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If you go flyfishing in Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, or Wyoming please send in your list of your top ten fly-fishing fly patterns that you know work on your rivers, streams and lakes. This information will help other anglers make a more informed decision as to what flies to tie on to their lines
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Tennessee
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TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN FISHING
Hi I'm Mike from the mountains of Tennessee. Around here there are two types of Fly fishing for rainbow and brown Trout. One is fishing tail waters from dams and the other is mountain streams. The rule is the bigger the water the smaller the fly and the smaller the water the bigger the fly.
In large tail waters we fish size 18-20 BWO, Sulfur comparaduns and elk hair caddis.
In mountain streams we use size 10-14 orange stimulators and
weighted Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs. The Mountain trout range from about 7-12 inches and the tail water trout range from 12 - 30 inches. We also fish for small mouth bass in the rivers with woolly buggers and clousers minnows. The are rare and are only found in higher elevations and in very clean water.
Mike Gunn
FLIES FOR TENNESSEE
We fly fish the mountain streams and tailwaters of east Tennessee and Western North Carolina. There are more streams here than you could ever imagine. Big bows, browns, southern Appalachian brookies and small mouth bass. Here is my list
1. Prince's Nymph
2. Gold Ribbed Hares Nymph
3. Red Butt
4. Tennessee Wolf (Royal Wulff variant)
5. Black & Tan Woolly Bugger
6. Blue Winged Olive
7. Christmas Tree beadhead
8. Elk Hair Caddis
9. Pheasant Tail Nymphs
10. Adams Parachute
FLY FISHING TENNESSEE
The flies I fish with here in Tennessee are woolly buggers, prince nymphs, bead heads, what they call the Tellico Nymph and pheasant tails.
Steve,Trout Reading, Tennesse
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Texas
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TEXAS FLY BOX
Mayflies-flyline size 10
Daves Hopper size 6
Stimulator Olive size 10
French Partridge size 8
Royal Coachman size 12
Blue wing olive size 12
Thorax Callibaetis size 14
Woolly buggers size 16
Bass poppers size 16-18
Gregory Caruso
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Utah
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UTAH FLY FISHING
I fish streams in Utah. These are my top flies.
Chubby Muffin 10
Caddis 12-18
Fox's Pupa 14-18
Dark Lord 14-16
Adamant 14-16
Foam caddis 12
klinkhammer 12-16
Humpy 14
GRHE CDC midge
UTAH GUIDES ADVICE
Go with the basics:
Dry flies: Stimulator 12-16, Parachute Adams (14-20), Elk Hair Caddis (14-18), Parachute Hoppers (8-12)
Nymphs: Higa's SOS (available from Orvis or directly from Spencer Higa) (16), Pheasant tails (16-22), Hare's Ears (12-16), Prince nymphs (12-16) soft hackles (14-18)."
Streamers: Anything. Buggers, Platte River Specials, Slumpbusters, etc. Don't forget the mouse patterns!
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Vermont
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What are your top ten list of flies for fishing in the
State of Vermont? |
Virginia
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA FISHING
Here are my top ten flies I use most often in Northern Virginia streams and Shenandoah National Park
Dry Flies:
Elk Hair Caddis tan and Olive Hook Size 12 to 16
Royal Coachman Hook Size 12 to 16
Quill Gordon Hook Size 12 to 16
Parachute Adams Hook Size 12 to 16
Nymphs:
Pheasant Tail Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Prince's Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs Hook Size 12 to 16
Streamers:
Olive Crystal Woolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
Black Woolly Bugger Hook Size 8 to 10
I hope this helps
Ken Bohling
VIRGINIA FLY FISHING
I generally fish for brown, rainbow and brook trout, as well as small mouth bass. My top ten are as follows
Adams Hook Size10-20
Light Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Dark Cahill Hook Size 12 to 16
Hair Wing Royal Coachman Hook Size 14 to 16
Elk Hair Caddis Hook Size 10 to 16
Dave's Hopper Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Fur Ant Hook Size 10 to 12
Black Midge Hook Size 20 to 28
Woolly Bugger Hook Size 2 to 10
Rick Ahern, Virginia
TOP 10 FOR WEST VIRGINIA FISHING
1-#28 cdc midge black
2-#16 soft hackle any color
3-#24 cdc vertical emerger rusty
4-Rusty spinner#12-32
5-Zonker muddlers-#6-8
For the Elk River West Virginia!Trout in a limestone with freestone character! 75% of the time a #24-32 will do the trick 365 days a year. I use 9x-10x tippet
Shane Stove |
Washington
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FLY FISHING IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS
Thought I'd send you my ten favorite flies.
I live in the state of Washington USA, I'm on the west side of the Cascade Mountains and our climate is probably a lot like what I understand England's is, lots of rain and for the most part very moderate Temperatures. My wife and both work and have built a retirement home in the Cascade foothills on the West side.
The weather is quite different there, Very warm in the summer and very cold in the winter and lots of rain or snow. I like to fish Lakes more than rivers or streams. Most of the streams here are very small, narrow and overgrown. There are some large rivers also and I'll try them in retirement. (about 2 years from now) Mostly I have been fishing Lakes in the Cascade mountains, average elevation is about 4500 Feet and a few in the lowlands around Tacoma, around 500 to 700 feet in elevation. The flies I use most are:
(Nymphs) Gold Ribbed Hares Ear,
Telico,
Damsel,
Dragon Fly,
Zug Bug.
(Dry) Adams,
Black Gnat,
Blue Dunns,
Elk Hair Caddis,
Sizes10 thru 18.
Have a great Day!
Chuck
WASHINGTON STEELHEAD FLY
The Skagit Minnow hook size 1/0 is what I use for winter Steelhead in White, Red orange, Black blue, Pink, Black, Black red
Mike Kinney of Deer Creek Guide Company, Arlington, Washington USA (near the Stillaguamish River)
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West Virginia
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What would be in your top ten fly pattern list for fishing
West Virginia rivers, streams and lakes? |
Wisconsin
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WISCONSIN TOP FLIES
Black Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
Olive Beaded Woolly Bugger hook size 8
3 Hi Vis Parachute Adams hook size 18
Gray Beaded Scud hook size 16
Brassie size 18
Red Ass size 18 and 16
Pheasant Tail size 16
Royal Trude size 16
Griffiths Gnat size 20
Black Gnat size 20
Al Gumtow, Wisconsin
SALMON FLY FISHING ON THE MILWAUKEE RIVER, WISCONSIN, USA
My son-in-law introduced me to salmon fly fishing on the Milwaukee River in Wisconsin. The King salmon had just started to run up river and we hooked several in two days, including one tenacious 28 pounder and another pf 20 plus pounds. Other big salmon were caught but lost. The most productive flies were polar shrimp and woolly buggers.
Bob H
Virginia Beach,VA
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Wyoming
(Yellowstone)
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FLY FISHING IN YELLOWSTONE,
For browns/rainbows/cutthroats on the Yellowstone River my Top 3 flies:
BWO CDC Emerger (#18-20)
Circus Peanut (#2)
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph (#14)
Jeff Reed Rivers Bend Lodge
FLY FISHING IN WYOMING
My Top 10 not in order of best
1. Leech/bugger 6-10- olive/black/orange
2.BH Pheasant Tail 12-18
3.BH Hairs Ear 12-18
4. Olive scud 14-18
5. Humpy's 12-16
6. Hoppers 8-14
7. My own streamer red/green/gold tinsel 6-10
8. glow egg 12-18
9. BH prince 10-18
10. PMD - 12-18
I fish lakes, rivers, creeks, and ponds in WY for trout and white fish. My
best was a 21" 5.5lb brook trout on a scud, a 28" 8lb rainbow on a prince,
and a 24" 4.5 lb cut on a humpy.
Wyane Olsen |
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