Everyone's Favorite Bow River Nymphs

[flywiz]

Just for fun, what are everyone's top five, in order, go to nymphs for the Bow river..I'll start with mine..

1/ San Juan worm

2/Flashback pheasant tail

3/soft-hackle hare's ear

4/ Prince nymph (#2 in fall)

5/golden stone (#2 in early summer)

[Jayhad]

I'm stuck in my ways and don't venture far from my favorites;

1 SJW

2 Chris' Killer Caddis

3 Ice cream cone

4 Bow River Bait

5 caseless caddis

[jonn]

1. Rubber Legged Flashback pheasent tail

2. Palamino Caddis

3. SJW

4. Copper John

5. kaufmen Golden Stone

[flywiz]

hey man, what is the "bow river Bait" never heard of it, but pretty cool name

is the killer caddis your own pattern?

adam

 

I'm stuck in my ways and don't venture far from my favorites;

1 SJW

2 Chris' Killer Caddis

3 Ice cream cone

4 Bow River Bait

5 caseless caddis

 

[Guest 420FLYFISHIN]

Bow Bait is corn, shrimp, minnows you know bait....lol jk

 

1. wire SJW

2. chris killer caddis

3. gold stone

4. copper john

5. Biot chromis (size 18)

[headscan]

SJW

Chenille stone

Caddis pupa

Copper John

Prince

[agbff]

1. Midge sz 18

2 caddis sz 14

3. Baitfish patterns sz 10

4. Wormers

5. Leechers.

[reevesr1]

1. Chenille (leggy) stone

2. Caddis

3. Midges

4. SJW (though I almost always have it on for weight)

5. leeches

 

I'm probably short selling the SJW here. But my bet is the leggy stone outfished the worm 5 to 1 for me this year.

[jdangler]

Micro May

Prince

SJ Worm

Hare's Ear (my own version)

Caddis Pupa

[Jayhad]

hey man, what is the "bow river Bait" never heard of it, but pretty cool name

is the killer caddis your own pattern?

adam

 

the Killer caddis is a pattern from Chris at Fish Tales and the bow river bait is a pattern I came up with (sure someone else has done something similar somewhere) but I decided to fish it exclusively in july and august on the bow.... the browns can't deny it.... they just can't

[agbff]

^ Yet another variation of the SJW?

[hydropsyche]

Okay. You all are just teasing the hell out of this old tye flier by posting your favorites without giving/showing patterns.

 

Rickr - I gotta see that leggy stone

Jayhad - Don't be shy.

 

Here is my top five that I try at least once if the fish aren't on (in no particular order)

 

Copper John

Prince

AP nymph

Seal bugger (dead drifted then swung)

midge

 

(the swj is a given)

 

I believe if the fish aren't on, when you change flies, change the size and shape (and motion - softhackle) more then the colour. These flies all have different sizes and/or shapes. That is probably why they are the ones I usually cycle through.

[Tungsten]

I like the leggy stone too,i find you have to weight them a lot.

Heres mine in no order.

PT halfback or prince

small green

small red

bugger

Stone leggy thing.

 

 

[headscan]

Rickr - I gotta see that leggy stone

If Rick fishes the same one I do it's this:

http://www.fishtalesflyshop.com/feature-fl...aaron-caldwell/

 

[hydropsyche]

Really? I have a swack of those. I tied them up after watching a fishing show. I think they called it the Box Canyon Stone or the Viagra. I've tried them but obviously not hard enough. Thats the problem when you have 300 different patterns with you at all times.

[hopdrop]

Girdle Bug, VERY good fly.

[reevesr1]

Mine is a Wayne Hanson tie. My favorite is the yellow and brown one. It is seriously a fish catching machine, and for a big chunck of the year.

[Tungsten]

Girdle Bug, VERY good fly.

Yes,My adults are Girdle's with a foam wing.The hackel seams to make a difference.

[TerryH]

Mine is a Wayne Hanson tie. My favorite is the yellow and brown one. It is seriously a fish catching machine, and for a big chunck of the year.

Is it like this one (from the Idylwilde website)? Terry

 

[reevesr1]

Is it like this one (from the Idylwilde website)? Terry

 

 

That be it. Colors are a touch different. Wayne calls his "turds". Caught fish with it in your neck of the woods too Terry! But it's more an idealistic than realistic approach.....

[Jayhad]

^ Yet another variation of the SJW?

no, I only fish the wire SJW on a diachi swimming nymph hook

I am sure i have shown you the bait Andy, now I have said enough ........ If you run into me at the Fly Fishing Expo I may show you.... I won't be back into calgary until about then........damn Iqaluit