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Hi all,
I haven't seen too many posts from fly fisherman at Strawberry lately. I was hoping to head up there this weekend for a little fishing. If anyone has had any recent success I'd appreciate any helpful hints on what's been working. Thanks in advance!
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I went today. Caught 25 from 9 am til 4 pm. Best line was an intermediate. Flies performing included a dark purple wooly bugger, midnight fire, burnt orange crystal killer. I fished the Bryants Fork area if that matters.
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Maybe we can hook up next time I go up and I'l show you a trick or two.
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That would be great!
I was on the water for a few hours and didn't get any takes unfortunately. That lake always seems to kick my butt.
I tried a purple and black bugger with a green bugger trailer. I also tried fishing with some scuds and chironomids that was unsuccessful.
The wind was picking up quite a bit which made things pretty difficult, and I was only on the water for a few hours. Maybe next time will be different....
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We always have luck at East Portal with Purple and White buggers with big BH Hares Ear trailer on intermediate line.
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what size BH hares ears do you trail behind?
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[quote OldTroller]what size BH hares ears do you trail behind?[/quote]
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You aren't kidding that's huge. For a hares ear anyway. Thanks for the tip. I will tie some up.
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[quote OldTroller]You aren't kidding that's huge. For a hares ear anyway. Thanks for the tip. I will tie some up.[/quote]
Right! It's the best dropper fly EVER on any bugger rig...I will sometimes drop down to a #12, but #10 is my standby. Hard to beat. I strip buggers anywhere without that on as my second. Good luck!
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I was there in my tube on Tuesday (09/27) at Mud Creek access. Weather was beautiful, surface temps in the mid/upper 50's, fishing was really slow. I fished from 9:30a to 1:30p with only 4 hookups, and lost every one! [frown]
Started with chironomids from 10-20 FOW. Switched to nymphs, then buggers, then back to chironomids. Very little in the way of visible fish/insect activity while I was there. Wish I could have stayed into the late afternoon.
On a strange note, I took a plunge into the lake to wash the smell of skunk off of me! OK, it was unplanned... went to get up out of my tube, both legs cramped up, and I did a face plant into a foot of water with my kick fins stuck in the weedy muck. Must have been hilarious to watch. [laugh]
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Thanks for the update! I tried every kind of fishing that weekend too and didn't touch a fish. Strawberry continues to baffle me.
I've taken a couple of spills getting up too! That mud can be down right tricky with fins on.
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