Winter Trout

[pellieg]

HI Guys,

What set up would you use for targeting Still water trout in winter,

Line ? Leader - tipet, and fly selection

[thrisss]

Wait for the experts reply – but here is mine: seem like most of them use intermediate lines.... tippets will be mainly determined by fly size - but a good rule seems to be as long a tippet as you can cast accurately! Flies – that’s a secret, boils down to confidence in your choice, personally I like to use the more natural looking ones....

[Jasper]

beginning of Winter use egg flies ... fish around inlets to the dam.

There are no dragonfly and very few damselfy nymphs around at this time of year.

The line depends on your choice of fly - which depends on the water you are fishing. I like to use a longish leader (about 12' usually) and as fine as possible when the water is clear.

[wernerm]

Woolie buggers seems to work well this time of year. Especially something with some orange in it on an intermediate or floating line with a dry and buzzer or alike on the point

[ShaunF]

Pellie, It depends really what you mean by Winter Trout. Are you talking about site fishing to "spawning" fish, or mainly just prospecting the waters blind ?

[pellieg]

Hi shaun ,

hopefully some sight fishing , but probably prospecting blind .

So any advice would be great.

[ShaunF]

Hi shaun ,

hopefully some sight fishing , but probably prospecting blind .

So any advice would be great.

Prospecting patterns - Glo Midge, Orange Marabou Muddler, both fished on an intermediate line. The Black Marabou Muddler also works well with a pearl mylar body. I also fish corixa patterns on a floating line, long leader, as well as flashback nymphs in various colours. I also have a nice midge pattern which has red cheeks tied in with goose biots. Normally fish this pattern static.

Sight fishing - Egg patterns, as Jasper already mentioned, San Juan Worm, Mambo #5, Atomic worm, Flashback Nymphs etc. Can fish these either static, under a yarn indicator, or as I often do, retrieving with a slow figure of 8. White Death is also good. Also, don't underestimate the power of a real plain jane mayfly nymph, with no flashy bits at all.

[pellieg]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the help , will post the pics.

ciao

pellie

[FishWhisperer]

For prospecting, Egg sucking leech on Intermediate lines has worked realy well for me!

[chris williams]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all the help , will post the pics.

ciao

pellie

Apart from all the egg-pattern stuff for really good quality fish:

Try team of 2 black buzzers on droppers 50/60cm apart and point fly a floater i.e. suspender midge, ddd etc. and fish as I call 'washing line' style, this imitates the predominant buzzers hanging under the surface. Fish static on flatong line and long leader and wait for the action! If you can fish at the edge of a wind lane/where cross currents in the dam meet so much the better as that's where the midge pupae hang sub-surface waiting to hatch
See 'Freshwater topics'/Single fly v a team 12/6/07 6.35pm my little chirp (Now I know how to refer guys I might as well become a librarian....I'm no effng good for anything else!). Also don't forget minnow imitations stripped in
like Zonkers and Mylar Minnows