best fly for trout

[dso88 15]

what the best fly for trout ????

[Parabuteos lad 878]

its down to personal opinion, the lake itself, the trout themselves and how predatory the trout in the lake are. we all have our favourites and my favourites are olive damsels, hothead damsels, dancers and fritz etc.

i do however love fishing the dry fly as it excellent fun to see the trout emerge and take the fly.

[terrier s 123]

i dont think there is any best fly for trout nearly every fly will have a good day its just all about personal preferance

[thetruck 3]

boobie

[dso88 15]

What everyones preference then ?

[J Darcy 5,871]

The one that's most often in the water.....

[Ideation 8,216]

That has to be one of the most open ended questions you could ask. It's dependant on so many things, the water, it's type and location, the time of year and day, what is hatching, so many small variables. Some days one fly just seems to catch and others your swapping every half hour. My favourite for sport is either a team of buzzers or a single fly, great takes and usually a better quality of fish is your at a still water, than you would get with a lure.

[keeper 51 78]

cats wiskers, dog nobbler, gold head damsel, montana,

ptn, grhe, apps blood worm, sweeny todd, black pennel

peter ross, jc dunkeld, grouse & claret, butcher

klink hammer, hopper, daddys, culdnard

 

the list could go on forever best advice go with whatever suits the conditions

mike

[Bootsha 1,306]

Three fly cast, Williams favourite, Blue upright, Greenwells glory. If you dont get a knock with them on the river, f*ck off down the pub matey.

[theferreter 311]

it just depends on what ever hatch is out at the time i always find buzzers fish well or the hares ear

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Check the water, condtions, get to know you river, and is it rfainbow or brown Trout?

[dso88 15]

There is brown and aswell as grayling on the stretch im only just getting into fly fishing so i need to build my fly box up would you use a smaller fly this time of year ?

[mick20 23]

There is brown and aswell as grayling on the stretch im only just getting into fly fishing so i need to build my fly box up would you use a smaller fly this time of year ?

I like upstream nymphing for grayling using czech nymphs or a green hotspot shrimp,using a partridge and orange fished across the flow has worked for me too, if the river is deep or fast flowing then i would use weighted versions of these. Also a grey duster (tied parachute style) is a good dry fly i find.

When going for brownies, in a river, i have used many many flies but tend to have my favourites; dry flies- gold ribbed hare's ear (parachute), sherry spinner, grey duster. Wet flies- mallard and claret, pheasant tail nymph. If i were fishing a river for the first time i would probably start with a small montana nymph on the point with a bibio on a dropper (24-36 inches above). Fly size would normally be 12-14 but conditions on the day could change that. Normally fished on a floating double taper line.

Sometimes you just got to match the hatch mate, so local knowledge and watercraft are a must.

ATB, happy fishing.

Mick

[dso88 15]

Thanks for the advice lads

[johnnie cope 33]

snipe and purple.black spider. partridge and orange the list goes on every fly has its time. learn your river and what works at what times.. if its rainbows power bait lololololo