02-08-2007, 02:14 PM
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So I'm asking you fly fishermen and women. What do you use next? And what's your reasoning for using that one?
And for Pete's sake, tell me where you are fishing. What state and what water?
Other wise your answer just wont make sense. [/reply]
There are only a few things I have learned about what flies to use.
On the first few to several miles below a bottom release reservoir such as on the San Juan small flies - 18 to 26 tend to work better. But don't be afraid to try a huge size 12 humpy or Royal Wulff. Especially in the riffles. It is against the grain of what the pundents say but it has a fair chance of working during the summer. After that few to severals a little larger flies tend to work better.
On small streams that don't see that much pressure size 14 dries (Humpies, royal wulffs, adams is about all you need) with size 4x tippet is the ticket. Size 4x tippet does not wrap around the willows as easily. Abrasion on the 4x tippet is not as detrimental.
I don't change my flies any where as often as I should but it just seems to take a long time to decide on the flies, change out the tippet, tie all the knots, add and remove weights.
A good thing to do is to read some decent fishing reports and start out with some of the flies that it recommends then when you find out that they don't work because the information has to be a month old is try things in similar sizes and smaller.
The "next to the best" thing is absorb all this stuff you run across on these forums.
But the best thing to do is open your clamshell wallet and hire your local Fly Goddess clone to show the ropes for the local water.
That is the extent of what I have learned.
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So I'm asking you fly fishermen and women. What do you use next? And what's your reasoning for using that one?
And for Pete's sake, tell me where you are fishing. What state and what water?
Other wise your answer just wont make sense. [/reply]
There are only a few things I have learned about what flies to use.
On the first few to several miles below a bottom release reservoir such as on the San Juan small flies - 18 to 26 tend to work better. But don't be afraid to try a huge size 12 humpy or Royal Wulff. Especially in the riffles. It is against the grain of what the pundents say but it has a fair chance of working during the summer. After that few to severals a little larger flies tend to work better.
On small streams that don't see that much pressure size 14 dries (Humpies, royal wulffs, adams is about all you need) with size 4x tippet is the ticket. Size 4x tippet does not wrap around the willows as easily. Abrasion on the 4x tippet is not as detrimental.
I don't change my flies any where as often as I should but it just seems to take a long time to decide on the flies, change out the tippet, tie all the knots, add and remove weights.
A good thing to do is to read some decent fishing reports and start out with some of the flies that it recommends then when you find out that they don't work because the information has to be a month old is try things in similar sizes and smaller.
The "next to the best" thing is absorb all this stuff you run across on these forums.
But the best thing to do is open your clamshell wallet and hire your local Fly Goddess clone to show the ropes for the local water.
That is the extent of what I have learned.
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