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best flies this time of year on wild trout lake

  • 07-08-2012 09:24PM
    #1
    bayliner
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    thinking of hitting the local lake with the fly rod but no idea what flies to use, daddy's ? grasshopper? muddlers? the odd mayfly is still popping up on lough ree i noticed today, but i know there not feeding on them itchin to throw a fly might get up 2moro or friday....

    was trolling today with my daughter,plenty of fish :D


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  • #2
    viper123
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    bayliner wrote: »
    thinking of hitting the local lake with the fly rod but no idea what flies to use, daddy's ? grasshopper? muddlers? the odd mayfly is still popping up on lough ree i noticed today, but i know there not feeding on them itchin to throw a fly might get up 2moro or friday....

    was trolling today with my daughter,plenty of fish :D

    For me this time of the year is all about evening hatches of buzzers, it's different for different lakes though and I've never fished Lough Ree before..


  • #3
    bayliner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭bayliner


    just been told daddys or grasshopper may work :D.... could ya fish a buzzer or 2 under a daddy? not an expert as you no doubt have realised by now :D


  • #4
    viper123
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    bayliner wrote: »
    just been told daddys or grasshopper may work :D.... could ya fish a buzzer or 2 under a daddy? not an expert as you no doubt have realised by now :D

    Dont see why not. The style for the two flies would be different but unless you're targetting rising trout I don't think it'll matter too much. I'd suggest something smaller than a daddy though, maybe a sedge pattern?


  • #5
    bayliner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 569 ✭✭✭bayliner


    viper123 wrote: »
    Dont see why not. The style for the two flies would be different but unless you're targetting rising trout I don't think it'll matter too much. I'd suggest something smaller than a daddy though, maybe a sedge pattern?
    yeah cheers for that, i've got plenty of those too, black or brown? or both?:D.... i never fish more than 2 flies, i find for me its enough, knots would be the reason behind that theory ha ha


  • #6
    viper123
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    bayliner wrote: »
    yeah cheers for that, i've got plenty of those too, black or brown? or both?:D.... i never fish more than 2 flies, i find for me its enough, knots would be the reason behind that theory ha ha

    Nearly always black or green, depends on the predomanent fly colour. The lakes I fish in in the west are always black.


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  • #7
    BoarHunter
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    Perch fry imitation should yield some results


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