05-26-2008, 05:04 PM
You're right about currents. However, I have used the Toad to catch tarpon in both freshwater lakes, as well as in brackish water deep into the Everglades where current is not noticeable. I also "accidentally" caught a few largemouth on it while fishing for tarpon and snook in the same waters. Even in the Keys, there are many "tarpon basins" where fish hold, and the water rises and falls so slowly that no current is visible or noticable.
Also, the Toad has also worked for me in a couple of certain lakes in southern Wyoming with giant brook trout. That's where I was first shown the fly! I tossed one out in Sheep Creek Lake last summer too, and caught my largest fish on that when it was too windy for the adult damsel. It also works on a couple of near-currentless sections of the Green, both in Utah and Wyoming, when there's no hatch. (if you've ever rowed the still stretch of water above Red Creek Rapid in low flows, you know what I mean[
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It doesn't catch any more fish than a wooly bugger, and isn't near as much fun (for me) as a fly that floats with wings, but it does bring some nice strikes from large fish, both fresh and salt.
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Also, the Toad has also worked for me in a couple of certain lakes in southern Wyoming with giant brook trout. That's where I was first shown the fly! I tossed one out in Sheep Creek Lake last summer too, and caught my largest fish on that when it was too windy for the adult damsel. It also works on a couple of near-currentless sections of the Green, both in Utah and Wyoming, when there's no hatch. (if you've ever rowed the still stretch of water above Red Creek Rapid in low flows, you know what I mean[
]).It doesn't catch any more fish than a wooly bugger, and isn't near as much fun (for me) as a fly that floats with wings, but it does bring some nice strikes from large fish, both fresh and salt.
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