Small streaming or laking?
What's Catching You Fish?
- Thread starter Buzzy
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A bit of both, actually. Harriet and Oak Grove. This guy was on the stream.
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I’ve been wanting to get to the latter. Let’s get out there soon.
Absolutely.
I’m just back from the borderlands, where I got consistently lucky with the wrong flies, and broke off all the big fish, one way or another. The flies I lost were:
Bwo sofhackle during a midge hatch
Green softhackle during brown drakes (!)
Buzzball during caddis-y time
Cranefly** during roasty afternoon time. (!!)
(** I didn’t tie the cranefly, and owe Mr Butler thanks for the idea of buying a couple. Holysmokes, hotter’n July. I’m plotting an Outlaw copycat pattern named “Willie’s Gravy Crane” and/or “Willie’s Navel Crane.”)
The drake I crackered off in the middle of Famous Water. I have never farted in church, given limited opportunity, but the Good Lord can’t mind too much…
Bwo sofhackle during a midge hatch
Green softhackle during brown drakes (!)
Buzzball during caddis-y time
Cranefly** during roasty afternoon time. (!!)
(** I didn’t tie the cranefly, and owe Mr Butler thanks for the idea of buying a couple. Holysmokes, hotter’n July. I’m plotting an Outlaw copycat pattern named “Willie’s Gravy Crane” and/or “Willie’s Navel Crane.”)
The drake I crackered off in the middle of Famous Water. I have never farted in church, given limited opportunity, but the Good Lord can’t mind too much…
A bunch of small wild bows (maybe steelhead smolt?) wouldn’t leave this tan comparadun alone.
A Pat's Rubberlegs
And the olive hare'e ear caddis was the best tail fly of yesterdays ties.
And the olive hare'e ear caddis was the best tail fly of yesterdays ties.
VMP
Steelhead
Not a tube fly, tied on a long straight shank hook, 2/0 looks like a saltwater Mustad S74SNP-DT Streamer O'Shaughnessy Hook (@VAGABOND could confirm as he tied that fly and graciously sent it to me along many others when I bought one of his fly rods some years ago, thanks again!).
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The fish didn't care too much for the yellow humpy again but they would race each other, 2-3 at a time, to eat this yellow stimulator. Just the darnedest thing.
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The Knuckle Dragging Jig in Golden Stone I posted was super.
Zak
Legend
Is yours missing hook point, too?I have an ant pattern designed similar to yours…I had the same success rate too.
Like @Bongoman 's tag, "check your fly". Frustrating, but I've done it too.
I've noticed the deer hair heads pick up green slime this time of year, and they fish better when clean. Plus low water has me sharpening up the hook points often. Just takes a moment to make sure all is good.
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