12-09-2004, 04:45 PM
Flyfishing in the winter? Sure it's done all the time with successes in the Provo River.
BUT why limit the flies to the river when you can use it especially while ice fishing! I am not talking about those metal ice fishing flies... you can use your caddis or your bugger, nymphs through your ice hole too. I've seen my friend do it successfully with perch, and trout. You can hang your fly with the kastmaster as a attractor, and 6-12 inches below it. It gets reallly interesting... but the downside is, gotta keep your fly in the water to prevent it from freezing, and to use a tiny forceps to gently pry it. If ice freezes on it it can get damaged by pliars, or some other forceps that aren't gentle.
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BUT why limit the flies to the river when you can use it especially while ice fishing! I am not talking about those metal ice fishing flies... you can use your caddis or your bugger, nymphs through your ice hole too. I've seen my friend do it successfully with perch, and trout. You can hang your fly with the kastmaster as a attractor, and 6-12 inches below it. It gets reallly interesting... but the downside is, gotta keep your fly in the water to prevent it from freezing, and to use a tiny forceps to gently pry it. If ice freezes on it it can get damaged by pliars, or some other forceps that aren't gentle.
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