mic Posted November 3, 2022 Posted November 3, 2022 Yesterday was really nice in Highland IL. So I went out to the winter trout pond with a new rod and high hopes. I tried a woolly with no luck. I then went to a size 14 crackleback with no luck, until! I was reeling in my line to move to a new spot and caught a trout on it. Of course, that was the clue I needed. I switched to fast short pulls, and I lost one and brought two more to hand in about 30 minutes. I'll try it out again and see if it was this day thing or maybe a new fishing pattern. Now I just need to tie some more up. I also wonder if I should try some winged wet flies. Tight Lines BilletHead, nomolites, Johnsfolly and 1 other 4
BilletHead Posted November 3, 2022 Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, mic said: Yesterday was really nice in Highland IL. So I went out to the winter trout pond with a new rod and high hopes. I tried a woolly with no luck. I then went to a size 14 crackleback with no luck, until! I was reeling in my line to move to a new spot and caught a trout on it. Of course, that was the clue I needed. I switched to fast short pulls, and I lost one and brought two more to hand in about 30 minutes. I'll try it out again and see if it was this day thing or maybe a new fishing pattern. Now I just need to tie some more up. I also wonder if I should try some winged wet flies. Tight Lines Well done Mic. Pretty neat catching on your flies! mic and nomolites 2 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
nomolites Posted November 4, 2022 Posted November 4, 2022 I always catch more stripping that fly, no contest. Mike BilletHead 1
mic Posted November 4, 2022 Author Posted November 4, 2022 12 hours ago, nomolites said: I always catch more stripping that fly, no contest. Mike Do you tie or use any with bead heads?
tjm Posted November 4, 2022 Posted November 4, 2022 Living creatures always move. Fish react to motion more or less regardless of fly pattern. Personally I never use beads. If I want weight, I'd rather use lead wire under the body or a wire rib over the body, so that some degree of balance is achieved, In my mind the bead head makes the fly into a jig with head down action, and is better adapted to bobber fishing, but that's just my opinion. Most of my flies are unweighted these past several years and I get them to sink by other means on the rare occasion that I want to stir the mud. Even my Clouser Minnows are only lightly weighted with bead chain rather than dumbbells. Simply using a stout hook rather than a dry fly hook for the palmer/woolyworm/crackleback flies is enough that they can be fished just below the surface.
nomolites Posted November 5, 2022 Posted November 5, 2022 13 hours ago, mic said: Do you tie or use any with bead heads? No bead, either on or just under the surface. Mike
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