On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:48:10 -0000, mdk77
wrote:

I was looking for information on trout fishing in Missouri and there
was a post saying the biggest trout were caught after dark. Frankly
I'd never heard of fly fishing after dark. Do any of you do this with
any luck? What flies do you fish in the dark?

It almost sounds like a "fish story" to me :-)

Before I became an old fart I used to fish at night. It is, of
course, a little different than daylight fishing (I have a gift for
the obvious). Nymphing with a big white yarn indicator is the best
way to go, but many times there are hatches on (usually caddis where I
normally fish). I use a strike indicator with a dry fly set about 3
feet from the fly. The indicator causes some drag on the surface, so
I don't normally get a distance drift. When I see a splash ahead of
my indicator, I set the hook. These fish are brookies and landlocks.

I fall enough during daylight, so twilight/darkness fishing is no
longer a viable option for me, unless I am in a boat.

If you do go night fishing, buy one of those led head lamps, the kind
where you can adjust the amount of light. I have used one
successfully on the water. We know put it on the dog when we let her
out at night. Great tracking device.

Ask Wayne Knight to tell you the story about our (Wayne, Jeff Miller,
and me) mid-night adventure fishing for biiiiiiig browns in North
Cackalackie. Of course it would have helped if we were all sober and
Wayne would learn how to cast d;o), but it did leave us with a funny
story to tell our grandchildren. "Where's the mouse?" "The mouse is
in the effin tree!"

Just remembered something: A few years ago my local fly shop offered
a jell (about the consistency of lib stick) that would glow in the
dark if subjected to light for a minute or so. It was supposed to be
used with nymphs, but it would be neat to see if it worked on dries.
I bought a small container of it and it still sits somewhere deap in
the bowels of my vest probably never to be seen again. I'll have to
find it and try it next week in Maine.

And something else: When I was a kid, we used to go fishing at night
for bullheads, bass, crappie, and pickeral. I can't remember what we
used, probably bait, but I'll bet that if you tried to fish for
bullheads (catfish) at night with a nymph or bugger that you would be
successful. A big catfish on a flyrod? Gotta be a hoot.

Dave