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 Sierra Mountain Spring Creek Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout: Silly Small Flies
Posted by TroutKind on Friday, February 10 @ 07:41:18 PST
Most of my summer fishing excursions lead me to a gin clear catch and release spring creek in the eastern Sierra Mountains that harbors some insanely large trout. This place is by no means a well kept secret, but it is where it all began for me, and has a special place in my heart. The fish there on some days can be fooled easily by the most inept, but on most days they provide a challenge even for an avid angler. This last summer here opened my eyes to what I consider to be a small fly. The norm used to be a size 18 and at the time that is what I thought of as a small fly. I have heard many times that smaller is better and I am now a firm believer in this. I came across some size 30 hooks and tied up some midge patterns and gave them a go. I was amazed at the results. I would tie a 2 fly set up and the attractor fly would be a size 18 midge, and a size 30 the same color as a dropper, and 9 times out of 10 the fish would rip the 30. It puts the 20-20 club to shame when you pull out a 24 inch Brown Trout on a size 30 midge. Now 18's look huge to me and my fishing/tying is forever changed. If you come across these hooks try some out, you might be surprised as well.
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Re: Sierra Mountain Spring Creeks: Silly Small Flies
by hedrush999 on Friday, February 10 @ 18:21:58 PST | | I was successfully using what I believe were size 30 droppers in Colorado. These tiny flies were useally the first to disappear from my fly box because 60% of the fish were taking them. |
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