04-23-2007, 10:36 PM
[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3][cool] [b] This generic term is used to describe a number of flies that don't mimic an aquatic insect or marine organism. A good example is the Royal Coachman, which is a clever creation but doesn't imitate any known insect. Attractor flies create curiosity and are often used to draw fish near other flies fished on a dropper. Fly Fishing lakes /reservoirs in SoCal can be rather challenging at least for me as I don’t recall ever seeing a lot of insects floating around. Now if your friendly piece of water has areas where trees over hang or tall shrubs on the banks that’s where you might find terrestrials milling about. Might want to include some black ants, spiders flies etc in your box. I haven’t had much success using dry flies at Irvine Lake which is a reservoir. Some nymphs and streamers would also be worth while to have in your box. Might want to give a phone call to the lake or ask a local fly shop as to what they recommend. I don’t recall if you are a tuber macfly55 for that permit one to cover areas not reachable from shore. Like the over hanging trees. [/b][/size][/green][/font]
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