06-02-2010, 06:52 PM
First of all welcome to the endless world of flyfishing. I too am from Rexburg. Maybe we can get together sometime.
I would suggest practicing reading water on small streams. Birch creek is a perfect place to practice reading water and then when you are confident you know where the trout are hiding in different situations you can apply lessons learned to the larger rivers.
As for flies you can get as complicated as you want. A general selection should include parachute adams, royal wolff, renegades, elk hair caddis, chernobyle ants, grasshoppers.
For nymphs I would go with hares ears, pheasant tails, princes, copper johns, and rubber legs.
For still water I would go with copper crystal buggers, green crystal buggers, mity mouse, california leeches, some chrominids, and some damsel patterns.
These are very generic patterns but they will work on most occasions.
Windriver
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I would suggest practicing reading water on small streams. Birch creek is a perfect place to practice reading water and then when you are confident you know where the trout are hiding in different situations you can apply lessons learned to the larger rivers.
As for flies you can get as complicated as you want. A general selection should include parachute adams, royal wolff, renegades, elk hair caddis, chernobyle ants, grasshoppers.
For nymphs I would go with hares ears, pheasant tails, princes, copper johns, and rubber legs.
For still water I would go with copper crystal buggers, green crystal buggers, mity mouse, california leeches, some chrominids, and some damsel patterns.
These are very generic patterns but they will work on most occasions.
Windriver
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