How do you know what fly to use? and how to use it? (trout)?

Question

im using a bubble bobber with a spinning reel

everything helps :) THANX!

Answer 1

IMHO, if I had only one fly in my tackle box, it would be a wooly bugger, preferably with a brass or tungsten bead head.  They come in a variety of sizes and colors, and are fairly easy to tie yourself.  If you are fishing a pond or small lake, run your line (for trout I'd use no more than a 6-pound test) through the stem of a clear plastic bubble - you can order these bubbles from Rainbow plastics in Colorado - or, depending on where you live, buy them at a tackle shop.  After you run the line thru the bubble, tie on a swivel.  Tie on a 6' length of 5x tippet to the other end of the swivel, then tie on your fly.  The bubble should be filled with water until 1/2 to 3/4 full (wooly buggers are streamers and, like nymphs, should travel under the surface of the water).  Other nymph-like flies (including copper johns, pheasant tails and hare's ears) can be fished using this method.

Answer 2

Unless someone is familier with the water you are fishing telling you what flies to use is impossible but. sizing the flies to the time of year is highly important no mater where you are.

Rule of thumb: In spring use small, in fall use large listen to your surroundings dig up the ground around fallen trees look for ants, moths, flies and crickets even grubs. (Example: If the ants are black dont use a red one) Make it easy match the size and color of what is on the ground and in the air. Hornets and water wasps are pwoerful baits in the heat of summer. I know a guy who would throw out a piece of meat on the shore line at dawn, up stream from where he fished and when the hornets showed up he'd bat them with a ping pong paddle into the water and then go set up down stream and work his hornet flies back into the feeding frenzy he'd created. I also knew a guy who would buy crickets (feeders in pet stores for reptiles) take them upstream and throw them on the water and then go way down stream and work his way up using a cricket same size and color and literally catch way more than he could keep. (In fact I don't think he liked eating fish and kept none) basicly a lot of stuff is against the law to do but the fish will learn what to feed on if it's what is around. I love using p**s ants (red or black) the smallest flies in my box especially when I can't find any local clues.

(food for thought) the clear bobber half filled with water will sink into the stream but still suspend and will move with the fly you are using..... the top bobbers move much faster than the flies and drag the fly into view after the bobber is seen.

tight lines mate

Answer 3

no, no, no, no.  Don't use a bobber if your using a fly.  Actully never use a bobber if your using a luer. You want the luer to look as nautrual as possible.  If your fishing for trout here is what you should do.  First of all you DON'T need to fly fish for trout.  Use light tackle.  Use about a five foot rod with a 4lb. test. For a luer try some mepps spinners or some blue fox luers trout love those. Also try if your going trout fishing go early in the morning from 6am-9am  they really don't bite after 9.

Answer 4

OK heres the skinny on fly fishing with a spinning set-up.

   It makes no difference to a fish how you get the offering to them, just as long as it looks like something they might want to eat/attack. Determine the depth of water you will be fishing in,( I'm going to assume that you are fishing in a river or stream so that is how I will approach this.) lets say the water is 4 ft. deep and the current is moderate. I would set  my float about 5-6 ft from the hook and I would use just enough splitshot to keep the fly down and ticking the bottom(assuming the trout are holding on the bottom). Cast upstream at about a 45 degree angle and reel in the slack line as it floats down toward you. also you must "mend" your line as it develops a "belly" in it, meaning to flip your line so that it creates a "drag-free" drift. From ) to ( for example. You are trying to let the fly drift as though it weren't attached to anything.  As the fly passes your position you can let out some line and let it continue on its way until it begins to "drag" in the current.  Reel in and repeat. try a few different drift lanes in any particular spot and then jsut work your way down through the particular hole that you are fishing. When you are satisfied that you have covered all the likely holding spots for fish...move on or move up and re-fish the stretch again to pick up any fish you might have missed.

As for flies, Wooly Buggers work well in  sizes 8-10, and nymphs such as the good ol' Hare's Ear or Pheasant  Tail, maybe a Copper John or Prince Nymph in sizes 10-14. I prefer to use beadheads on my nymphs as the added weight means less split-shot will be needed. I hope that I was of some help to you and I wish you good luck in your fishing adventures. If you need any flies or tying material, or if you have anymore questions, I cn be reached through my website.