What's Catching You Fish?
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Once again, this simple streamer accounted for 7 of 9 hooked and 3 of 4 landed at a popular fly only lake today. Not sure what accounted for the questionable landing ratio (although I did have to outmaneuver the eagle a couple times)
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Are you stripping this? What size hook is that?
That one is size 6, but they work in a range of sizes.
I mostly troll slowly backwards while stripping and feeding to pause it. It kicks really wonky to the side on the pause, and the takes are almost always then.
If I get a tap while trolling, a strip, strip, pause is usually followed by a hammering strike.
It's a fun one to fish!
For this year, yes you do have me beat, but the season is still way early. I got my eyes on a tiny sculpin spot that I know I’m going to crush in!
Staying with some friends at their parents’ cabin on HC, after a cup of coffee, I stepped down to make some casts at dawn. First cast with squiddy, a cutt. Uh oh, that can be harsh. But, I got another small cutt and a rezzie in less than an hour’s time. Not too shabby.
This fly is intriguing. I'm wondering about an olive version for bass
Is there a material list out there?
Nice looking fish, but they look a bit thin.
I’m wondering if some of those you caught are back in the salt post-spawn.
I’m wondering if some of those you caught are back in the salt post-spawn.
Will do when I get home.This fly is intriguing. I'm wondering about an olive version for bass
Is there a material list out there?
Maybe. That angle, in the water, doesn’t make fish look fat. It’s a little deceiving.
This fly is intriguing. I'm wondering about an olive version for bass
Is there a material list out there?
^this stuff plus Krystal flash and a brass cone
THANK YOU!
Nice ties! What’s the green dubbing in the first photo? Thanks.
It's Fly Tyers Dungeon Sea dragon dubbing. It has a lot of micro rubber strands in it.
March Brown
The specimen is not noteworthy but it was my first lake caught fish on a chironomid so that was!
I doubt that I’ll fish this way a ton unless other methods are not producing. Not because I have an issue indicator fishing. I also know it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to be very successful fishing this way. I just love the tug of a streamer bight and the visual aspect of a dry fly eat. I also get super antsy watching an indicator for more than 10 seconds before feeling the need to recast. I might not have the patience to do it often either!
I doubt that I’ll fish this way a ton unless other methods are not producing. Not because I have an issue indicator fishing. I also know it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to be very successful fishing this way. I just love the tug of a streamer bight and the visual aspect of a dry fly eat. I also get super antsy watching an indicator for more than 10 seconds before feeling the need to recast. I might not have the patience to do it often either!
I love bobber fishing but I too can get this antsy feeling: I believe it is called impatience, but man, when the bobber is working, it is a blast. Yesterday I scouted water and started fishing a vampire jig under a bobber. Third cast, fish on. A hundred more casts and nary a twitch. Pulled off the bobber and started casting/stripping. I hear you about the streamer bite!
Streamer bites are a lot like bobber bites. Some are savage, some not so, some subtle, some soft. It's fishing!