fishin for trout in lakes

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

snakefiddler wrote:

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?

Yes. Definitely. It's another world.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

snakefiddler wrote:

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?

Yes. Definitely. It's another world.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:40:42 -0400, "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?

Oh, definitely...either the "Tovex Surprise" or "BUZ-TA 312" patterns
are surefire fish getters...of course, when all else fails, there's the
"Ro-10-1," but you can't use it in FFing-only waters.

Here's one recipe for the Tovex:

Hook: 1/1.1
Body: dubbed with Tasmanian Tiger
Tail: Guacamayo
Hackle: Grizzly Mamo
Wings: Shellduck hen


HTH,
R

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 18:40:42 -0400, "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?

Oh, definitely...either the "Tovex Surprise" or "BUZ-TA 312" patterns
are surefire fish getters...of course, when all else fails, there's the
"Ro-10-1," but you can't use it in FFing-only waters.

Here's one recipe for the Tovex:

Hook: 1/1.1
Body: dubbed with Tasmanian Tiger
Tail: Guacamayo
Hackle: Grizzly Mamo
Wings: Shellduck hen


HTH,
R

Very helpful rw, you must be very proud of yourself!

Mark

"rw" wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:

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?

Yes. Definitely. It's another world.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Very helpful rw, you must be very proud of yourself!

Mark

"rw" wrote in message
...
snakefiddler wrote:

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?

Yes. Definitely. It's another world.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Unless you don't care what you catch, you would likely need to use at least a sinkin'
tip line and a nymph pattern. You could catch some brim or bluegills along the banks,
but you aren't likely to catch any trout in the shallows, unless you just happen upon
some along the banks. Most likely, any lake trout are going to be in the deeper
waters feedin' on nymphs or minnows--dependin' on their size of course.

Never fished there myself.

Mark

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
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

Unless you don't care what you catch, you would likely need to use at least a sinkin'
tip line and a nymph pattern. You could catch some brim or bluegills along the banks,
but you aren't likely to catch any trout in the shallows, unless you just happen upon
some along the banks. Most likely, any lake trout are going to be in the deeper
waters feedin' on nymphs or minnows--dependin' on their size of course.

Never fished there myself.

Mark

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
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

"Mark Bowen" wrote in message
...
Unless you don't care what you catch, you would likely need to use at
least a sinkin'
tip line and a nymph pattern. You could catch some brim or bluegills
along the banks,
but you aren't likely to catch any trout in the shallows, unless you just
happen upon
some along the banks. Most likely, any lake trout are going to be in the
deeper
waters feedin' on nymphs or minnows--dependin' on their size of course.

Never fished there myself.

Mark

"snakefiddler" wrote in message
...
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



thank you for the HELPFUL response, op. there isn't any boating in there,
so i'm just fishin off the bank. got some pretty good distance out there
this evenin, but of course, nothin like you're saying would be sufficient to
catch trout. maybe my son got lucky yesterday. either way, i'm glad for
him.

hey, ya wanna try that spot again this week? if you do, maybe tomorrow? i
have a friend who is a singer songwriter and has a gig comin up at a coffee
house in w. jefferson on the 28, and she wants me to play it with her, so
if i say yes, i will be practicing with her a couple of nights this week,
but i know that we won't start practicing yet tomorrow.
whatchya think?

snake