At the headwaters, most eastern freestone mountain streams support native brook trout. In the west, most headwaters support native cutthroat trout. Some of the western freestone stream headwaters also support wild brook trout, or decedents of brook trout that were at one time stocked. These fish are usually small, averaging from four to eight inches because they have less space to live and less food… Read More »Fly Fishing Freestone Streams – Part Two
Generally, trout streams are classified as freestone trout streams, taiilwaters and spring creeks. Of course, there are streams that have various combinations of spring creek water, tailwaters and freestone stream water, In this case, we are only covering freestone streams. A freestone trout stream is born at the top of a mountain as drops of rainwater and a melting snow pack or snowflakes. As gravity… Read More »Fly Fishing Freestone Streams – Part One
Brown trout are much like salmon in that they will travel upstream long distancesto spawn. It’s thought that many of these trout will actually return to the samelocation that they used in previous years to spawn. I understand some testingthat was done in North Georgia showed this to be a fact in the Southeast UnitedStates. To begin with, the trout need to be in excellent… Read More »Fly Fishing for Spawning Brown Trout
During the past many years of trout fishing, we have been concerned with the warm watertemperature issue while fly fishing for trout every year. Water temperature is veryimportant anytime of the year but especially during the hot Summer season. The subject of water temperature and oxygen content of the water has come up many,many times with most anglers. The water temperature issue even becomes important… Read More »Fly Fishing For Trout In Hot Weather
One of the most frequent type of questions we get at Perfect Fly during the hot summermonths relates to how warm water temperatures affects trout and trout fishing. First of all,anytime you are fly fishing for trout in either cold or hot weather conditions, you shouldhave a thermometer along with you. Knowing the water temperature can be veryimportant for several reasons. It’s best to always… Read More »Fly Fishing For Trout – Warm Water Temperatures
The Pheasant Tail Nymph is trout fly designed by Mr. Frank Sawyer, who was the RiverKeeper of Avon River in England in the early 1900’s. It was designed to imitate theblue-winged olive nymphs on the Avon. He used only two materials tying the fly, find copperwire and pheasant tail fibers. The fly sinks quickly with the weight of the wire and its fibersappears to trout… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Pheasant Tail Nymph
The Woolly Bugger is an artificial fly that fits into the streamer category. It is a highly popular flyfor both fresh and saltwater species of fish. It is popular for trout, bass, pike, salmon, steelheadand many other freshwater species. It imitates a leech, hellgrammite, and can even fool fish intotaking it for a minnow or baitfish. We stock the Woolly Buggers in plain and bead… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Woolly Bugger
The Hare’s Ear Nymph, and more recently the Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear nymph, is a classic trout fly.The newest version is the Bead Head Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear Nymph. This fly has stood the test oftime and in still in use today although it has been around since the 1880’s. It may well be the oldestfly known to man. The reason why is simple. It… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Hare’s Ear Nymph
The Elk Hair Caddis is by far the most popular trout fly for imitating adult caddisflies. It has been around for years and is sold just about by every fly shop in the World. The Elk Hair Caddis comes in many different colors to imitate a large variety of caddisfly species, especially when they are depositing their eggs. The Elk Hair Caddis fly was designed… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Elk Hair Caddis
Dave’s Hopper fly is a great, dry fly that imitates a grasshopper. When Dave Whitlock doessomething, he does it right and his Dave’s Hopper fly is one fly anyone would have a difficult timeimproving. It not only looks like a grasshopper, if fished correctly, it acts like one. Trout lovegrasshoppers and they love Dave’s imitation of them. There probably isn’t a fly shop in Americathat… Read More »Popular Generic Flies – Dave’s Hopper