5 top flies for the Eleven Point

[Phil Lilley]

It was asked on a couple of other forums and wanted to ask it here...

Thanks in advance.

[Brian Sloss]

Top five flies in my opinion are:

Stoneflies (black, brown, and Golden)- I'll include the MOAT in this catagory. They need to be heavy to get down to the bottom. I always throw a dropper off the Stones when I use them.

Crawdads- My favorite is Don's Crawdad, but some prefer the crayfish nymph. Both work. the smallest sized crawdad patterns will often be fished as a dropper off the Stonefly.

Streamers-Anything that imitates baitfish. I'll include leeches in this, mohair being a popular choice but, but bunny and ostriech work well too.

In-cased caddis-Black tung. bead, green flor. thread, sparkele olive and tan hare's ear dubbing.

copper johns, hares ear, pheasant tials, prince nymphs, san jaun worms, eggs (these do very well, but many won't fish them). If it looks meaty and you can get it deep, it will probably catch fish here. I couldn't give just 5. Sorry. On the Eleven Point most of the time it is about getting the fly deep in the right area with a good drift. Don't ignore the swing and let it hang in the current a couple of seconds before picking it up.

[ColdWaterFshr]

I would say its hard to go wrong with a size 8 olive or black mohair leach, wrapped with a healthy amount of lead. Let that be Brians #5.

[Brian Sloss]

Coldwaterfhr, what is the rest of your list. Come on anyone else have an opinion?

[Gavin]

Mine....

1)Mohairs & Buggers

2)Rubber Leg Stones

3)Rubber Leg Prince

4)Rubber Leg Hairs Ear

5)Egg Patterns

I usually fish a 7wt with a heavy two fly nypmh rig. Big Ball indicator, a long straight leader of 8-12lb floro, lots of split shot, and 3-4x tippet. Cheers.

[ColdWaterFshr]

1. Mohairs

2. Buggers in various configurations

3. copper johns

4. prince nymphs

5. stoneflies

I rarely make it much past 1 or 2 on the list, but there you have it.

[FishHawk]

I would add a wool-head sculpin. Absorbes more water than a deer hair sculpin so it will get down faster