slip n slide Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 18 hours ago, BillA said: Tie something that looks like a pellet of Purina Trout Chow. yep,right there,they have NO IDEA of what anything natural looks like My son and I got invited to fish a private pond and when we got there we were told we could keep anything we catch.And then the guy gave an odd and conspiratorial laugh.I asked wt...., and he said he just fed all the fish w/ pellets before we got there and we would'nt be able to catch any.My son trimmed a muddler down to a brown nub and commenced to throwing small handfuls of gravel to simulate pellets hitting the water, followed by his fly. He killed 'em and that guy was so angry and red in the face he kicked us out.Soooo,maybe make some small pellet flies from trimmed deerhair and throw some handfuls of pebbles when ya get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 You could always tie up some mop flies. Bright colors, orange, chartreuse, pink. Did quite well on them last year with stocked trout in a local stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly By Nite Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 Spaghetti and meatballs. San Juan worm and an egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCH Posted April 12, 2018 Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 22 hours ago, BillA said: Tie something that looks like a pellet of Purina Trout Chow. +1 I usually take a beetle pattern and cut off the legs. It's boring, but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfinator Posted April 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2018 8 hours ago, Philly said: You could always tie up some mop flies. Bright colors, orange, chartreuse, pink. Did quite well on them last year with stocked trout in a local stream. 6 hours ago, JCH said: +1 I usually take a beetle pattern and cut off the legs. It's boring, but it works. Interesting..I'll give those a try too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFeather Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Olive sculpin, Trout would go nuts with this Fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironfish Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 I believe it 's in a trouts DNA to eat bugs . I've caught a ton of stockies nympthing with the standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfinator Posted April 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Well its certainly been a learning experience so far. Tying those small 12-14 size flies is interesting! It took me a while but I'm starting to get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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