04-23-2009, 05:45 PM
fishing4thehog wrote:[/quote]
Well I finally it out for my first time.. I went up to the river east of Rockport.. I tried hares ears,pheasant tails, with no luck.. I notice little bugs floating under the water.. They were very small.. Like maybe midges ? They were dark in color with a split tail.. But thet were all dead..Any help here ? Also i was using a strike indicator. Orange with a toothpick to hold it in place and about the size of a dime.. Is this to big and do you think the fish might have been spooked by the color ? if so what kind of indicator should i use..
Thank you[/quote]
those little bugs were actually the shucks of the BWO mayfly. What size pheasant tell were you using? a pheasant tail in a #18 or #20 should be a good fly this time of year. The most important thing is getting a good presentation. You can catch trout on almost any fly anytime of the year if you have a good presentation.
This is how a fish nymphs 90% of the time
1)cast across and upstream from where you are standing.
2)as the line drifts back down towards strip in some of the excess slack, that way if a fish strikes you can set the hook.
3) When the indicator gets parallel with you. make a small upstream mend to get all of you line above the indicator and flies
4) point you rod at the indicator and follow the drift down stream
5) at the end of your drift let the flies swing and hang for a second. A lot of fish will take it on the swing.
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I did a quick little illustration to try to help visualize what i was describing. This method has always worked well for me and you can cover a lot of water this way.
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Well I finally it out for my first time.. I went up to the river east of Rockport.. I tried hares ears,pheasant tails, with no luck.. I notice little bugs floating under the water.. They were very small.. Like maybe midges ? They were dark in color with a split tail.. But thet were all dead..Any help here ? Also i was using a strike indicator. Orange with a toothpick to hold it in place and about the size of a dime.. Is this to big and do you think the fish might have been spooked by the color ? if so what kind of indicator should i use..
Thank you[/quote]
those little bugs were actually the shucks of the BWO mayfly. What size pheasant tell were you using? a pheasant tail in a #18 or #20 should be a good fly this time of year. The most important thing is getting a good presentation. You can catch trout on almost any fly anytime of the year if you have a good presentation.
This is how a fish nymphs 90% of the time
1)cast across and upstream from where you are standing.
2)as the line drifts back down towards strip in some of the excess slack, that way if a fish strikes you can set the hook.
3) When the indicator gets parallel with you. make a small upstream mend to get all of you line above the indicator and flies
4) point you rod at the indicator and follow the drift down stream
5) at the end of your drift let the flies swing and hang for a second. A lot of fish will take it on the swing.
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I did a quick little illustration to try to help visualize what i was describing. This method has always worked well for me and you can cover a lot of water this way.
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