fishin for trout in lakes

snake sez:
i'll be back out there because it is a nice, un-crowded place that my son
and i (since he spin casts) can fish together.

Then you may want to team-fish with him. Both of you use damsel fly and/or
dragon fly nympths. You with a sink tip and he with a bubble 1/2 to 2/3
full of water to make it sink. He can cast a country mile with his bubble
and get way out into deep water and you can shore fish. Since both of you
use the same fly your team-fishing would be testing the difference between
fishing close to shore vs. fishing out in deeper water. Which technique
works best? Try it and let us know!
Good luck!
John

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snake sez:
i'll be back out there because it is a nice, un-crowded place that my
son
and i (since he spin casts) can fish together.

Then you may want to team-fish with him. Both of you use damsel fly
and/or
dragon fly nympths. You with a sink tip and he with a bubble 1/2 to 2/3
full of water to make it sink. He can cast a country mile with his bubble
and get way out into deep water and you can shore fish. Since both of you
use the same fly your team-fishing would be testing the difference between
fishing close to shore vs. fishing out in deeper water. Which technique
works best? Try it and let us know!
Good luck!
John


sounds like fun. the fact that he can cast so much further than i with his
spin rod may be the reason he got that trout.

snake

snake sez:
i'll be back out there because it is a nice, un-crowded place that my son
and i (since he spin casts) can fish together.

Then you may want to team-fish with him. Both of you use damsel fly and/or
dragon fly nympths. You with a sink tip and he with a bubble 1/2 to 2/3
full of water to make it sink. He can cast a country mile with his bubble
and get way out into deep water and you can shore fish. Since both of you
use the same fly your team-fishing would be testing the difference between
fishing close to shore vs. fishing out in deeper water. Which technique
works best? Try it and let us know!
Good luck!
John

"John" wrote in message
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"snakefiddler" wrote
in the absence of a hatch, when fishing for trout in
lakes, does one approach fly selection differently than when fishing
streams?

Not knowing your lake and presuming you are shore fishing, my son
"always"
has great luck using damsel fly and dragon fly nymphs indigenous to the
specific water body. His theory is that these nymphs are such a big meal
that they attract and invite strikes from the smarter medium and large
sized
trout. Try strip fishing one of these bead head and/or weighted nymphs
with
a sink tip floating line and see if you can get some takes.

Good luck!

John



thanks john, i'll try it. i'll be back out there because it is a nice,
un-crowded place that my son and i (since he spin casts) can fish together.

snake

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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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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thanks, frank. sounds like we'll stick to the lakes we can boat in.

snake

Frank Reid wrote:

The key to still water is getting the flies to where the fish are.

Damn, rw's right. That's way different from stream fishing.... g

JR

The key to still water is getting the flies to where the fish are.

Damn, rw's right. That's way different from stream fishing.... g

Maybe I should start chargin' for this Sage(C) advice.

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Frank Reid
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Frank notes:
Maybe I should start chargin' for this Sage(C) advice.

maybe you should've noted that the key to still water fishing is getting the
ANGLER down to where the fish are........God, I still chuckle when I think of
your float tube story....
Tom

maybe you should've noted that the key to still water fishing is getting
the
ANGLER down to where the fish are........God, I still chuckle when I think
of
your float tube story....

Hey, aside from an occasional dunking, Snake and some of the other newbies
think I have the proverbial clue. Don't bring up that float tube, it would
ruin my fine reputation.

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Frank Reid
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