fishin for trout in lakes

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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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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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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too late- for both the "proverbial clue", and the fine reputation. (hey,
mine's shot- gotta take somebody down with me ;-} )

so, what's the float tube story? sounds like maybe you were really trying
to get "deep" to the source?

snake

so, what's the float tube story? sounds like maybe you were really trying
to get "deep" to the source?

snake

http://tinyurl.com/4zj3c

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Frank Reid
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so, what's the float tube story? sounds like maybe you were really trying
to get "deep" to the source?

snake

http://tinyurl.com/4zj3c

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Frank Reid
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so, what's the float tube story? sounds like maybe you were really trying
to get "deep" to the source?

snake

http://tinyurl.com/4zj3c

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Frank Reid
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