Windy conditions

[ryan]

Fished trophy area today and caught lot's of good fish with 3 over 17 inches. Caught em on a ginger (some people call them G-bugs) they look like little wooly buggers to me. The fish were really aggressive making it lots of fun. Question what is the proper way to fish soft hackles I don't really know much about them and have never fished them any info would be greatly appreciated.

[Phil Lilley]

Strip them in choppy conditions (windy) best. I work them down current letting them swing below me. I strip them slow, fast, both, neither. I mean I get bit when using almost any kind of retreive- you just have to figure out what mood the fish are in- aggressive or passive. The take will be hard or soft- you will see most of the takes but not all. It's a fun fly to work.

What size and color were you using (g-bug). You're right- it's a very small wooly tied with ostrich most of the time. Bret Rader coined the name.

[ryan]

Strip them in choppy conditions (windy) best. I work them down current letting them swing below me. I strip them slow, fast, both, neither. I mean I get bit when using almost any kind of retreive- you just have to figure out what mood the fish are in- aggressive or passive. The take will be hard or soft- you will see most of the takes but not all. It's a fun fly to work.

What size and color were you using (g-bug). You're right- it's a very small wooly tied with ostrich most of the time. Bret Rader coined the name.

it was tan or light ginger in color with a little strip of white, thanks for your advice I really appreciate this forum, I was fishing the Shepard boat ramp hole, I like the deeper water and moss seems to hold some better fish and not as pressured thanks