snakefiddler wrote:
yesterday my son and i went fishin at a local lake in blowin rock ,
(appropriately called trout lake). he fished with his spin rod, i with my
fly rod. he had an artificial worm on his hook, which landed him his first
trout. i, in spite of trying a few different flies, got nothing. my
question is this. in the absence of a hatch, when fishing for trout in
lakes, does one approach fly selection differently than when fishing
streams?


you ever fish in there mark?

snakefiddler

Try looking at some of the British fishing sites. They are very big on
fishing "still water." Flyfisherman and Flytyer magazine (the best fly
fishing magazine in the world) has quite a bit on this. There is a good
article in the most recent issue. It is pricey (i.e. 7-9 dollars US),
but can be found in most good bookstores (I go to Borders).
The key to still water is getting the flies to where the fish are. It
is extremely difficult to fly fish deeper than 8 or 9 feet and that is a
stretch. Sink tip and full sink lines are used for the most part.
Secondarily, getting to where the fish are requires some kind of
floatation, either belly boat or full boat or something in between.
When there is deep water available, the fish don't often hug the
shoreline where you can cast.

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Frank Reid
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