04-18-2009, 02:54 PM
Not necessarily in order, but you won't find me on the water this time of year without each of these!
Black seal bugger
Olive seal bugger
Dark Claret seal bugger
Stillwater nymph (olive with burnt orange tail)
Stillwater bug (all colors, but fiery brown is a great crawdad pattern IMO)
Shiner Minnow
Callabaetis nymph
Chub Minnow
Golden Olive Spectrumized damsel
Various Chironomid patterns
As you can probably tell, I strongly favor the Rickards type flies for stillwaters. What can I say? They work! But the damsel and chironomids can't be left at home this time of year!
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Black seal bugger
Olive seal bugger
Dark Claret seal bugger
Stillwater nymph (olive with burnt orange tail)
Stillwater bug (all colors, but fiery brown is a great crawdad pattern IMO)
Shiner Minnow
Callabaetis nymph
Chub Minnow
Golden Olive Spectrumized damsel
Various Chironomid patterns
As you can probably tell, I strongly favor the Rickards type flies for stillwaters. What can I say? They work! But the damsel and chironomids can't be left at home this time of year!
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