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I got this kit as a gift but I'm new to fly fishing and I dont know which ones are supposed to float and which sink.
I do know I need to buy some fly floatant for my dry flies and a strike indicator for my wet.
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All the flies at the top are sinkers. At the bottom, the dry flies start at around the middle and go to the left. (You might have one or two wet flies mixed in with the dries. It's hard to tell on some of them.)
Lots of good info here:
How To Fly Fish For Trout, Bass & More | Learn Fly Fishing With Orvis
Thank you!! That gives me something to go off of. I'm going to buy some floatant and a strike indicator today so wanted to fish the correct flies the correct way.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
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Just FYI: most Walmarts carry small cork poppers and sponge spiders that float without adding floatant. Floatant is only required for the fur/feathers in trout flies.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
The spiders and poppers are both bluegill killers. If you can't find them at Walmart, almost any online fly shop (including Bass Pro and Cabelas) carries them.
Again, strike indicators are more of a "trout thing". For bluegill, I suggest forgetting about the strike indicator. (I never use them.) Instead, retrieve your subsurface flies with the figure 8 (hand twist) retrieve:Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZfIEx8Vj2U
FWIW, I think the guy in the video is retrieving too fast. Slow it down for bluegill.
Another demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqjy8u0Uv7E
That black gnat on the right side (with the red tip ) has fed my family for 3 generations . :popcorn
Very good to know!! I've gotten pretty good at catching bluegill and other sunfish. Caught my first longear sunfish on the fly rod. Now want something bigger!Quote:
Originally Posted by eagle 1
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Try a small popper for bass.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ropp4361KMo
I do strip technique like streamers with shorter burst and then pauses for blue gill. Kind of like the use of a popper, but below the surface. I'm going to take my rod down to the pond and try the top two retrieves. They will leave the fly in the strike zone much longer than a standard streamer strip. Heck those would work for a slower streamer presentation as well. Thank you for sharing!
Black gnat is my favorite . black ant a very close second .
I've kind of forgotten about my fly rod. I need to get it back out. I need to research what the local insects are around where I live to try to match them more.
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IMO, bass and bluegill are not that selective. Any fly that looks "buggy" or "fishy" will get hits.Quote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
BAFishBarn, Howdy;
Just brought your post over to this page to keep from having to flip-flop. I'll agree with the earlier assessmentQuote:
Originally Posted by BAFishBarn
that the Dries are bottom mostly to the left of the bright shiny object. some terrestrials (bug lookin' ones), and
then you have some winged wets, regular wets and some nymphs. Bunch of mumbo-jumbo, huh? chuckle. You'll
get the hang of it with some time. Nymphs will generally not have a collar or a very short one made of stuff like
peacock hurl (blueish/greenish 1st 3 across the top row upper section), the 4th one looks to be made of ostrich
hurl. The 2 smaller ones to the Right of the upper half I believe to be Sawyer Pheasent tail nymphs. Oh, an nymphs
normally run a wee bit heavier then the rest they do their work on the stream bed. That Big Fuzzy Greenish do-dad
is a Wolley Bugger Good fly. I'm not much for the dries but it appears that there are some mayflies, some Elk hair caddis
and a few White Millers. Over all a nice selection to start with.
Some of the basic differences are;
Mostly Dry flies have the spikier stiffer collar near the hooks eye it being mostly Cock (rooster), feathers
while those with softer hackleing (collars), are from a hen or game bird. Some folks will tie 2 flies on the
leader with the dry closest to the line and the wet fly on the point. Using the dry as the indicator these
would be separated by anywhere from a foot to whatever works in you chunk of water at that time. Need
to be flexible about what what goes on and how you go about it. One of the best books for beginners is
" The Curtis Creek manifesto " by Sheridan Anderson
Go easy with the floatant, a tiny bit goes a long way and wash it off your fingers before touching other stuff.
Just remember the main thing is to have fun no matter how frustrated you might get at times.
Good luck.
hank