If you plan on fly fishing for trout, you better get used to the term “(the name of the stream) flies”. For example, Madison River trout flies. Although the name infers there’s something unique about the flies you need to fish that stream, there isn’t. The purpose of the fly is to fool the trout into taking it for one of the insects or other items of food the trout are eating at the time. If the fly does a good job of that, there won’t be anything unique to the stream you are fishing about it. The insects and other trout foods that exist in trout streams are the same insects and other items of food that are found in the streams of most other states within that geographical area. Just to make a point, consider that in fact, several species of aquatic and terrestrial insects found in Yellowstone National park in the West exist Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the East. The same thing is true of most of the baitfish, minnows, sculpin, and crustaceans that are in trout streams.
Since the various foods the trout eat aren’t unique to the streams of the particular stream you intend to fish, neither are the flies you need to catch the trout. The only thing that should be unique about the flies is they should imitate the specific insects and other foods the trout eat in that particular stream. The more your fly resembles the appearance and behavior of the most plentiful and available food the trout are eating at the time you are fishing, the easier it will be for you to fool the trout into taking your fly for the real thing.
Please don’t refer to this solely as “matching the hatch”. It involves much more than that. It’s also matching the 99.9 percent of the aquatic life in the streams that has not yet hatched. It should also mean “matching the egg layers insects”. It should even include “matching the dead”, or the mayfly spinners and other aquatic and terrestrial insects that fall into the streams and die. Don’t forget the other trout foods. Call that “matching the sculpin and minnows” if you like. Instead of improperly calling everything “matching the hatch“, just call it “matching the naturals“. Even better, just think of it as matching the food the trout will be eating at the time and place you are fishing with a flies that closely resemble those particular food‘s appearance and behavior.
To make this simple, first determine or find out what the trout are most likely feeding on at the time and place you plan on fishing. This information is available from Perfect Fly by phone at 800 594 4726 or email at sales@perfectflystore.com. and match that food with flies that look as much like the real things (Perfect flies) which are available at the same place.
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