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 North Platte River Wyoming: Sinking Fly Line And Purple Bugs
Posted by fliesandfinswest on Monday, February 06 @ 18:27:20 PST
Oh sure you can nymph up the big fish with small stuff or you can throw pretty dry flies, but here is a little down and dirth method that I had success with. I had a feeling the big fish were exactly where all big fish tend to be. On the bottom. So, I switched out my spool and put on some good ole 175 grain depth charge line. One double haul and I basically covered the length of the river. I waited for my fly to sink and bypass the smaller trout that were picking food of the surface. Then, I began a slow steady and methodical retrieve. What fly was I using? Well, a local gave me a purple wooly bugger and said it is the best fly to use on the river. I had never fly fished the North Platte before, so who was I to disagree. He was right. For some reason that purple wooly bugger being fished in the lower sections of the water column produced some of the biggest and hottest rainbows I have ever caught. So, if you ever find yourself fly fishing Wyoming, don't be affraid to throw a sinking line and a purple bug.
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