Please Identify These Flies
Sep 7, 2019 11:06:43 #
Banks fishing life
Loc: New Orleans
Im new to fly fishing and really have no idea of what I’m doing. Could you please identify these flies and tell me how to fish them.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Sep 7, 2019 11:31:34 #
Tanglefoot
Loc: Brevard, North Carolina
On the left is a black ant. Fish this as a dry fly wherever there is a canopy over a stream, they work in other areas, but then you should fish them close to the bank. Windy days are great.
In the center is a parachute Adams. This is also a dry fly and is a good caddis imitation and also an attractor fly. Fish to risers or as a searching fly. Should be a very productive fly for you.
Lastly is a gold-ribbed hare's ear nymph. This is a wet fly always. As a beginner, you might want to fish this under an indicator or a bushy dry fly.
You've got a good start on a basic collection of trout flies. Good luck out there.
In the center is a parachute Adams. This is also a dry fly and is a good caddis imitation and also an attractor fly. Fish to risers or as a searching fly. Should be a very productive fly for you.
Lastly is a gold-ribbed hare's ear nymph. This is a wet fly always. As a beginner, you might want to fish this under an indicator or a bushy dry fly.
You've got a good start on a basic collection of trout flies. Good luck out there.
Sep 7, 2019 17:05:17 #
Banks fishing life
Loc: New Orleans
Thanks. If your still there what do you mean by fishing under a bushy fly?
Sep 7, 2019 17:33:41 #
Tanglefoot
Loc: Brevard, North Carolina
A bushy fly is a dry fly that has enough hackle to keep it floating high in rough water over having a nymph suspended under it. In this case you are using the dry fly as a strike indicator.
I fish barbless, so I tie the nymph to the eye of the dry fly. The usual way of tying to the bend of the hook won't work since the there's no barb to keep the nymph line from sliding off.
I hope you have someone to mentor you as you get into fly fishing. It is so tough to start from scratch.
I fish barbless, so I tie the nymph to the eye of the dry fly. The usual way of tying to the bend of the hook won't work since the there's no barb to keep the nymph line from sliding off.
I hope you have someone to mentor you as you get into fly fishing. It is so tough to start from scratch.
Sep 7, 2019 17:53:42 #
Banks fishing life
Loc: New Orleans
Thanks against, and btw I don’t have a mentor to help me fly fish. I think I will be fine because I taught myself saltwater and freshwater fishing.
Sep 7, 2019 18:06:28 #
Tanglefoot
Loc: Brevard, North Carolina
It still wouldn't hurt to take a fly fishing course, and try to meet someone to go fishing with. What state do you live in?
Sep 8, 2019 22:35:42 #
Sep 9, 2019 08:06:36 #
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