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Alberta |
ALASKA FLIES
Hello my three favorite flies for Rainbow in Alaska and Russia is the black bunny leaches, egg sucking leach and scalping and I love to fish in Russia especially with the mouse patterns, for Sockeye I use a green and white streamer fly and a white and red is also good, for the Silver Salmon I use a silver tinsel with white or red works , this seems to irritate these fish into striking it.
KENAI RIVER, ALASKA FLIES
STREAMERS size 2-6
Double Bunny grey and white
Clouser's Minnows grey and white
Zonkers white, natural grey and purple
Egg sucking leech, purple, black or olive
Woolheaded Sculpin, olive black, brown or mixed
NYMPHS size 10 - 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ears, olive tan and black
Prince's Nymphs
Caddis Pupa
Small stonefly mayfly and caddis nymphs
DRY FLIES size 10 - 16
Elk Hair Caddis
Stimulator
Royal Wulff
Other attractors
EGG PATTERNS size 10 - 12
Glo-bugs 6 - 10mm in dimension, best colours are , champagne, Sockeye and peachy king, Mixing colours is good
Glue Gun Eggs
Beads 6 - 10mm
FLESH FLIES sizes 4 - 12
Gingery Bunny
White Bunny
Peach Bunny
Mixed fleshy colours of bunny fur
Battle Bunny
Yarn flies with egg or Champagne coloured Glo-bug yarn on #8
Micro flesh, a small flesh coloured yarn, marabou or fur on #12
SOCKEYE SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Simple Stealth, black chenille body with a black or blue wing
Soft Hackle Stealth, black chenille body with a soft hackle
Polar Shrimp
Russian River Coho
Note that just about any small steelhead/salmon fly pattern can work. I have seen Sockeye move to take pink, orange and green flies. Most shy away from the bright colours but take on smaller and/or darker flies
SILVER SALMON FLIES size 2 - 6
Purple egg sucking leech (I like a cone heade added for action and weight)
Chartreuse egg sucking leech~
Flash Fly, silver or purple
Woolly Buggers with various colour combinations and flash added
Rabit stip flies with dumb bell eyes in black, purple and pink
Silvers will just about take anything at times but they can be picky. Variety is the key.
FLIES FOR CROWSNEST RIVER REGION
Important hatches on the Crowsnest River include Blue Winged Olives during April, May and June and also August to October. Golden Stonflies in June and July. Pale Morning Duns and Green Drakes during July and August. Various Caddis species from June to October with big caddis from late august to October. Hoppers, ants and beetles are important during August.
1. Royal Humpy Hook Size 16
2. BWO Hook Size 14-18
3. Pale Morning Dun Hook Size 14-18
4. Green Humpies Hook Size 10 - 14
5. Quill Gordons Hook Size 16
6. Light Cahill Hook Size 16
7. Yellow Stimulator Hook Size 8
8. Hoppers
9. Damsel Flies
10. Foam Ants
Tight Lines Duncan Bain
FLY FISHING ON THE OLDMAN RIVER
In June the stonefly hatch is coming off the water followed by the mayflies in July and August. September brings caddis up until October. Grasshoppers, beetles and ants work well in the Summer and early Autumn.
I like using Bitch Creeks, Golden Stone, Kaufmanns's Black Stone and Montanas in the early part of the season as stonefly imitations. Mountain whitefish and trout are attracted to these offerings. In the summer I use large attractors when there are no hatches in progress, my favorites are Yellow humpy, Red humpy, Orange stimulator, and Royal Trude.
Dave's hoppers are best in late July and August during the Grasshopper hatch. I use beaded princes and Gold Ribbed Hares Ear nymphs on a 2-3 foot dropper tied underneath the stimulator dry fly or the Hopper to increase the the odds on a bite. This is not only effective rainbows and Whitefish but I have caught a number of Cutthroat as well.
Most of the mayfly hatches occur in the evening, late in the day when the wind has calmed down. make sure you have the following flies in your fly box to cater for these hatches:Blue winged olive, Mosquito, Royal Wulff, Sofa Pillow, Elk Hair Caddis and Goddards Caddis.
During the day I like to swim streamers downstream. The patterns that work well up here are sculpins, marabou muddlers, muddler minnows and zonkers. I find adding a bit of weight to the nose works really well to get them down the to the river bottom. A small split shot is all you need.
Billy Paul, Alberta, Canada
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British Columbia
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SPORT FISHING SUNSHINE COAST
Craig,
Here are a list of some of my favorites..
Purple Egg Sucking Leech 2-10
Streamer
Woolly Buggers 2-10
Streamer Mcleod Stickleback 2-6
Streamer
Muddler Minnow 2-10
Streamer
Cased Caddis 6-10
Wet Nymph
Halfback 8-14
Wet Nymph
Deer Hair Dragon 4-8
Wet Nymph
Tom Thumb 6-10
Dry
Royal Coachman 6-12
Dry
Elk Hair Humpy 6-14
Scott Elliott
Trout Tales Fishing Adventures
TEN FLIES FOR KAMLOOPS, SHUSWAP & CARIBOU COUNTRY
Requested list of favourite flies, fished primarily in the High Country lakes around Kamloops, the Shuswap or the Caribou Country
Halfback 2x10 or 2x12
Gold bead head Pheasant tail nynph 2x14 or 16
Scuds, shades of green, some with flashback
Marabou damsel nymph, pale watery green
,Several dragon nymphs, 3x8 or 6
Caddis pupa,2x8 or 10
Emergent caddis (sedge) deerhair ,2x10 or12
Mikulak Sedge(dry) 2x12 or 14
Tom Thumb (dry) 2x12 to 18
Elk hair caddis 12 to 16
Various 16 patterns with CDC wing
GRHE Some with beadhead 8 to 14
Various small leeches in maroon or black seal or marabou 3x10 or 12
Diawi Bach, with a PT wing 12
Dozens of different chironomids 2x14 to 18
Beadhead wooly bugger , black, brown or maroon, 3x8 or 6
Mayfly (callibaetis) nymph 2x14
Muddler minnow Some with marabou tail, 3x6 or8
Cary special (Soft long hackle ) some tied only with PT, +3x8 to 12
Den |
Labrador
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Manitoba
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What are your top ten flies? |
New Brunswick
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NEW BRUNSWICK FLY FISHING
The best flies for Atlantic Salmon would be
Green Butt Black Bear Hook Size 8
Undertaker Hook Size 8
Shady Lady Hook Size 8
Green Machine Hook Size 8
Ally's Shrimp Hook Size 8
Yellow Wing Butterfly Hook Size 8
Copper Killer Hook Size 8
Glitter Bug Green Butt Hook Size 8
Brown Bomber
Green/brown/White tail bomber
Byron from Gray Rapids, NB |
Newfoundland
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NEWFOUNDLAND FISHING
I fish quite a lot in the summer time mostly for salmon and sea trout. I fish a good number of rivers in Newfoundland including the humber river, the Pinware river and the exploits river.
The top ten flies, that's tough to pick since i fish many years all having there own unique characteristics, like red abbey, rutledge, indian cossaboom, green machine, green highlander, silver rat, copper killer, etc. I use a lot of dry flies that are the most fun . bombers and bugs are very popular in Newfoundland most fisherman use them here.
John Fennessey,
Newfoundland
LA POILE RIVER
The favorite flies on the Lapoile river are basically dries and they are locally tied. -A half green half white bug with tan or grizzly hackle, similar to a buck bug, white wulffs, the standard wet salmon flies and an assortment of muddlers tied sparsely, without over wings. All these flies are small like size ten and smaller. Tight lines Steve Clark
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North West Territories
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What are your top ten flies? |
Nova Scotia
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NOVA SCOTIA FISHING
My top ten? Hmmmm...
Royal Wulff,
Mickey Finn,
Muddler Minnow,
Adams,
Queen of the Waters,
BWO,
Mosquito,
General Practioner,
Green Highlander,
Cosseboom,
Ross Special,
Princes Nymph,
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph,
Zug bug,
Deceivers,
Clousers and any shrimp pattern.
We have all three flavors of trout. I concentrate mainly on the speckled and rainbows. A strong secondary interest is Atlantic Salmon. We have a number of first class salmon rivers here on the island and the are excellent as for the last three years the commercial fishing restrictions in Iceland really did us wonders.
Best Wishes Keith MacDonald,
Cap Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
FALL RIVER, NOVA SCOTIA FISHING
Top 10 Salmon Flies: Jock Scott, Mickey Finn, Cosseboom, Mcintyre, Baron, Fra Diabolo, Dew drop,
Trout: Royal Wulff, Royal Coachman,
Bass: Green Bomber, Pink Bomber, Clouser's Minnow
NOVA SCOTIA LAKES AND RIVERS
I find that a fly box full of Elk Hair Caddis in hook size 14 to 16 Tan, Black or Olive will cover most situations as they hatch throughout the season. The Mayflies hatch between May and July. Shrimp patterns like the General Practitioner, Ally's Shrimps, Lester the Lobster and Bras d'or Creeper work well. Smelt patterns like the Smelt Muddler or Black Nosed Dace on Hook Size 1 to 10 are a good choice.
Scott Campbell |
Nunavut
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Ontario
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NORTHERN ONTARIO STILLWATER LAKE FLIES
Because so many of the things that trout eat up here are green, large and leggy these are the most useful patterns
Olive Woolly Bugger #2-6
Olive Marabou Muddler #2-6
Matuka #2-6
Zonker #2-6
Partridge and Green Soft hackle #10-12
partridge and Tan #10-12
Hammill's Killer #2-6
edson tiger #2-6
For Dry Fly fishing bring the following
Adams
Adams Irresistible
Humpies
Wulffs
BWO's
Elk Hairwing Caddis
Hoppers
I hope this helps
William Montgomery. Ontario, Canada
GRAND RIVER FLIES SOUTHERN ONTARIO
(1hr drive west of Toronto)
It is a no kill river.
These work
Blue Winged Olive Dry hook sizes 16 - 18
Light Cahill hook sizes 10 - 14
Red Spinner hook sizes 12 - 20
Elk Hair Caddis Tan hook sizes 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis Grey hook sizes 12 -16
Griffiths Gnat hook sizes 16-20
Comparaduns hook sizes 12 -18
Pheasant tail nymphs hook sizes 14 - 18
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs hook sizes 10 -16
Princes Nymph hook sizes 14 - 18
Black Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 6 -10
Yellow Stone Fly Nymph hook sizes 8 - 14
Green Caddis Pupa hook sizes 12 - 16
Orange Caddis Pupa hook sizes 14 - 18
Tom Matier, Canada
LAKE ONTARIO TRIBUTARY FISHING
We fish for steelheads that run up from Lake Ontario into various tributaries. These are spectacular fish that average 7-12 lbs. These steelhead runs are now larger than those on the Pacific coast. The medium brown woolly buggers are one of the top flies to take these fish on. Because of the small size of the river weswing them on short 5ft polyleaders. The takes are usually arm jolting.
Various classic nymphs like Gold Ribbed Hares Ear and Pheasant tail nymphs are your standard flies. One of the most effective is the Welsh Diawl Bach (little Devil) Nymph. One of my fishing mates is Welsh. He discovered one year when the fishing got to be a little tough that a small standard Diawl Bach was just the fly needed to get them back on the bite. fished in the slower deeper pools on a light tippet can induce savage strikes. I guess that is why it is called the little devil.
Tight Lines, Joe Forte, Ottawa, Canada
WINDSOR, ONTARIO
Muddler Minnow hook size 12
Black Stonefly Nymph hook size 12
Black Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Purple Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Black Egg Sucking Leech Woolly Bugger hook 10
Black and Yellow Montana hook size 12
Natural Pheasant Tail Nymph hook size 12
Red San Juan Worm hook size 12 - 14
Natural Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph hook 12
Black Gnat Dry hook size 14 - 16
These flies are deadly here all year long for both salmon and trout. We pretty much use them from beginning of spring to late fall.
Grace |
Quebec |
MATAPEDIA RIVER SALMON FISHING
The flies I use are
Green Machine,
Green Highlander
Blue Charm
Black Bear
Green Butt
The undertaker
Rusty Rat
Silver Rat
Dry Fly Bomber - white, green and brown
Regards Mike Fisher from Quebec
FLY FISHING IN LAC DU CERF
I fish in Lac du Cerf, and the waterways of the Laurentian Mountains which is 150Km north east of Montreal. The most popular and productive flies include the Mickey Finn, Grey Ghost, Black Nosed Dace, Magog Smelt, Electric Smelt. On the smaller lakes basic attractor patterns like Adams, PMD's Grizzly Wulffs, Olive Parachutes and most terrestrial patterns like hoppers and ants work great.
Charles Pike, Ottawa |
Vancover
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VANCOUVER FLY FISHING
1.P2R, a pattern developed by myself and others a few years ago. It is an attractor but I often use it as a caddis emerger/backswimmer/terrestrial. It has squirrel/antron dubbing, copper rib, white goose biot wings, dark antron dubbed thorax, Hungarian partridge soft hackle size 8 - 16 TMC 2457 beaded and unbeaded, olive, rusty brown, black in that order for rainbows, browns, costal cutthroats and east slopr cutthroats. this is my primary goto fly when nothing is on the surface.
2. Comparadun/sparkle dun sizes 14 - 18 variety of colors for trout in general. Tied on 100, 101 or equiv alent. Definite go to fly for me.
3. Klinkhammer trout emerger, used to imitate mayfly, caddis and on occasion midge emergers on both lake and streams, variety of colors, mostly woven patterns but dubbed bodies (touch dubbing for midges) size 12 - 18. Tied on TMC 2487, 2488 or equivalent. Hi vis pattern as well as other versions of the post using white antron, pearl, krystal flash.
4. Spinner pattern (krystal flash wings, super fine dub, split tails) olive, rusty brown, yellow sizes 14 - 20 TMC 101 hook for trout on all streams.
5. Rolled Muddler sizes 6 -10 natural with silver, gold, chartreuse, brown, black fished in both river and costal for cuttroats, coho salmon, rainbows, hok TMC 9495 for salt and TMC 2302 for fresh. Tied very sparse.
6. Bunny Leach- Heavy weighted 2-6 4x hook stillwater pattern for big rainbows down deep. Fished with type 5+ sinking lines and stripped very very fast. Big trout catcher 22-30 inch rainbows. Colours primarily black and olive but I also tye them in bright colours (chartreuse, yellow) mottled natural colours, maroon etc... lightly weighted when fishing for big pike sizes 3/0 - 4 and fished just under the surface.
7. Princes Nymph size 12 TMC 200R (like the look of it) and TMC2302 tied with different colours of dyed peacock herl however natural is still standard. Use it as a searching pattern on lakes and rivers
8. Woolly Bugger 3X hook size 10 tyed very sparse, dubbed body of seal olive brown and black, hackle is stripped on one side and tied with maybe 4 - 5 wraps at most sparse sparse krystal flash for accent in tail and as rib. ideal for stillwater rainbows.
9, 10, 11 and on and on are Chronomids - TMC 2457, 2487 (size 18's and smaller) 2302 size 8 - 20, tied in an endless arra of colours using rayon floss, stretch flex, lagartum minibraid, coloured thread, larva lace, larva glass tubing filled with mineral water etc... I have over 2000 Chronomid flies (maybe 25 patterns each in lots of colours and sizes) in my boat box - larva, emerging, pupa, snowcone, buzzer versions, about 2/3 have beads.
Rick Sullivan, Vancouver Canada |
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