connoriredale Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I live in the community of chaparral and the lake in convenient right now while the river is high and muddy to get some casts in. The lake is stocked with rainbow an by the size of fish I have caught so far I would guess that it was actually stocked this year. My question is what type of rig should I be using? Yesterday and today i was using a strike indicator then 1st fly was a waterboatman and underneath was a leech...Does anyone have any suggestions? Casting techniques? Depth of the flies under the indicator? order of flys? Lakes are not my usual hunting ground so any advice would help. I just dont have the streamer knowledge to be on the bow right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Try fishing at about 10ft. I would try a leech on top and a chironomid (or some other small nymph) under it. If you see fish taking emergers at the surface move your flies up. You can also try fishing without an indicator at the surface with dries, emergers and small nymphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoriredale Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 And to create the action should I be stripping pretty slow or any other methods to try? Thank you for reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRock Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 And to create the action should I be stripping pretty slow or any other methods to try? Thank you for reply for nymphs id strip slow. try using BH PT nymphs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monger Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Always be willing to experiment with stripping. Starting slow is a good place to start...but don't get stuck there. Hungry/aggressive fish will chase things down at speed (some bugs can move very quickly). Additionally you can try quick strips with pauses of various duration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoriredale Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 Always be willing to experiment with stripping. Starting slow is a good place to start...but don't get stuck there. Hungry/aggressive fish will chase things down at speed (some bugs can move very quickly). Additionally you can try quick strips with pauses of various duration. for nymphs id strip slow. try using BH PT nymphs. Thanks for the responses guy appreaciate it. Il let you know how it goes tonight...if i do deciede to try my luck at the bow from what ive read going near a drain or along the banks with a single streamer is going to be my best bet??? any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawgstoppah Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 double stonefly rig (for the Bow) fished a couple feet off deep slower banks right now. Maybe about 4-5ft under your indicator and fishing no more than 5 ft into the river, sometimes they are 1ft from the bank right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troutlover Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 im in lake chaparral i like trolling slow with a sinking line and black wholly bugger. there are lots of fish 5 to 10 lbs in there the trips are getting huge but i have found the bigger fish like to chase the bugger. They have also stocked grass carp so if you see schools of fish near the shore cruising don't get to excited they're just carp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Always be willing to experiment with stripping. This is terrible advice!!! You should always fish whilst fully clothed!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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