Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: Steely on July 08, 2007, 06:24:56 PM
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What would be some good flies to use for brookies. We are going to a lake in a week and I was just wondering what are some good flies to use. Would normal flies work? Thanks
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Well they like baitfish, so any cutty fly would work... They are predators.
I caught them up north on black leeches, but that may not work for you...
Cheers,
Nicole
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Yes normal flies work. I have found that Brookies are a fantastic dry fly fish (one of my favorites).
The trick to these guys is to stay close to shore. They like to hide in bullrushes. It helps to hunt them down first, canoes work good for this, paddle around and through the rushes dead slow. When you spot one, there will be lots more close by, these guys like to school. You will be surprised where you find them, I have seen school of thirty or more holding in three feet of water. When you have found them back off to distance where your movements wont spook them. Acuracy comes into play because you are going to want to fire your fly into the lots in the rushes.
Flies I have found that have worked well are:
Royal Coachman Dry
Double Hackled Peacock
Tom Thumb
Chironomid
Leach
SouBou
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Thanks for the info hpefully we will get afew :)
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I have always had luck with dry flies... although I won't fish a brookie stream unless there are rising fish. Mayflies in a range of sizes and colours (dun as in pale morning, olive as in blue winged, green as in green drake, and brown as in march brown). They are agressive as far as I have seen, and so hatch matching doesn't seem to matter too much.
Good luck.
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dry flies work well for me, tom thumbs in particular