Strawberry flys

[HFT]

Many of you remember them poisoning strawberry to get ride of the Chubs. Then a few years back they discovered that the Chubs had worked their way back into the area. This bummed a bunch of people out,but in the back of my mind I also knew that big trout like to eat chubs and those that knew how to tie could make imitations of them.
Here are some ideas for those tiers out there.
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[flygoddess]

My chub pattern:



AND my go to fly on most lakes, except Henry's[]
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[HFT]

FG. Thats what I'm talking about. The red of your fly will turn to grey, as red is the first color to be filtered by water.

Chubs are just different hews of grey. That is why my picture looks like a black and white photo.
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[chinook]

I like the looks of that. Something different that they don't see everyday. Nice job.

Is it too late to get up there on a toon? I really want to go this week. How cold would it be?
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[flygoddess]

I would love to. If there was no wind it could be tolerated. I can stand in a river in 20 degrees. And I am only in the water to mid calf on the pontoon.

Might be heading to Idaho this weekend though.
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[AFK2Fish]

I fished the berry on my tube last fri/sat with UTcatman, and we cought a mess of fish. Im planning to get up there at least a couple more times before ice hits.

The money flys for me were a purple mohair, white wooly bugger, and a my money fly was a reddish semi-seal behind one of the above streamers. Most of my fish were on the dropper. Slow retreave was the most productive. I usually would just get my line out and paddle around while twitching my flys.


The air temp's werent the biggest problem for me, it was the wind. If you have a good set of socks on, a good pair of gloves to wear, and you layer properly, you should only have cold hands after you handle fish.
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[chinook]

Thanks for the post and the information. What you were doing is similar to my technique. I just get the line out there depending on the fish depth, kick and twitch the fly and they would hit it.

I have the purple mohair and the white woolies, but I do not know what a reddish semi-seal is. When you say most where on the dropper, I assume you mean the top fly above. Do you put scent or a piece of worm on your flies? I am going to go up there tomorrow afternoon. Would you suggest Renegade?
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[AFK2Fish]

A semi-seal is a basic leech pattern. I use them in many different colors.

Here is a picture of about what the fly i use looks like. It is more like the top two flys, but without the red ribbing.

I tie the semi-seal below my streamer of choice.
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[flygoddess]

Good looking....they will work for sure.
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