Old Species Specific Contest (feb. 9/07)

[bulltrout]

Gary (Brown Trout)

Hook: Mustad 79580 sizes 2-6 or similiar

Thread: Black monocord. On larger sizes use size A monocord

Tail: Brown marabou..hook length

Body: rough (loop) dubbed olive seal trimmed to a wide taper

Wing: Brown marabou

Collar: Dyed brown deer hair (top and sides only)

Head: Stacked deer hair. Dyed olive on the bottom. Dyed Brown on top.

 

Large browns are very predatory fish that will move from their shelters in the evening to attack sculpins and minnows in more open water. This fly is tied to create a large profile and displace a large amount of water. Especially important at night.

 

Jeffo (Rainbow Trout)

Hook: Mustad streamer (hook size as big or small as you want,this one is size 6 long)

Tail: wood duck breast feathers

Ribbing: gold mylar

Body: green floss (any colour works, red, green, and black very common

Thorax: Peacock herl with a wood duck breast feather beard

 

Specifically for rainbows it works because it is a good imitator for damsel fly nymphs (as well leeches if you use darker colours). Like all flies, it can catch more than just rainbows, but our pothole lakes are full of damsel fly larvae (as well as rainbows) in the spring and early summer making it a essential for anyones fly box.

 

BigBadBrent (Cutthroat Trout)

Hook: Size 6-16, extended dry fly hook

Tail - Golden-Brown elk or deer

Rib - copper wire

Abdomen- Yellow hairtron dubbing, with brownish red hackle palmered forward.

Wing- Golden-Brown elk or deer. White puft of yarn right after wing for indicator, sadly the picture doesnt do it justice.

Thorax - Orange Dubbing, palmered with Grizzly Hackle

 

They work really well for cuttroat, big and small, as they imitate so many things, in different sizes and colors. They can imitate hoppers, stoneflies, caddis, salmonfly. And with that indicator post, they work wonders for dropping a nymph under. There are so many different ways of fishing stimulators, its unreal. A dead drift through slow moving water, or with a slight twitch. I've caught fish while doing an actual strip on the surface, and they hit HARD!

 

Billy (Brook Trout)

hook; mustad 79580 #6

head; 6/0 black with sally's hard-as-nails finish

tail; green superfly deer belly hair, red floss

body: beige colored yarn (borrowed from the wife's knitting basket)

ribbing; silver tinsel

overbody wing; green,black,white and red calf hair

hackle: orange superfly deer belly hair

underbody; lead wrap

 

I have a brook trout minnow streamer that was given to me years ago by a friend that I use every fall on a northern lake. I toss the streamer against a bank with a big drop-off in a known spawning area ( At least they try to go through the motions) and the aggressive brookies hit it hard. I have to tie plenty when I go because the teeth just tear it to pieces after a few fish.

 

maxwell (Lake Trout)

hook-kerrystevens 2/0 10xl

eyes-big dumbell eyes

tail-white barred magnum rabbit strip and 2 marabout feathers wrapped

body-wraped rabbit magnum rabbit strip

collar-red crystal chenille

back-golden variant magnum rabbit strip

 

imitates cisco or baby whitefish wich lakers mostly eat i think. has lots of flash and movement too help attract the lunkers. has 4 layers of the thick lead too to get down deep...

 

DavDev (Bull Trout)

Hook: 34011 Mustad Stainless Steel 2/0

Body: Holographic silver tinsel ribbed with red holographic tinsel

Underbelly: White fish hair

Over body: Blue Krystal flash, Tricolor tinsel, Blue Yak hair

Bubble Eyes.

Whole head is epoxied, whole body is epoxied.

 

Because bull trout are predatory fish, they target other fish species once they gain a certain size. Whitefish are common in waters that support bulls, hence, bulls tend to feed on smaller whites.

 

Doug C (Golden Trout)

Hook: Your Choice (TMC 2488 pictured) #18-#22

Thread: Black

Body: Ultra wire - single color or combinations

Head: Fine Peacock Herl

 

Seeing as how they live in very harsh environments you'd think they would be pushovers and eat anything you throw at them but that is not usually the case. They are an extremely wary species and the takes are very soft and lightning quick - you really have to be on your game if you hope to do well. The Brassie does a good job of imitating many of the tiny organisms that make up the bulk of their diet and I think thats why it works so well.

 

PrarieCreekFlyer (Rocky Mountain Whitefish)

Hook Mustad C49S Caddis Curved 1x short

Head Tungsten Bead

Thread Dark Olive

Tail Goose Biots(grey)

Body Light Olive dubbing

Rib UTC Vynl Olive Medium

Thorax Black Diamond Dubbing

Casing Lateral Scale under Stretch Flex Clear

Legs Peackock wire tippet material

 

I dont know why it would work specifically for whitefish other than they feed low in the water column and mostly on nymphs and other bugs that are low in the colum. And my fly is basically a recreation of a caddis larvae.

 

Lone Fisher (Northern Pike)

Hook- 1 or #2 with bend 1/3 of the hook back from the eye

Thread- chartreusse

underwing- white s-lon

flash- pearl crystal flash topped with chartreusse crystal flash

Overwing- Chartreuse s-lon

weight- 1 strip of lead wire tied on the bottom of the hook. (actually the top but when hook rides point up its the bottom.

Body- thread over lead

Rib- gold tinsel and holographic green tinsel

Body and rib- overwrapped with Larva lace stretched tight and coated with hard as nails.

Eye- sparkle red comet nail polish

Pupil- matt black poster paint (Can't really see that in the pics )

Head- Thread and eye coated with 2 layers of hard as nails.

 

This fly has what it takes to be a great pike fly. It has size(approx 6inchs, 130mm), flash, action and the chartruesse colour is a very attractive pattern for pike at least on some days.

 

lethfisher (Arctic Grayling)

Hook: size 14

Tail: grizzle hackle bits

Body: Base of layed out elk hair from tail covered with brown thread then wound 2 strands of elk around the body to create the ribs

Hackle: Grizzly Hackle

Wings: Griz hackle tips

 

Seems that grayling aren't very hard to catch and will often go for an insecty looking dry fly. Also terrestrials during the summer months seemed to be a big chunk of their diet. I looked at a few forums and mosquito patterns seemed pretty common for this species.