fishin for trout in lakes

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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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

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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Try looking at some of the British fishing sites. They are very big on
fishing "still water."


Buzzers are the mainstay of the British lake scene. Fishing with them is
quite easy, as you just cast them out and let them slowly sink. Buzzers are
supposed to represent the chironomids (spelling?) and these are the pupa of
bloodworm larva. The adult looks like a big mosquito, and buzzes around the
waters (hence the name). I think that most lakes around the world have
something similar, and most trout in the UK lakes feed mainly on buzzers.

Most people use several buzzers at once and fish on a longish leader. The
difficult aspect of fishing buzzers is the bite detection. However, quite
often people use bright indicators that attach to the leader. These float
and provide depth setting as well as bite indication. Others use the
floating leader (with applied grease) to determine when to strike. Others
still use a bushy dryfly as the bob fly, and get the benefit of the
occasional rise at the dryfly indicator. The way to fish them is to slowly
retrieve the line at a pace only as fast as the coils in the flyline; i.e.
you just keep the line taut, and not allow any surface "coil" zig zags to
form on the surface. After a while, your line is in, and you cast it out
again.

Personally speaking, I prefer on lakes, fishing when the trout are taking
hatching buzzers. The trout being up on the surface porpoise rolling makes
for some good fun. Wading around the margins casting imitations (sometimes
a klinkhamer does a good job for these occasions) in front of a porpoise
rolling trout is exciting! Much more fun that the wait-and-watch deep down
buzzer, but if the fish are down there, then so must be your flies.

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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Try looking at some of the British fishing sites. They are very big on
fishing "still water."


Buzzers are the mainstay of the British lake scene. Fishing with them is
quite easy, as you just cast them out and let them slowly sink. Buzzers are
supposed to represent the chironomids (spelling?) and these are the pupa of
bloodworm larva. The adult looks like a big mosquito, and buzzes around the
waters (hence the name). I think that most lakes around the world have
something similar, and most trout in the UK lakes feed mainly on buzzers.

Most people use several buzzers at once and fish on a longish leader. The
difficult aspect of fishing buzzers is the bite detection. However, quite
often people use bright indicators that attach to the leader. These float
and provide depth setting as well as bite indication. Others use the
floating leader (with applied grease) to determine when to strike. Others
still use a bushy dryfly as the bob fly, and get the benefit of the
occasional rise at the dryfly indicator. The way to fish them is to slowly
retrieve the line at a pace only as fast as the coils in the flyline; i.e.
you just keep the line taut, and not allow any surface "coil" zig zags to
form on the surface. After a while, your line is in, and you cast it out
again.

Personally speaking, I prefer on lakes, fishing when the trout are taking
hatching buzzers. The trout being up on the surface porpoise rolling makes
for some good fun. Wading around the margins casting imitations (sometimes
a klinkhamer does a good job for these occasions) in front of a porpoise
rolling trout is exciting! Much more fun that the wait-and-watch deep down
buzzer, but if the fish are down there, then so must be your flies.

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
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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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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

"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?

On our local lakes/ponds that hold trout, I've found the surface fishing poor
except at dawn and dusk. During those times, I use the same types of dry flies
as a stream, depending on the visible hatch. Subsurface, damselfly nymphs and
wooly buggers usually produce a fish or two.
--
TL,
Tim
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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?

On our local lakes/ponds that hold trout, I've found the surface fishing
poor
except at dawn and dusk. During those times, I use the same types of dry
flies
as a stream, depending on the visible hatch. Subsurface, damselfly nymphs
and
wooly buggers usually produce a fish or two.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj



helpful stuff- thanks
snake

"snakefiddler" wrote...
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helpful stuff- thanks

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