Getting Ready

[flyrodman]

I am getting ready to go on January 2nd. What flies are working and what techniques are the working the best. Thanks!

[FishinCricket]

It's changes from year to year... We won't know til after the first.

Leeches work good... Glow balls and Maribou jigs... I hear olive is dandy..

[fishinwrench]

Typical Winter park arsenal:

#18 thread midges

#16 scuds

egg patterns

#10 Wooly buggers

#12 leeches

#20 Griffith gnat

Of course there are others, but if you at least have those you shouldn't get skunked because of a lack of fly patterns.

[flyrodman]

Thanks guys, Monday looks to be a very windy day. How do you all avoid wind knots on those windy days?

[FishinCricket]

Thanks guys, Monday looks to be a very windy day. How do you all avoid wind knots on those windy days?

Stay home?

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I keep my casts low, sidearm almost, and I don't fish all the way across the stream..

[flyrodman]

Stay home?

I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I keep my casts low, sidearm almost, and I don't fish all the way across the stream..

Thanks for the input.

[FishinCricket]

Thanks for the input.

Wish I could offer more than silly jokes..

[FlyFishinFool]

I was fishing at BSSP yesterday, the water is a couple inches above normal and a little cloudy. Best suggestion I have is to get up early and get on the water as early as possible. Yesterday there was no wind until after 10:15AM - of course there was no one else on the water for the first hour (I love having the whole stream all to myself!), and there were only a couple of folks fishing until almost 10AM. By 10:30 it was blowing 15-20mph and by 11AM it was blowing 20-25mph and gusting over 30mph. I caught about half the fish I caught for the day in the first 2+ hours. After the wind starts the best I can suggest is to work the wind gusts and cast close when it blows hard, and cast long when the wind slows down. Most fish were caught fishing midges or small emerger patterns. Good luck!