09-27-2011, 06:39 PM
Nice Ive been fishing streamers pretty hard this season mostly on the river, still water has its own tactics but for now Ill advise on river tactics.
I like to mix it up and have the ability to present dries as well as huck some streamers. So I use the same hardware as for dries or nymphs a 8' 6" 5wt I like a 8-6 over a 9 just because I feel I can get better accuracy with a 8-6 but that's just my personal preference. If you own a 9 that will do.
Some will tell you to switch to a 6wt even a 7 which is fine but Ive been using a 5wt for many years and its doing fine however never hurts to have a 7wt in the arsenal for warm water.
I use FG's 5-6 furled leader and tie on 3x or 4x tippet so I have around a 8"6 foot leader but Ive also used just straight Flouro ( P-Line 6lbs ) pinch on 2 size bb split-shots. Depending on the water I'm constantly sliding the split shots up and down but mostly have them about 6 inches from the fly.
The 3 tactics I use is, swinging them trough a hole, stripping them along the bank, and dead drifting them down a run. I use a use a water haul to cast up stream.
Lots of articles online on how this is done.
For a while there I was fishing sculpin imitations; sex dungeon, zoo cougar, & zoo cougar variants but there expensive and some are just to large. I found a book called No hatch to match and started tying some bugger variants some with hares ear some with peacock herl bodies in smaller 14 to 16 sizes. (Great book by the way if you get a chance grab a copy. ) Its funny how a small 6 inch fish will tak a size 14 streamer [laugh]
Dont forget the muddler minnow, double bunnies, mohair leach, Oh there always the standard woolly bugger all in natural, black, white, purple & rust colors.
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I like to mix it up and have the ability to present dries as well as huck some streamers. So I use the same hardware as for dries or nymphs a 8' 6" 5wt I like a 8-6 over a 9 just because I feel I can get better accuracy with a 8-6 but that's just my personal preference. If you own a 9 that will do.
Some will tell you to switch to a 6wt even a 7 which is fine but Ive been using a 5wt for many years and its doing fine however never hurts to have a 7wt in the arsenal for warm water.
I use FG's 5-6 furled leader and tie on 3x or 4x tippet so I have around a 8"6 foot leader but Ive also used just straight Flouro ( P-Line 6lbs ) pinch on 2 size bb split-shots. Depending on the water I'm constantly sliding the split shots up and down but mostly have them about 6 inches from the fly.
The 3 tactics I use is, swinging them trough a hole, stripping them along the bank, and dead drifting them down a run. I use a use a water haul to cast up stream.
Lots of articles online on how this is done.
For a while there I was fishing sculpin imitations; sex dungeon, zoo cougar, & zoo cougar variants but there expensive and some are just to large. I found a book called No hatch to match and started tying some bugger variants some with hares ear some with peacock herl bodies in smaller 14 to 16 sizes. (Great book by the way if you get a chance grab a copy. ) Its funny how a small 6 inch fish will tak a size 14 streamer [laugh]
Dont forget the muddler minnow, double bunnies, mohair leach, Oh there always the standard woolly bugger all in natural, black, white, purple & rust colors.
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