that would be contenders for a top ten lists in many areas plus a few one offs that I acquired over time. But the only time any of these come into play for me is the rare occasions when there is enough of a hatch to match, or when nothing else is working and I have the urge to try something different.
Top 10 flies for mountain streams
Female Adams
Blue Winged Olives
Elk Hair Caddis
Yellerhammer
Beaded Woollybugger
Beaded Princes Nymph
Black/brown Stonefly Nymph
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ears
Matuka
Muddler Minnows
Jim Daniel, North Carolina
UK FLY FISHING
I love making lists like this Craig. I have a stack of things to
do but this has to be a priority. You will see nothing unusual in here and the
list probably shows that my fishing is generally UK based but if I only had to
have 10 flies they would be (probably in order of importance)
1. Greenwell's Glory
2. Klinkhammer Special (dry)
3. Tups Indispensible
4. Klinkhammer Special
5. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph
6.Pheasant Tail Nymph
7. Alexandra (wet or Tube)
8. G& H Sedge (dry)
9. Daddy Longlegs
10. Sparkle Gnat
Nick Moore
WALES, THE MIDLANDS & SOUTH WEST ENGLAND FLY FISHING FLIES
Hi, Thanks for your e-mail here`s my top ten favorite trout flies ,nothing to
write home about but they work for me.
1.black chenille, size 10 & 8 l/s good all rounder for rainbows on all
waters.
2. Montana nymph, size 10 l/s tied with lime green fritz in the thorax. deadly variant
responsible for many a limit bag and my biggest rainbow.
3.black pennell,size10,12,14 standard wet. Always on one of my droppers for
browns on the welsh lakes.
4.p.t.n. size10,12,14,16,18 l/s.any time any place anywhere.
5.lime green dog nobbler. size 10 l/s,chain bead head. seemingly out of fashion these
days but still deadly on the right day. Especially with a few strands of
lureflash tied into the tail.
6.black muddler. size 10 l/s. fished deep on a fast sinker. knocks the spots off
booby`s.
7.epoxy buzzers.size10,12 buzzer hooks. fished washing line or individually on
long leaders never fails on larger waters.
8.zulu.size10,12 wet fly. Another favorite dropper fly for browns.
9.bloody butcher.size10,12.wet fly.The point fly for any team.
10. Montana epoxy buzzer.size10,12 buzzer hook. black buzzer with lime green thorax.
Another deadly variant.
These flies I use on lakes and reservoirs throughout the midlands, Wales and the south west England, also rivers and streams in Wales and the south west. I hope the information can be of some use to you .yours Chris Talbot
ENGLISH MIDLAND FLY FISHING
Damsel Nymph
Gold Headed Hares Ear Nymph
Montana
Viva
Black Buzzer Nymph
Diawl Bach Nymph
Cats Whisker
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Gold Bead Head Daddy Long Legs
Zulu Nymph
Booby Nymph
I fish at a variety of still water venues. I use hook size 12 to 16 mainly on a
floating line with 10-12 ft leader.
Arthur Taylor, Woodley, Berkshire
SOUTHERN ENGLAND FLY FISHING
Hawthorn, Black Gnat and Grannom in late April & early May
Once the fish have tasted mayflies then Grey Wulff and various mayflies in
different hook sizes.
Adams, Parachute Adams, Kites Imperial and Tupps Indispensible in hook size 12
to 16.
John
IRISH LOUGH FLY FISHING
Hi Craig my 10 fav flies are as follows for the Loughs or Ireland
Connemarea Black sizes 8-16
Golden Olive sizes 10-16
Mallard & Claret sizes 10-16
Duckfly sizes 12-18
Sooty Olive sizes 10-16
Hares Ear and Plover sizes 12 - 18
Greenwells Glory (wet) sizes 12 - 18
Bumbels sizes 10-16
Red Arrow sizes 12-18
Grey Duster sizes 16-28
I hope this is of some help
Best regards, Michael
NORTHERN IRISH FISHERY FISHING
The following flies are the top producers on Moorbrook Trout Fishery
F Fly size 14 - 16
CDC Shuttlecock size 16
CDC Spinner 14 - 16
Daddy Longlegs size 10 -12
Epoxy Buzzers size 12 -18
Suspender Buzzers size 14
Parasol buzzers size 12 - 14
Apps Bloodworm size 10
Cats Whiskers size 10
regards Stephanie Holmes
Moorbrook Trout
Fishery, Glebe Road, Castlerock, Co Londonderry, BT51 4SW (0287084908)
IRELAND - COUNTY DOWN FLYFISHING
Islandderry Fishery, Lough Road, Dromore Co Down consists of 2 Lakes, main lake
is natural 9 acre lake stocked with rainbow trout from 1 1/2lb to 17lb. Fishing
from both bank and boat. Monthly competitions, troutmasters water, tuition and
tagged fish. Second lake is a 1 acre lake stocked with rainbow trout up to 6lb.
Ideal for beginners and disabled. On site tackle shop, lodge, free tea and coffe,
carpark and toilet facilities. Open from 9am til dark. Phone 02892693939 or
07780547229 www.islandderryfisheryandtackle.co.uk
Top Ten Flies
1. Cats Whisker Size 10
2.Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph size 12
3. Bloodworm size 12
4. Buzzers size 14
5. Pheasant tail Nymphs size 12
6. F Fly (dry) size 14/16
7. Montana size 12
8. Caddis size 14/16
9. Black Midge size 16
10. Blobs size 10
FLY
FISHING IN COUNTY DURHAM, N.E. ENGLAND
My
favorite flies are
1,daddy
longlegs
2,CDC
buzzers
3,pheasent
tail nymphs
4,Dawil
bach
5,cats
whisker
6,Dawsons
Olive
7,Hoppers
8,shipmans
buzzer
9,epoxy
buzzers
10,Booby
nymphs
Duncan
Craig
FISHING THE NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS & GREAT
SMOKEY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Adrian: Thanks for the note. I found everything I was
looking for on your page. It is very nicely put together. I fish the large
and small rivers and streams in western North Carolina mountains along the
Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina state lines. I also spend a fair amount
of time in streams along the southern boundries of the Great Smokey Mountain
National Park. This time of year water levels are high and trout are responding
to larger dry fly patterns (12-16), which is why I prefer the Adams and the
parachute patterns. In late May and on into July I'll turn to midge
patterns in sizes 18-20 and streamers. Probably should go on down to size
22 on the midges but my eye sight isn't what it use to be. Thanks for
taking care of my order. I'm looking forward to putting your flies into
some of our wonderful mountain water. I'll let you know how they perform.
By the way, we use a female Adams (parachute) throughout all seasons with some
success.
Fred Van Horn
GREAT LAKES SPRING STEELHEAD FLIES
I have not really got a top ten but here are some pointers. Most situations are
best dealt with by dead drifted nymphs and egg patterns, but streamers are also
effective. Bright red or chartreuse traditional hairwings work well on Hook Size
6 to 8. Avoid bulky winged patterns which are hard to get down to the bottom and
stay there. I love using the good old Woolly Bugger in black, Olive, or brown on
a size 10 - 6 hook. All the salmon egg patterns work great tied on short shank
wide gape hooks in fluorescent red, orange, yellow and chartreuse.
Andy Wood.
KENTUCKY FLYFISHING
I fish primarily for trout and small mouthed bass in streams in the Cumberland
River tailwater below Wolf Creek Dam. My favorite flies are
Princes (beaded and not) hook size 16-20
Pheasant Tails (beaded and not) flashbacks hook size 16-20
Hares Ear (beaded and not) natural and olive hook size 16-20
Woolly Buggers (beaded and not) hook size 4-10
Scuds and sowbugs hook size 16-18
Wet flies such as Partridge and Green hook size 14-20
Olive and Black Chicago flies (beaded) hook size 6-10
Wulffs and parachutes
William Federhofer, KY
MONCKS CORNER, SC, USA
I fish for bream, bluegills, shellcrackers and many other
members of the sun fish family. Think of them like a warmwater brook or rainbow
trout which I also fish for. I also bass fish and I do some inshore salt water
fishing. My top 10 flies/patterns in no particular order are:
1. Muddler minnow size 10 or 8
2. Adams size 12
3. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs size 12
4. Pheasant Tail Nymphs size 12
5. Royal Wulff size 12
6. Woolly Bugger various sizes but not bigger than size 6
7. Woolly Worms size 10
8. Joes Hopper or other cricket/hopper imitation
9. Black Ant size 10
10. Assorted popper bugs
As far as Bass fly fishing goes i have my best luck with poppers, muddler minnows and woolly buggers.
Peter Kear, Moncks Corner, SC, USA
FLIES FOR TENNESSEE & CAROLINA
We fly fish the mountain streams and tailwaters of east Tennessee and Western
North Carolina. There are more streams here than you could ever imagine. Big
bows, browns, southern Appalachian brookies and small mouth bass. Here is my
list
1. Prince's Nymph
2. Gold Ribbed Hares Nymph
3. Red Butt
4. Tennessee Wolf (Royal Wulff variant)
5. Black & Tan Woolly Bugger
6. Blue Winged Olive
7. Christmas Tree beadhead
8. Elk Hair Caddis
9. Pheasant Tail Nymphs
10. Adams Parachute
FLIES FOR COLUMBIA MISSOURI
Brassies in many different colors, midge nymphs in many sizes
and shapes, globalls in assorted colors, chenille minijigs multiple colors,
thread minijigs multiple colors, cracklebacks multiple colors, stimulators,
wulffs, light cahill, woolies multiple size and shapes. With regards to
this order, your epoxy midge nymphs are killers on our tailwaters and spring
creeks all winter long. The black stimulators work for our winter stonefly
hatch. The viva woolies work very well for bass, crapies, bluegills and other
warm water species. Lynn, Columbia
FLY FISHING INDIANA - MICHIGAN STATE LINES
My home waters are on a small sand and gravel bottomed stream
located near the Indiana-Michigan state lines at approximately 41.7 degrees
north and 85.2 degrees west. It is called the Pigeon River. Rainbow Trout,
Smallmouth Bass and Brown Trout are my pursuits of passion on this stream. My
fishing partner and I also fish the many fine trout streams in Michigan.
The Adams, Elk Hair Cadis, Light Hendrickson, Blue Winged Olives and Brown and White Bi-visible are my dry flies of choice. Olive Wooly Buggers, Black Leeches. The Prince Nymph, Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail or any of the Peacock nymphs work well on the Pigeon River. In late August and early September, I use a 7 foot long, 3 weight full flex rod rigged a 9 foot, 4x tapered leader with a large green bodied hopper and a tung-head Pheasant Tail nymph dropper. This combination is especially effective, prompting explosive strikes from under the cut banks and out of the deep pockets.
Late September starts the Salmon and Steelhead runs. Egg patterns, Egg Sucking Leeches and Black Wooly Buggers are my favorites. The 7 and 8 weight rods are the rods of choice except for the most experienced anglers. I usually use a 5 or 6 weight mid-flex rod.
Lynn B
MIDWESTERN USA FISHING
My top ten flies are:
1. 1/100th ounce Chenille minijig with or without a marabou tail in a variety of
colors like white, black, yellow, green, chartreuse and brown. they catch
everything on a fly rod including trout, bluegill, crappie and bass.
2. Black weighted nymph, hook size 12 and 14. My most consistent trout nymph.
3. Parachute Adam's size 16 through to 22, good mayfly and gray midge imitation.
4. Renegade size 16 through to 20, a good general attractor for Midwestern
trout.
5. Crackleback blue and gold, size 12 - 16, another good general attractor for
Midwestern trout.
6. Tungsten beadhead zebra midge nymph red and black, size 18 - 22, good
tailwater nymph for trout
7. Black Elk Hair Caddis, size 14 - 18, the only consistent caddis Species for
Missouri
8. Royal Wulff size 10 to 12, excellent attractor for cutthroat when I get to
Idaho
9. Chernobyl Hopper size 10 works in Midwest and Montana
10. Red and Black Spider size 14 tailwater midge emerger fly
Lynn L Kleopfer, Columbia, Missouri
FLY FISHING COLORADO
In Colorado I mostly fish the South Platte, at Deckers,
Cheeseman Canyon and 11 Mile Res. Also the Arkansas, the Frying Pan and Colorado
River. I have most successful with Flashback Pheasant Tails 18-20, RS2's 18-22,
San Juan Worms, Bar Emergers 18-22 and Miracle Nymphs 20-22. The Dries I like
are Blue Winged Olives, and mostly Adams and Caddis in 16-18.
Jeff C, Denver
MIDWEST FLY FISHING
Here is my top 10 of this year, pretty much based on production
of "hits" in no particular order
1.Black nosed dace streamer size 6 - Steelhead were hitting this like mad in the
beginning of October. Nothing else worked.
2.No name pattern size 2-10 - White marabou streamer with red marabou throat and
silver tinsel body. Good for all great lakes salmon and it also picked up many
Largemouth Bass
3.Foam bodied hoppers with indicators and rubber legs size 6 - ideal for trout
in Montana and Yellowstone
4.Parachute hopper with red body - ideal for trout in Montana and Yellowstone
5.Egg sucking leach size 6 & 8 - I used a purple bodied, red headed ESL to
nab fish
6.No name wet fly size 12 - Simple olive chenille body, black hackle and wings
made of the same material as a Light Cahill. Nailed many juvenile bass this
year. Probably would work well on panfish.
7. Popsicle a marabou streamer size 6 (only size I could get) - again for
steelhead and salmon.
8. Glo bugs size 2-6 for salmon/size 12 and 10 for steelhead (although both will
take either) - all colors although Chartreuse has gotten the most hits this
year.
9.King Fisher Fly Shops Sculpin imitation - Tied with two triangle pieces of
rabbit skin/fur glued back toi back so that you get a white under belly. Some
sort of duck breast feathers are used as pectoral fins, with a bit of red for
gills and large black bead eyes. Hook is inverted. This fly looks awesome
underwater.
10. Black large sculpin size 2-0 - A variation of the Muddler Minnow huge and
black with a spun deer hair head. Got a lot of looks and one hit from a huge
male Chinook which took my fly and all my leader.
Matt Pedersen, Chicago
VANCOUVER FLY FISHING
1.P2R, a pattern developed by myself and others a few years ago. It is an
attractor but I often use it as a caddis emerger/backswimmer/terrestrial. It has
squirrel/antron dubbing, copper rib, white goose biot wings, dark antron dubbed
thorax, Hungarian partridge soft hackle size 8 - 16 TMC 2457 beaded and
unbeaded, olive, rusty brown, black in that order for rainbows, browns, costal
cutthroats and east slopr cutthroats. this is my primary goto fly when nothing
is on the surface.
2. Comparadun/sparkle dun sizes 14 - 18 variety of colors for trout in general.
Tied on 100, 101 or equiv alent. Definite go to fly for me.
3. Klinkhammer trout emerger, used to imitate mayfly, caddis and on occasion
midge emergers on both lake and streams, variety of colors, mostly woven
patterns but dubbed bodies (touch dubbing for midges) size 12 - 18. Tied on TMC
2487, 2488 or equivalent. Hi vis pattern as well as other versions of the post
using white antron, pearl, krystal flash.
4. Spinner pattern (krystal flash wings, super fine dub, split tails) olive,
rusty brown, yellow sizes 14 - 20 TMC 101 hook for trout on all streams.
5. Rolled Muddler sizes 6 -10 natural with silver, gold, chartreuse, brown,
black fished in both river and costal for cuttroats, coho salmon, rainbows, hok
TMC 9495 for salt and TMC 2302 for fresh. Tied very sparse.
6. Bunny Leach- Heavy weighted 2-6 4x hook stillwater pattern for big rainbows
down deep. Fished with type 5+ sinking lines and stripped very very fast. Big
trout catcher 22-30 inch rainbows. Colours primarily black and olive but I also
tye them in bright colours (chartreuse, yellow) mottled natural colours, maroon
etc... lightly weighted when fishing for big pike sizes 3/0 - 4 and fished just
under the surface.
7. Princes Nymph size 12 TMC 200R (like the look of it) and TMC2302 tied with
different colours of dyed peacock herl however natural is still standard. Use it
as a searching pattern on lakes and rivers
8. Woolly Bugger 3X hook size 10 tyed very sparse, dubbed body of seal olive
brown and black, hackle is stripped on one side and tied with maybe 4 - 5 wraps
at most sparse sparse krystal flash for accent in tail and as rib. ideal for
stillwater rainbows.
9, 10, 11 and on and on are Chronomids - TMC 2457, 2487 (size 18's and smaller)
2302 size 8 - 20, tied in an endless arra of colours using rayon floss, stretch
flex, lagartum minibraid, coloured thread, larva lace, larva glass tubing filled
with mineral water etc... I have over 2000 Chronomid flies (maybe 25 patterns
each in lots of colours and sizes) in my boat box - larva, emerging, pupa,
snowcone, buzzer versions, about 2/3 have beads.
Rick Sullivan, Vancouver Canada
FLIES FOR ALBERTA'S CROWSNEST RIVER REGION
Important hatches on the Crowsnest River include Blue Winged Olives during
April, May and June and also August to October. Golden Stonflies in June and
July. Pale Morning Duns and Green Drakes during July and August. Various Caddis
species from June to October with big caddis from late august to October.
Hoppers, ants and beetles are important during August.
1. Royal Humpy Hook Size 16
2. BWO Hook Size 14-18
3. Pale Morning Dun Hook Size 14-18
4. Green Humpies Hook Size 10 - 14
5. Quill Gordons Hook Size 16
6. Light Cahill Hook Size 16
7. Yellow Stimulator Hook Size 8
8. Hoppers
9. Damsel Flies
10. Foam Ants
Tight Lines Duncan Bain
FLY FISHING ON THE OLDMAN RIVER, ALBERTA, CANADA
In June the stonefly hatch is coming off the water followed by the mayflies in
July and August. September brings caddis up until October. Grasshoppers, beetles
and ants work well in the Summer and early Autumn. I like using Bitch Creeks,
Golden Stone, Kaufmanns's Black Stone and Montanas in the early part of the
season as stonefly imitations. Mountain whitefish and trout are attracted to
these offerings. In the summer I use large attractors when there are no hatches
in progress, my favorites are Yellow humpy, Red humpy, Orange stimulator, and
Royal Trude. Dave's hoppers are best in late July and August during the
Grasshopper hatch. I use beaded princes and Gold Ribbed Hares Ear nymphs on a
2-3 foot dropper tied underneath the stimulator dry fly or the Hopper to
increase the the odds on a bite. This is not only effective rainbows and
Whitefish but I have caught a number of Cutthroat as well.
Most of the mayfly hatches occur in the evening, late in the day when the wind has calmed down. make sure you have the following flies in your fly box to cater for these hatches:Blue winged olive, Mosquito, Royal Wulff, Sofa Pillow, Elk Hair Caddis and Goddards Caddis.
During the day I like to swim streamers downstream. The patterns
that work well up here are sculpins, marabou muddlers, muddler minnows and
zonkers. I find adding a bit of weight to the nose works really well to get them
down the to the river bottom. A small split shot is all you need.
Billy Paul, Alberta, Canada
SPORT FISHING SUNSHINE COAST. BC CANADA
Adrian,
Here are a list of some of my favorites.
Purple Egg Sucking Leech 2-10 Streamer
Woolly Buggers 2-10 Streamer
Mcleod Stickleback 2-6 Streamer
Muddler Minnow 2-10 Streamer
Cased Caddis 6-10 Wet Nymph
Halfback 8-14 Wet Nymph
Deer Hair Dragon 4-8 Wet Nymph
Tom Thumb 6-10 Dry
Royal Coachman 6-12 Dry
Elk Hair Humpy 6-14 Dry
Scott Elliott
Trout Tales Fishing Adventures
NORTHERN ONTARIO STILLWATER LAKE PATTERNS
Because so many of the things that trout eat up here are
green, large and leggy these are the most useful patterns
Olive Woolly Bugger #2-6
Olive Marabou Muddler #2-6
Matuka #2-6
Zonker #2-6
Partridge and Green Soft hackle #10-12
partridge and Tan #10-12
Hammill's Killer #2-6
edson tiger #2-6
For Dry Fly fishing bring the following
Adams
Adams Irresistible
Humpies
Wulffs
BWO's
Elk Hairwing Caddis
Hoppers
I hope this helps
William Montgomery. Ontario, Canada
NEW BRUNSWICK FLY FISHING
The best flies for Atlantic Salmon would be
Green Butt Black Bear Hook Size 8
Undertaker Hook Size 8
Shady Lady Hook Size 8
Green Machine Hook Size 8
Ally's Shrimp Hook Size 8
Yellow Wing Butterfly Hook Size 8
Copper Killer Hook Size 8
Glitter Bug Green Butt Hook Size 8
Brown Bomber
Green/brown/White tail bomber
Byron from Gray Rapids, NB
MATAPEDIA RIVER SALMON FISHING, QUEBEC
The flies I use are Green Machine,
Green Highlander
Blue Charm
Black Bear green butt
The undertaker
Rusty Rat
Silver Rat
Dry Fly Bomber - white, green and brown
Regards Mike Fisher from Quebec
GRAND RIVER FLIES SOUTHERN ONTARIO, CANADA (1hr drive west of
Toronto)
It is a no kill river. These work
Blue Winged Olive Dry hook sizes 16 - 18
Light Cahill hook sizes 10 - 14
Red Spinner hook sizes 12 - 20
Elk Hair Caddis Tan hook sizes 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis Grey hook sizes 12 -16
Griffiths Gnat hook sizes 16-20
Comparaduns hook sizes 12 -18
Pheasant tail nymphs hook sizes 14 - 18
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs hook sizes 10 -16
Princes Nymph hook sizes 14 - 18
Black Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 6 -10
Yellow Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 8 - 14
Green Caddis Pupa hook sizes 12 - 16
Orange Caddis Pupa hook sizes 14 - 18
Tom Matier, Canada
LAKE ONTARIO TRIBUTARY FISHING, CANADA
We fish for steelheads that run up from Lake Ontario into various tributaries.
These are spectacular fish that average 7-12 lbs. These steelhead runs are now
larger than those on the Pacific coast. The medium brown woolly buggers are one
of the top flies to take these fish on. Because of the small size of the river
weswing them on short 5ft polyleaders. The takes are usually arm jolting.
Various classic nymphs like Gold Ribbed Hares Ear and Pheasant tail nymphs are
your standard flies. One of the most effective is the Welsh Diawl Bach (little
Devil) Nymph. One of my fishing mates is Welsh. He discovered one year when the
fishing got to be a little tough that a small standard Diawl Bach was just the
fly needed to get them back on the bite. fished in the slower deeper pools on a
light tippet can induce savage strikes. I guess that is why it is called the
little devil.
Tight Lines, Joe Forte, Ottawa, Canada
NOVA SCOTIA FISHING, CANADA
My top ten? Hmmmm.. Royal Wulff, Mickey Finn, Muddler Minnow, Adams, Queen of
the Waters, BWO, Mosquito, General Practioner, Green Highlander, Cosseboom, Ross
Special, Princes Nymph, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph, Zug bug, Deceivers,
Clousers and any shrimp pattern. We have all three flavors of trout. I
concentrate mainly on the speckled and rainbows. A strong secondary interest is
Atlantic Salmon. We have a number of first clas salmon rivers here on the island
and the are excellent as for the last three years the commercial fishing
restrictions in Iceland really did us wonders.
Best Wishes Keith MacDonald, Cap Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
FALL RIVER, NOVA SCOTIA FISHING, CANADA
Salmon: Jock Scott, Mickey Finn, Cosseboom, Mcintyre, Baron, Fra Diabolo,
Dew drop,
Trout: Royal Wulff, Royal Coachman,
Bass: Green Bomber, Pink Bomber, Clouser's Minnow
PENNSYLVANIA PICK OF FLIES
I live in North eastern Pennsylvania and I am fortunate that there are a number
of nice trout streams in teh area as well as a number of lakes. Fishing is alive
and well in Pennsylvania. There are a number of tyers in this area as well as a
Trout Unlimited Chapter which is active in teaching tying and casting. As for
patterns most of the classics are used in the area. The following are the most
productive for me:
Light Cahill (12-16)
March Brown (14)
Royal Coachman (12 -16)
Black Gnat (14 - 20)
Blue Winged Olive (14 - 20)
Elk Hair winged Caddis (10 - 18)
Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear (12 - 16)
Black Woolly Bugger (8-12)
Krystal Woolly Buggers (8 - 12)
Bob Stiff. PA, USA
FLY FISHING MINNESOTA'S BLUFF COUNTRY
Craig I sent you-in the tug hill section Adirondack Mountainss-section
of New-York state where i live for native brook trout and wild browns and wild
rainbows-i love fly-fishing for them-now that I am re-tired-use to guide for fly
fishing wild upstate streams and have taught fly-fishing-still do teach a
limited amount.
s1-hares ear-#14-#16-#18
2-ph.tail-----#14#16-#18
3-stone fly-#10#12#14-bd.hd.
4-wooly bug.-#8-#10-bd.hd.
5-hares ear-wet-#16-#18
6-royal wulff-dry-#14-#16-#18
7-bl.wing olive-dry-#18-#20-#22
8-cahill-lt.-dk.-#16-#18-#20
9-hoppers-daves-para-#-8-#10
10-elk-hair-cad.-#14-#16-#18
Robert D
FLY FISHING MINNESOTA'S BLUFF COUNTRY
The top ten flies for our local water would be scuds (14-16),
Pheasant tails
(12-20), hare's ear (12-16), BWO (16-20), prince nymphs (10-14), elk hair
caddis (12-18), woolly buggers (6-10), light hendrickson - sulphurs (14-16),
black wet flies - a black drowned terrestrial pattern (12-14).
Thanks,
Dave (On the Fly Guide Service)
A MINNESOTA FISHING GUIDES CHOICE OF FLIES
For trout I mainly fish stocked rainbows and browns in some local streams here
in Northern Minnesota, as well as a few lakes that hold them. Once in awhile
I'll head to the Great Lakes area and fish Kamloops and Browns. My real passion
is chasing blue gills with a flyrod. There's nothing like catching a 9 inch
'gill on a light rod and a popper. Bass, pike and crappie are also included in
my targeted species, but bluegill is my mainstay. For them I fish the local
lakes here in Beltrami County, MN. As far as my top ten flies, here they are
1. Clousers Minnow hook size 8
2. Popper Flies hook size 2 for bass hook size 10 for Bluegils
3. Mosquito Wet Flies hook size 12 - 14
4. Woolly Worm hook size 10
5. Golden Stonefly Nymph hook size 10
6. Hopper Dry Flies hook size 12
7. Assorted Caddis Flies hook size 10 -12
8. Viva Woolly Bugger hook size 10
9. Mayfly Spinner hook size 10 or 12
10. Beaded Gold Ribbed Hares Ear hook size 10 or 12
Take care
Matthew J Breuer
Northcountry Guide Service (218) 444 6479
www.northcountryguides.com
OREGON FLIES
Hello Adrian, Here is a my list of
flies ;
d.Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph--size 12-16
d.Beadhead H. E. Nymph-----------size 12-16
Rubber Leg H. E. Nymph----------size 12-16
Zug Bug----------------------------size 12-14
Prince Nymph-----------------------size 12-14
Pheasant Tail Nymph----------------size 14-16
Kaufmann's Stone Nymph-----------size 6-8
Wooleybuggers (beadhead also)------size 6-12
Leech patterns ( no pattern)-----------size 6-10
Doug S
TAILWATER FISHING IN IDAHO & OREGON
I fish tailwaters in Idaho and Oregon for browns and Rainbows. I use Nymphs and
streamers almost exclusively. I grew up fishing single eggs as a kid in local
streams and creeks so nymphing is a natural progression. I also like the hard
hits on streamers and seem to get bigger fish with them. Top ten flies
Red Copper John
Princes Nymph
Pheasant tail Nymphs
Beaded Pheasant tail Nymphs
Wooly Worms
Woolly Buggers
All Matukas
Humpies
Orange stimulators
and a Doc Strately
Jim Johnson, Meridian Idaho
WESTERN USA FLIES
It was tough to limit my selection to ten. I use these flies with success on
rivers in North Georgia, Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina like the
Hiawassee, Chattooga, Tellico and Davidson. They all seem to work very well
1. Light Cahill - Easily my most favorite and productive fly. I usually use in
size 14 - 16
2. Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph - My favorite nymph size 18. I like to fish
convergences, pools and small rapids with this fly.
3. Muddler Minnows size 14 - a Solid producer when fishing below the surface
4. Tellico - size 14 or 16 - Named after a river in Eastern Tennessee/Western
North Carolina and I can see why. It really works on that river.
5. Adam's Irresistible size 18 - just like the look of this fly. It produces as
well.
6. Brown Cricket size 12 - I like to use these when I am fishing in heavily
covered areas. I caught a 20" wild Rainbow on the Chattooga River last
Sunday with a cricket.
7. Black ant size 16 - Simply kills them in the summer
8. Mickey Finn size 8. I basically use it like a spinning lure. It works when I
do not want to use rooster tails
9. Royal Wulff size 12 - I always seem to catch fish
10. Cinnamon Sedge Dry size 16 - a beautiful fly
Frank Booth, Gainesville GA
FLY FISHING IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, GEORGIA, USA (Tocoa River,
Noontootla, Tammen Park
Creek, Curtis Switch Bridge Creek, Fightingtown Creek).
Here are an assortment of flies that work on the different waters in North
Georgia:.Royal Coachman, Adams parachute, Elk Hair Caddis, Light
Hendrickson, Cinnamon Ant, Foam Beetle for dry flies.
Streamers- Muddler Minnow, Clousers Minnow, Olive Woolly Booger (this one landed
a beautiful 24" rainbow on the Fighingtown Creek this past weekend)
Nymphs- Prince Nymph (this one landed a nice 7" brook at the Curtis Switch
Bridge Creek this past weekend), Kaufman's Stone Fly, Bitch Creek Bug
Tight Lines!
Fly Guy Pat Lozito
NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS
I am located 1 hour north of Atlanta. I mostly fly fish for trout in the North
Georgia mountains and fish the tailwater fishery of the Chattahoochee River.
We've got a large number of streams that are stocked regularly through the trout
season but also have a large number of year round streams that are year round,
catch and release and have some trophy size fish in them. For our area I mostly
use these flies in size 12 in early season and size 20 later. October is prime
time for Hopper and Beetle patterns
Bead Headed Princes Nymph
Y2K Bug
BWO
Adams Parachute
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph
March Brown
Elk Hair Caddis (tan & Black)
Black and Cinnamon Ants
Griffiths Gnat
Hopper
Beetle
SOUTH EASTERN SCOTTISH FISHING
My favorite (sorry most productive) flies are:
1. Red or Green Cheek Holo Diawl Back size 10 - 12
2. Flexifloss Bloodworm in size 12
3. Orange Fritz (Krystal) short Shank Lure with plastic bead head size 10 fished
on an intermediate line.
4. Black Epoxy Buzzer ion size 12
5. A strange looking marabou damsel with sticky out eyes in size 8
Usually fished in moderately deep Lothian Lochs and Tarns with water from to
clear to fairly clear.
Jim Freer
FLY FISHING ON THE SOUTH COAST AREA OF NORWAY
You asked for the top ten of my flies. Its difficult to say,
because it changes from year to year and from river to river. But her are the
flies who were most common used last season in my favorite river called Otra,
(south coast of Norway)
Salmon daytime:
General Practioner (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1"
tube. depends of waterflow)
Thunder & Lightning (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or
1" tube. depends of waterflow)
Gary (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1" tube. depends
of waterflow)
Green Highlander (double hook 4-8, and 1/2" or 1"
tube. depends of waterflow)
Muddler Minnow (silver or gold body, with long flash marabou)
(single hook size 2 and double
hook size 4-10. dip. on waterflow.)
March Brown (single hook 2 and double hook 4-12)
Salmon and sea trout at night:
Black Muddler (silver or all black body) (single hook 2, and double
hook 4-6)
Several different dark and longhaired tubeflies, like Pearl
Shadow, Silver and Black, Sunray Shadow. In tube, size 1/2"
-11/2" There are also other custom made flies, but it seems like the ones
colored orange/red or green or brown depending on the watercolor are best at
daytime. And gray/black/silver are best at night.
Your Sincerly
Bjarte Austvik
Norway
NORWAY TROUT FISHING
In Norway we use:
March Brown - ordinary, silver and gold.
Butcher
Zulu Silver
Alder
Heckham Peckham - green - yellow - red
Mallard and Claret
I have been an instructor for the fly tying for about 20 years.
Magnar Bjorgen, Norway
FLY FISHING IN WEST NORWAY
My favorite BROWN TROUT flies, it is a few more, but I don't
know the English words for them.
Caddis sedge flies Hook 10-16 (especially tan elk hair caddis)
Midges hook 12-18
Parachute dry flies (olive is my favorite) hook 12-18
Klinkhammer nymph Hook 12-18
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph Hook 12-16
Pheasent Tail nymph hook 12-16
Ant Dry Fly hook 14-16
SEA TROUT FLIES FOR NORWAY
Different flies with silver and black in is my absolute favorite for sea trout
Salmon and steelhead double hooked flies
Silver doctor
Stoats tail double hook hook size 8-10
Tube Flies hooks from 6-10
Eirik Eide
West Norway
ICELANDIC SALMON
Red Francis
Black Sheep
Black Francis
Ugly
Snaelda
Sunray Shadow
Stoats Tail
Yellow Shrimp
Blue Charm
Riffle Hitch Tube (Langa Fancy) or Bomber
Adrian Latimer, Montrouge, France
SALMON FLIES FOR ICELAND
Snaelda Fly
Red and Black Francis
Blue Charm
Black Sheep
Munroe Killer
Collie Dog
Hitch tubes
Micro tubes
I hope this helps Harpa Poroardottir, Iceland
FLY FISHING MIDDLE FINLAND
Winter fishing is very limited because of the very cold weather
but when we do go we use streamers like Muddler Minnows and Zonkers. In Spring I
use stonefly Larva and adult imitations as well as Muddler Minnows and Zonkers.
In Summer I use Sedge imitations, pupa and larva, Nalle Puh (for dry) and small
fry streamers. In the Fall I use Hydropsyche Larva, red tag or equivalent,
leeches, Muddler Minnows and Zonkers.
Juna Pakkanen, Finland
SOUTHERN
FINLAND FLY FISHING
The flies I use depends a lot when and what I'm fishing for . I live in Southern
Finland and I have a big variety of different type of water here. I mostly fish
in the sea (the Finnish Gulf I believe you call it) where the target is sea
trout. There I use streamers that imitate Baltic herring hook size 2-4.
Sometimes I go for shrimp imitations of so called fantasy flies. Jock Scott
types of tube flies. Then we have some large lakes which are quite shallow,
there we fish for grayling and salmon. Small dry flies of all sorts, ants and
other terrestrials in sizes 8-12. We have a couple of good salmon rivers here in
southern Finland, for example the Kymi river where salmon and seatrout still
spawn from the sea. There I fish with reddish or dark tube flies and large
double or trebles.
Osar Nyholm
LAPPLAND FISHING
I fish in Finland's Lappland Nuorttiriver. I use hook size 10 flies such as
Butcher, Brown Palmer, March Brown, Zulu Brown Spiders, Royal
Coachman.
Jarmo Saariniva, Helsinki, Finland