Resorting to plan S

[Tom Butler]

After the weather yesterday it was really slow this morning. Could locate a few fish and there was some bird activity but really just dead, no bugs or sign.

Fished all the normal stuff the normal ways and just too slow. I always keep a few small fly rod size spoons tucked away this time of year, just for such occasions. Later I'll add a couple flatfish to the mix. 10' S3 sink tip.

Trolling was OK but casting, counting, and stripping was great. Turned a poor morning into a really good one.

 

[jerry]

Why are you using hardware with a fly rod and reel?

 

[Matt B]

Why are you using hardware with a fly rod and reel?

Do you know what it’s called when you fish a Dick Nite on a fly rod?

 

[jerry]

No, what is it called?

 

[mcswny]

Do you know what it’s called when you fish a Dick Nite on a fly rod?

Fishing?

 

[Matt B]

 

[jerry]

I was expecting a good sense of humor and I got it.

 

[Tom Butler]

Why are you using hardware with a fly rod and reel?

I couldn't find a "go to" fly that would get hit regularly, and I just don't have the patience for slow fishing. Knowing it had been stocked, and how well dick nite's do on fresh fish, I wanted to know if anything was going to work. Then it was so good I just stuck with it.
Thanks for not teasing too bad guys.

 

[Matt B]

I couldn't find a "go to" fly that would get hit regularly, and I just don't have the patience for slow fishing. Knowing it had been stocked, and how well dick nite's do on fresh fish, I wanted to know if anything was going to work. Then it was so good I just stuck with it.
Thanks for not teasing too bad guys.

Freshly stocked fish--did you try stripping or trolling really fast?

 

[Tom Butler]

Freshly stocked fish--did you try stripping or trolling really fast?

Yes, I had run a willy, thin mint and black bugger with hardly a touch. Put the spoon on and into fish.
Maybe I need to get into some baitfish patterns I guess. Probably help with the warmwater fish too.

 

[Matt B]

Yes, I had run a willy, thin mint and black bugger with hardly a touch. Put the spoon on and into fish.
Maybe I need to get into some baitfish patterns I guess. Probably help with the warmwater fish too.

I would've done the same thing.

 

[tkww]

Yes, I had run a willy, thin mint and black bugger with hardly a touch. Put the spoon on and into fish.
Maybe I need to get into some baitfish patterns I guess. Probably help with the warmwater fish too.

How was the water clarity?

 

[Tom Butler]

How was the water clarity?

It's really clear this year.

 

[Ernie]

I couldn't find a "go to" fly that would get hit regularly, and I just don't have the patience for slow fishing. Knowing it had been stocked, and how well dick nite's do on fresh fish, I wanted to know if anything was going to work. Then it was so good I just stuck with it.
Thanks for not teasing too bad guys.

Several years ago I was in the same situation and I didn’t want to get skunked. So, I put on a small silver and brass colored Dicknite. I began to row really fast in my pontoon boat.
I caught a trout and my friend (who also had no luck) asked me what fly I used. I told him a metal fly. Haven’t done it again, but just in case I still have it.

 

[Bruce Baker]

Maybe you need to add a spoon fly to your aresenal

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[troutpocket]

25 years ago I used to carry a molded trolling “fly” that was like a smaller flatfish-type lure. I can’t remember what they were called…maybe a wiggle fly? I bought them from a vendor at the old Sportman’s Show at the Kingdome. They had the diving bill and the body was plastic molded around a single long-shank hook. There was a feather incorporated into the body and it didn’t weigh much. The guy selling them showed me how to rig them for trolling with spinning gear.

My very first solo outing to Dry Falls, circa 1999, I was getting skunked as evening was happening. I had been casting a woolly bugger on a floating line. I put on my wiggle fly as fish started rising all around my tube. I ended landing 1-2 nice rainbows and breaking off the wiggle fly. Yup, I would still do that if I was in the same situation!

 

[Kilchis]

25 years ago I used to carry a molded trolling “fly” that was like a smaller flatfish-type lure. I can’t remember what they were called…maybe a wiggle fly? I bought them from a vendor at the old Sportman’s Show at the Kingdome. They had the diving bill and the body was plastic molded around a single long-shank hook. There was a feather incorporated into the body and it didn’t weigh much. The guy selling them showed me how to rig them for trolling with spinning gear.

My very first solo outing to Dry Falls, circa 1999, I was getting skunked as evening was happening. I had been casting a woolly bugger on a floating line. I put on my wiggle fly as fish started rising all around my tube. I ended landing 1-2 nice rainbows and breaking off the wiggle fly. Yup, I would still do that if I was in the same situation!

What you're describing sounds like a Bingo Bug. They are still around.

 

[troutpocket]

What you're describing sounds like a Bingo Bug. They are still around.

Yes indeed, the Bingo Bug! Those and small leadhead panfish jigs were the lures I fished a lot on light spin gear before I transitioned to fly fishing.

 

[Bruce Baker]

25 years ago I used to carry a molded trolling “fly” that was like a smaller flatfish-type lure. I can’t remember what they were called…maybe a wiggle fly? I bought them from a vendor at the old Sportman’s Show at the Kingdome. They had the diving bill and the body was plastic molded around a single long-shank hook. There was a feather incorporated into the body and it didn’t weigh much. The guy selling them showed me how to rig them for trolling with spinning gear.

My very first solo outing to Dry Falls, circa 1999, I was getting skunked as evening was happening. I had been casting a woolly bugger on a floating line. I put on my wiggle fly as fish started rising all around my tube. I ended landing 1-2 nice rainbows and breaking off the wiggle fly. Yup, I would still do that if I was in the same situation!

I remember those. I think I first heard about them in a Sports Afield article in the late 70s. I think the company went out of business and then somebody in Idaho bought the patent or something and started making them. I have a small box of the them in different sizes (maybe a 6-12 in total).

 

[Bruce Baker]

I just remembered the name of the lure. It was the Frisky Fly.