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There are four types of trout fishing flies; these are dry flies, wet flies, nymphs and streamers. Dry flies are flies that imitate the final stage of an insect¡¯s life and float on top of the water. Wet flies are underwater flies that imitate minnows, caterpillars, and grubs. Wet flies also include weighted dry flies. Nymphs, usually weighted, are imitations of the underwater stage of an aquatic fly. Streamers are flies tied with long wings of feathers. The original streamers were supposed to look like minnows going through the water.
Becoming familiar with the four types of flies is important for positive trout fishing results; but a trout angler must also know the water conditions and be familiar with the types of insects that are available in the area where the angler is wanting to fish. The angler must pay close attention to the hatch that is occurring and match the fly that best imitates it. These hatches occur mainly in spring, summer and fall.
The spring hatch, from about March 15 to the end of May, begins with the Skwalla Stonefly. #10 Olive Stone with a low profile pattern such as an olive bullethead will work well. The Little Brown and Black Stonefly hatch follows the Skwalla Stonefly hatch closely. During this hatch, it is best to fish with brown or black bodied bulletheads. Blue winged olive hatches are next and the best flies to use during this hatch are olive bodied mayfly parachutes, cripples and thorax with olive dubbing. Grey Drakes are hatching at this time also. Flies to use have a yellowish to brown body and huge wings, such as deerhair post parachutes. Salmonfly, an orange stonefly also starts hatching the second and third week of May.
June, July and August have the Salmonfly hatch continuing along with Golden Stonefly, Pale Morning Dun, Green Drake, Caddia, Hoppers, Tricos, Blue winged olives and Mahogany Dun. During the Golden Stonefly Hatch, use a #8-#10 golden bodied stonefly such as yellow stimi¡¯s and madom x¡¯s. Yellowish bodied mayflies work well also especially during the early evening, because of the Pale Morning Dun. Green Drake is also hatching, so #10 mayfly with a fat, dark green body and dark, gray wings such as Lawson¡¯s paradrake, big cripples and fat bodied chutes could have positive results. Another fly to try during this season is tan and olive caddis #12-#16 with elk hairs, goddards and La Fontaine¡¯s caddis pupa emerger. Grasshoppers begin to emerge during late summer and #6-#10 parachute hoppers will work best. Trico¡¯s hatch the last week of August, so during this time anglers may have positive results using #20 - #22 thread bodied parachutes.
October and November are the months when Mahogany Dun continues to hatch along with Midges. Mahogany Dun imitations are #14-#16 purplish to brown bodied mayflies are also used during this time as are rust bodied parachutes, wulffs and cripples.
Popular flies available are in all four types of flies: dry flies, wet flies, nymphs and streamers. Popular dry flies are Wulff, Green Drake, Royal Coachman, Mosquito, Adams, March Brown, Stimulator fly-fishing lies and mouserats. Popular wet flies are March Brown, Hendrickson, Olive Biot Body, Soft Hackle as well as weighted dry flies. Popular nymphs include Alder March Brown, Black Drake, Golden Ribbed Hares Ear, Dark Mossback, Caddis Flies, Quill Gordon, Black Stonefly, Pheasant Tail, Squirrel Nymph, Damsel Nymph, Hewitt nymphs and fat-bodied gray and black nymphs. Streamers come in either attractors or imitators and include Black Nose Dace, Spruce Fly, Muddler Minnow, Gray Ghost, Black Marabou and White Marabou. |
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