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Idaho
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TAILWATER FISHING IN IDAHO
I fish tailwaters in Idaho and Oregon for browns and Rainbows. I use Nymphs and streamers almost exclusively. I grew up fishing single eggs as a kid in local streams and creeks so nymphing is a natural progression. I also like the hard hits on streamers and seem to get bigger fish with them.
My Top ten flies are ;-
Red Copper John
Princes Nymph
Pheasant tail Nymphs
Beaded Pheasant tail Nymphs
Wooly Worms
Woolly Buggers
All Matukas
Humpies
Orange stimulators
Doc Strately
Jim Johnson, Meridian Idaho |
Illinois
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MIDWEST FLY FISHING
Here is my top 10 of this year, pretty much based on production of "hits" in no particular order
1.Black nosed dace streamer size 6 - Steelhead were hitting this like mad in the beginning of October. Nothing else worked.
2.No name pattern size 2-10 - White marabou streamer with red marabou throat and silver tinsel body. Good for all great lakes salmon and it also picked up many Largemouth Bass
3.Foam bodied hoppers with indicators and rubber legs size 6 - ideal for trout in Montana and Yellowstone
4.Parachute hopper with red body - ideal for trout in Montana and Yellowstone
5.Egg sucking leach size 6 & 8 - I used a purple bodied, red headed ESL to nab fish
6.No name wet fly size 12 - Simple olive chenille body, black hackle and wings made of the same material as a Light Cahill. Nailed many juvenile bass this year. Probably would work well on panfish.
7. Popsicle a marabou streamer size 6 (only size I could get) - again for steelhead and salmon.
8. Glo bugs size 2-6 for salmon/size 12 and 10 for steelhead (although both will take either) - all colors although Chartreuse has gotten the most hits this year.
9.King Fisher Fly Shops Sculpin imitation - Tied with two triangle pieces of rabbit skin/fur glued back toi back so that you get a white under belly. Some sort of duck breast feathers are used as pectoral fins, with a bit of red for gills and large black bead eyes. Hook is inverted. This fly looks awesome underwater.
10. Black large sculpin size 2-0 - A variation of the Muddler Minnow huge and black with a spun deer hair head. Got a lot of looks and one hit from a huge male Chinook which took my fly and all my leader.
Matt Pedersen, Chicago
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Indiana
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FLY FISHING INDIANA - MICHIGAN STATE LINES
My home waters are on a small sand and gravel bottomed stream located near the Indiana-Michigan state lines at approximately 41.7 degrees north and 85.2 degrees west. It is called the Pigeon River. Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass and Brown Trout are my pursuits of passion on this stream. My fishing partner and I also fish the many fine trout streams in Michigan.
The Adams, Elk Hair Cadis, Light Hendrickson, Blue Winged Olives and Brown and White Bi-visible are my dry flies of choice. Olive Wooly Buggers, Black Leeches. The Prince Nymph, Gold-ribbed Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail or any of the Peacock nymphs work well on the Pigeon River. In late August and early September, I use a 7 foot long, 3 weight full flex rod rigged a 9 foot, 4x tapered leader with a large green bodied hopper and a tung-head Pheasant Tail nymph dropper. This combination is especially effective, prompting explosive strikes from under the cut banks and out of the deep pockets.
Late September starts the Salmon and Steelhead runs. Egg patterns, Egg Sucking Leeches and Black Wooly Buggers are my favorites. The 7 and 8 weight rods are the rods of choice except for the most experienced anglers. I usually use a 5 or 6 weight mid-flex rod.
Lynn B
FLY FISHING IN THE MIDWEST USA
1- Blacknosed Dace (Streamer), size 6 - Steelhead were hitting this like
mad last week. Nothing else worked!
2 - NO NAME Pattern - White Marabou Streamer with short Red Marabou Throat
and Silver Tinsel Body - sizes 2-10 (for all Great Lakes Salmonids) - also
picked up many Largemouth Bass with this pattern
3 - Foam Bodied Hoppers with indicators and rubber legs (for trout in
Montana / Yellowstone in September) - size 6
4 - Parachute Hopper with Red Body (again for trout in the Western US)
5 - Egg Sucking Leach - sizes 6 & 8 - I used a purpled-bodied, red-headed
6 - no name wet Fly - simply olive chenille body, black hackle and wings made
from the same material as Light Cahill. - size 12 - nailed by MANY juvenile bass this year. Probably would work equally well for general panfish.
7 - "Popsicle", a marabou streamer - again for steelhead and salmon - fished size 6 only (only size I could get this fly in)
8 - "Glo Bugs" - all colors although Chartreuse has gotten the most hits this year - sizes 2-6 for salmon, 10 & 12 for steelhead although both will take either
9 - one of my favorite patterns, I don't know the name, it's a sculpin imitation tied with two triangle pieces of rabbit skin/fur glued back to back so that you get the white underbelly. Some sort of duckbreast feather used for pectoral fins, with a bit of red for gills and large black bead eyes. Hook is turned updside-down. The fly just looks AWESOME underwater but I've only seen the pattern at KingFisher Fly Shop in Misoula Montana. I wish I could find more as it's fly I'd like to fish more (IF I HAD MORE!).
10 - another sculpin imatation, a variation on a Muddler Minnow...basically HUGE and black with the spun deer-hair head. Probably size 2 or 0. Got a lot of looks and one hit (which took the fly and all my leader) by a huge male Chinook. A surprising pattern that I wish I had more of, I do have a white version still.
The cool part is that we have steelhead and salmon runs here in the Midwest too so you get them in Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan and several other states (Illinois has no rivers that host salmon runs, so I always end up heading north into Wisconsin). Well I hope my comments help! Going fly fishing again tomorrow, but since I have a lot of work I came back to Chicago early. The fall inland trout season for Illinois started today and there's a trout lake about 30 minutes from where I live (it's stocked, there's no natural trout waters in IL, all are too warm so the DNR stocks spring and fall).
Best Regards,
Matt Pedersen |
Iowa
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Iowa
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Tri-County
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University
of Iowa Bass Fishing Team
Wapsi
Valley Bassmasters Anamosa, IA
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Kansas
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Central
Plains Bass Anglers KS
El
Dorado Bassmasters KS
Flint
Hills Bass Association KS
Leavenworth
Bass Club KS
Olathe
Bass Club KS
Sandhills
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Southeast
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Sunflower
Bassmasters KS
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Kentucky
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KENTUCKY FLYFISHING
I fish primarily for trout and small mouthed bass in streams in the Cumberland River tailwater below Wolf Creek Dam. My favorite flies are
Princes (beaded and not) hook size 16-20
Pheasant Tails (beaded and not) flashbacks hook size 16-20
Hares Ear (beaded and not) natural and olive hook size 16-20
Woolly Buggers (beaded and not) hook size 4-10
Scuds and sowbugs hook size 16-18
Wet flies such as Partridge and Green hook size 14-20
Olive and Black Chicago flies (beaded) hook size 6-10
Wulffs and parachutes
William Federhofer, KY |
Louisiana
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Association
of Louisiana Bass Clubs LA
ArkLaBass
Northern LA, southern AR
Bastrop
Bass Club LA
Bayou
Bandits Bass Club LA
Bayou
Bassmasters LA
Bayou
Boys Bass Busters ALBC & BASS Federation club from south LA
Bayou
State Couples Bass Club LA
Bi-State
Bassers LA
Camp Beauregard
Bass Club Fishing in Louisiana
Carlyss
Bass Club LA
Cenla
Bassmasters LA
Christian
Fellowship Of Bass Anglers LA
Rod Benders Bass
Club LA
Southern
Bassanglers LA
Tri-Parish
Fishing Club LA
West
St. Tammany Bassmasters LA
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Maine
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FLY FISHING TOP TEN FOR MAINE
Most of my fishing is on rivers and streams. Occasionally I'll canoe a few ponds. Most noted are the rivers of Kennebec, Penobscot, Moose, Crooked, Rapid, Messalonskee, Kenebago, Grand Lake Stream, Magaloway, Dead River, Kenduskeag and Sebasticook. One of particular interest is our tri-annual trips to New Brunswick, Canada to fish the Tobique river (hence the Thompson Special Fly)
Pheasant Tail Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Grey Gold Ribbed Hares Ear Nymphs 16, 14, 12
Muddlers
Hornsberg
Soft Hackle 14, 12
Brown Stonefly 14, 12
Maple Syrup
Tent Winged Caddis 16, 14, 12
Mickey Finn Streamers
Gray Ghost Streamers
BWO dry 16, 14, 12
Thompson Special 14, 12
As always tight lines, Jeff Haresear |
Maryland
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MARYLAND FLIES
Beaded Black Woolly Bugger hook size 10
Beaded Pheasant Tail hook size 12 - 16
Brassies/Copper John hook size 18 - 22
Natural Gold Ribbed Hares Ears hook size 12 - 16
Blue Winged Olive hook size 10 -18
Green Drake hendrick hook size 10 - 14
Natural Elk Hair caddis hook size 10 - 14
Blue Dun Dry hook size 12 - 18
Quill Gordon Dry hook size 12 - 18 |
Massachusetts
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American Bass
Assoc. of Massachusetts MA
Berkshire
Fishing Club MA
Blackstone
Valley Bassmasters MA
Cabin
Fever Bass Club MA
Cape
Cod Bass Club MA
Chelmsford
Basstacklers MA
City
Bass Lynn, MA
East
Coast Bass Anglers MA
Fall
River Junior Bassmasters MA
Massmasters
Bass Club MA
Merrimack
Valley Bassin' Buddies MA
Metrowest
Lunker Hunters MA
Mohawk
Bassmasters Bass Tournament Club,Winchendon, MA
North
Shore Bass Anglers MA
Plymouth
Rock BassMasters MA
Rod
Jockey's MA
Wachusett
Bassmasters MA
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