Ok so me and a friend went out around wolf flats today fly fishing and i am having a heck of a time getting anything but a whitefish to take. i am using either a brown rubber legs with a beadhead prince or pheasant or a wooly bugger with that same dropper. i have tried fishing deep holes and moving my indicator way up and still the same story am i doing somthing wrong or is it just the weather? any tips could help alot.
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How much leader do you have between your indicator and first fly? When I'm fishing deep holes on the south fork I have my indicator 10 feet above my first fly then another 2 feet to my dropper. Also, are you using any weight on your flies? I use heavily weighted nymphs or add some weight to get the flies down far enough to reach the trout. You may also want to try some other patterns such as glo bugs or San Juan worms which are usually very effective this time of year. I heard they are increasing the flows this week which may also change fishing significantly. The water is probably still pretty chilly so the trout just might not be very active. Hope some of this helps!
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ok so i have floating line on my reel currently, i use a seven foot 5x tapered leader, then at least a three to four foot tippet to the first fly, the wooly bugger or brown rubber legs. then a foot or so to the dropper or beadhead. i don't have a lot of variations of the nymphs or i guess i would have tried them. I use quite a bit of weight but only about six inches to foot above the wooly bugger. and the indicator is right at the top of my tapered leader for the deeper holes. and the water has gone up alot since last week. i would guess at least a foot or more. and when it does start to rise to high water is the fishing still good?
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There is usually a good 48 hour window right after the flows increase that the san juan worm fishing is really good. I have fished a lot in Montana on the Bighorn river and whenever we hear the dam is releasing water we rush out there to catch some monster browns. I would give that a try as your dropper. Just get it down deep, just off the bottom and hold on tight!
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When nymphing I think the hardest part to learn is how to get your bugs to ride the bottom. If they're not in the zone you'll only get the occasional fish. This can be accomplished with the proper casting and mending (watch how the current pushes the leader and tippet up close a bit to get the idea of how you need to mend). The right amount of weight is also important and this may vary according to the depths your are fishing. The other thing is length of leader and tippet. I like a long setup, where my indicator is around 8 or 9 feet from my first bug, but that is my preference and I think it makes it easier to get my bugs down. Also, the longer and more uninterrupted drift (dead drift) you can get, the better your chances of getting a hit from being in the zone.
Good luck!
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