Looking For Help!

[grizzly]

Ok, I know that I am not a kid, but I haven't been to Bennett in years. I have a 5 weight and some patience, what would be a good fly and location? I can understand if you want keep your secret spots. Sam

[NoLuck]

There are no secret spots at Bennett. Having said that, get a good selection of flys from Larrys and hit the stream. If what you have on ain't working then change it up. You don't always have to change flys. Sometimes it's just how deep you are fishing or the type/size of your tippet.

Learning what the fish want is one of the biggest parts of trout fishing. Going to the stream all rigged up with the go to set up all the time would get pretty boring.

[brittsnbirds]

I had an old guy at Bennett tell me one time "when in doubt throw something green". He followed that comment with the question, "have you ever gutted a Bennett trout? All that you see in their stomach is moss and snails". After years of thought and success I have decided he is partially right. However you will not see the little bugs that they sip down as they don't last very long in their gut. The moss and snails do, takes longer to process.

However going back to his first comment. Focus on moss green skuds, midge style or jigs. If you can rip your jigs or skuds out of moss patches that will enhance your oppurtunity's as the fish think its a fleeing critter. I know this because I talk "trout".

If you tie flies, one of the most simple and best producers in my book is the marabou hurled hook fly. Just get a size 12 dry fly hook, a couple pieces of olive/moss colored marabou and lead wire. Dress the hook as normal, put the lead wire on up the hook from the bend, tie the marabou in by the tail (with just a little sticking out the back), twist the marabou into a rope into your thread and "hurl" (wrap) it up the hook and secure. One of the best and easiest little fish producers I've used. You can dead drift it, float it under and indicator or strip it. As they tear it up it gets better!!

Secret spots? That little bad boy will work anywhere there is moss that you can drift over, under around and through.

There NoLuck I gave away my secret!!

[NoLuck]

Britts,

As you know technique is more important than what you are fishing to some degree. Many a time I will be hammering fish and give someone the exact same fly and tell them how to set it up and they have less success than I am having. Just goes to show how important your technique and and your ability to detect strikes is. My eyesight is faltering as I get older but I can still see the difference in the drift enough to pick up the strikes.

I have no secret recipe or fly really, or spot for that matter. Just look for the fish and a good place to get a good drift with a good presentation. The green color stands pretty true though. The John Deere jig is a perfect example. It resembles nothing I can think of in the stream. But, it does really well. The white jigs and such simply resemble the gut hatch. You can't go wrong fishing scuds. Just find the right color and size and be patient enough to get the fish to bite it.

[mic]

I'm a once a year Bennett guy, but here is my two cents. Don't go jumping into the water and fish the far bank. Stop at the bank or a foot or two into the stream and fish up and down stream and work your way out. Once in your final spot, then work accross river. I alway seem to catch my best fish in those first few steps and then the numbers "on the other side".