Trout flies come in a lot of different varieties, but there is a good reason so many anglers are using fly tackle to target trout. If there is one thing that trout are known for, it is for being extremely spooky. These fish have something about them, that when they spot a predator or angler, they will high tail it to safer grounds. This means that you typically can’t target brook and stream trout using typical heavy fishing tackle, but are instead going to have to use fly tackle with trout flies tied on. These types of flies are going to have distinct patterns to them, often that of insects and other larva that make their way through the streams. You have to keep your stealth tactics in mind as well.
The dry flies for trout fishing are probably the most used variety, because of the way that these fish will sit in the jetties waiting for smaller meals to swim by, or get pulled down. When you precisely place a small trout dry fly on the top of the jetty, you are going to get a lot more strikes because if it doesn’t sink down, it will cause a slight commotion on the top of the water getting the fish’s attention. Most of these flies are made of foam, and are often brighter colors, because of the types of insects that they are replicating. You can find trout fly patterns ranging from bumblebees, dragonflies, and a lot of other types as well. As stated, this is probably the best way to target the finicky trout in streams and brooks.
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Wet trout flies will sink down into the jetties and hiding spots that these fish love so much, and if you can’t get them to take a topwater or dry fly, you will want to get a weighted wet fly down in front of their face to get bit. Fish are picky on some days, and it is often difficult to determine what they are looking for on any given day, but as long as you keep a couple of different trout fly patterns with you, you can easily retie and begin casting again. These fish usually aren’t too picky about the colors that they take, but some days they only want a certain type of insect. On these days, you really have to make sure you can “match the hatch” as they say.
Some of my favorite trout fly patterns by far have been the colorful materials that have some flash to them. I do love using chameleon, or colors that change under different lighting to imitate what happens to a flying bugs wings as they reflect UV light. The colors will often vary from blues, purples, yellows, greens, and even more to form a complete spectrum of colors. The flash that you use can enhance the fish’s striking ability, by further imitating the meal that they are looking for. If I’m not using a colorful refractive pattern though, I will end up using a black clouser minnow, because I have found out that this is one of the many trout flies that will work on all types of fish, in just about any conditions and any types of water.
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