lily pads?

[tomH]

has anyone ever had luck fishing for trout through and by lily pads? and do you know any lures that can fish through lily pads like that and still work for trout?
I went to butterfly lake last fall and I noticed that trout hang out there a ton.
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[Jackalope]

YES!! I love to fish lilly pads and log jams. I use marabou jigs moslty in black, and olive. If your close to the lilly pads or log jam just drop the jig down in between the pads or logs, and jig it lighlty.

I like to use a longer rod so i can reach out, and just drop the jig where i want it. If you don't have a longer rod you can put a spinning reel on a fly pole to get a longer reach.

I do this moslty for brook trout or cutts.

I'm planning on getting a 8' or 9' spinning rod to do this. I currently use my 8' fly rod or 6'6" spinning rod.
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[TroutMan93]

Oh yeah! The fish love to hang out by and under the lily pads up in the Uintas. I've caught fish after fish fly fishing the lily pads at Butterfly. They love a good hard slap with a hopper!
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[tomH]

thanks for the info
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[Flyfishinglover]

When I use to regular fish the 2 lures I used around lily pads were rapala cd 1-7 and blue fox spinners.

Now that I basically only fly fish I like to use woolly buggers, grasshoppers, elk hair caddis, damsel fly, and small frog poppers around the lily pads.

With lures I wouldn't just cast them in the out side ridges of the lily pads.


Good luck out there [].
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[flygoddess]

Try a fly (nymph, micro bugger, chironomid) under an Indy
TDT's Psychedelic Prince Nymph is KILLER this way.
But if they are slurping off top, try EHC. or Parachute PMD or Yellow Sally
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[brookieguy1]

Do pigs like slop? Heck yes trout love lily pads. Shade, cover and everything else trout need. In the Uintas, I usually fish right on the edge of where the lilys meet the deeper water, just like a bass guy would. Like Jackalope said, throw light (1/16 oz.) maribous on slack line and watch for the line twitch. Or vertical jig in the small lanes and openings in the lilys. If there is a chance of anything over 16" it would be advisable to use at least 6lb. mono or some Nanofil. Those brookies like to "head for the salad" just like a largemouth would. For me, Nanofil fits the bill.
Just for interest's sake, I've never seen lily pads in any alpine lakes in Utah EXCEPT for the Uintas. In the other alpine lakes I fish, it's what we call "cabbage". Underwater weeds and millfoil.
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[gstott]

I've caught some brookies at Lower Lilly Lake on mohair leeches and hare's ear nymphs fishing them with short strips around the pad edges. Worked great.
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