can I get some tips from you fly fishers?

[jeremypeace]

I want to go fling some flys, and want to know what would work this time of year.
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[idahopanfish]

Seems a wolly bugger would work any time of the year
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[drowning_flys]

agreed wooly bugger, hares ear, prince nymph, pheasant tail would all be good choices
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[ductaped4runner]

Some of the best days fly fishin have been this time of the year. i like to use a large weighted fly like a brown or black rubber leg with a dropper like a hares ear, prince or Zebra midges have been some of my most succesfull nymphs. i love it. and i highly recommend "thinga-ma-bobbers" . the are super sensitive. Good Luck
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[flygoddess]

Agree totally.
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[gstott]

Pretty much what everybody else said. There should also be some midges coming off, so you have a chance at getting some on top even now.
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[jeremypeace]

Thanks every one I threw some streamers and some wooleys today. With a couple of hookups but nothing landed. It was tough fishing the wind and my eyelets freezing up constantly. My wife went with me today and she fished a hammered brass spoon with a orange stripe and caught one 14" brown, no pictures of fish this. Time. The one fish she landed was a pretty beat brown though.
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[cpierce]

Try to fish the deeper slower pools and fish your streamer as slow as you can. Same with the nymphs. Just let them drift through the pool. Using an indicator or "thingamabobber" will help to let it drift.

I prefer the days above 32 degrees to avoid the eyelets freezing. It can be a pain, but there are fish waiting for you! [laugh]

Good luck and have fun!
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[jeremypeace]

Yeah it was snowing pretty good while I was out today. Im posting a picture of where im fishing at, how would you recomend casting it. It looks to be about knee deep through the middle and about chest deep on the edges.
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[drowning_flys]

Wow that looks like a great spot, hard to say how to work it but this is how i would do it based on the pic and be super sneaky when approaching it, don't over look the banks as some look undercut and a great place for big fish to hide. i would also assume the flow right in the center causes a jet effect making circles that come back to where the water enters the hole.
when starting at position 1 fish as far out and up and down stream as you can But try to get fly as close to shore before you recast


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[cpierce]

JP, DF has pretty much covered it. I would add: With any hole approach from downstream then fish the water closest to you first. ....Along the edge and at the tail of the pool. Then just keep casting further out.

There are some nice current edges or seams in your picture. They are the places where you can see the water speed changes. A seam is always a good place to find fish hanging. They usually aren't right in the faster water, but are right along the edge of it. Think of it as the areas where a fish can rest but still watch the buffet of food as it goes by.

In DF's picture if you look just above the light green #2 line he drew there is an area where you can see the difference in the current and there are some foam bubbles along it further down. That is a good seam to fish. Another one would be just this side of the really fast water. Kind of in that medium fast water.

It also depends on how deep the water is. The bottom water of a pool is much slower and the fish will frequently be hanging down deep. You may have to add a split shot about a foot above your woolybugger or nymphs to get it deeper. That is where a small "thingamabobber" will help keep your fly over the area and let it drift around with the current.

But I have to say that adding weight and an indicator (bobber) make it hard to cast. Sometimes just a tiny split shot right on the nose of the woollybugger will be easier to cast and tangle less. With weight on the line slow your cast down and let it swing a little wider for kind of a lob until you get the feel of it.

Wear a hat and sunglasses .... you don't want to be hit with it!!! [shocked][laugh]

Good luck and have fun!!
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[gstott]

As was said, I would drift a weighted nymph through the areas marked on Drowning Fly's pic. Along the slow edge of that center seam looks especially enticing.

Also one thing of note, as it gets warmer, you will see fish moving up shallower to feed at times. The long range forecast is calling for some warmer weather beginning the end of next week. That really might get some midges or possibly even blue wing olives coming off and the fish will move up to feed on them. You can have some great action this time of year when that starts happening.
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[FishinB80]

Thanks for much for the info given and for the question. I was about to ask the same thing as I want to start getting into gettin fish on the fly! awesome info given and I will report any success or trips taken!
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