flies

[ryan5fish]

i am fairly new to fly fishing for trout. could anyone recommend me good flies for this time of year. i fish otter creek quite a bit and cumberland river a few times a year.

[FlyLie]

#6-10Wooley buggers
#8-14 nymphs
#10-12 beadhead cracklebacks
Misc other streamers

[Tim_T]

Ryan, give me a yell on here sometime and maybe I could meet you up there and give you a hand. I have fished it tons over the years (so much that I nearly cried when they closed it) an might be able to help you out.

[ryan5fish]

thanks flylie and tim that sounds good

[RICHYD4U]

i am fairly new to fly fishing for trout. could anyone recommend me good flies for this time of year. i fish otter creek quite a bit and cumberland river a few times a year.

I have never fished Otter, but Tim fishes it quite often....as for the CR, that is a different story! Used to FF there all the time, until the conditions changed. I used to kill them there on #20 bh copper johns, #22 Griffiths gnat, #18 bh pheasant tail, #18 bh black zebra midges...and during the late fall and winter....you can't beat any egg pattern! Haven't fished there since last fall, but I have heard they are catching those recently stocked brookies. Once the river drops back down, I might give it a chance.

If you look in the FFin archives, we have had many discussions on basic flies....take a peak. Good luck!

-Rich

[Oldhipboots]

Ryan, I don't fish specifically for trout so, this time of year, I fish a mayfly, a midge, small slow sinking craws, ants, San Juan worms and small green-foam inch worms (floating) when fishing skinny water. I've found that anything in skinny water will hit these flys, including trout. Of course, like most, I try to carry every conceivable fly know to man, just in case.

[Tim_T]

Guess I could have listed some flies in my first post!

Ryan, one thing you have to remember on most small streams, is while there may be a lot of different bugs available, there are not prolific hatches of different insects. the fish, be it trout, smallmouth or any other stream fish will not usually key on an individual species of insect. Because of this I prefer to use attractor flies. I usually fish a dry fly with a nymph on a dropper.

For the dry fly I will normally use a size 12 Adams or Royal Wulff, occasionally I might use an Elk Hair Caddis. For the nymph I normally tie a 12-18 inch dropper from the dry fly hook using a pitzen knot. To this I will fish a size 14 or 16 Hare's Ear, Pheasant Tail or Prince nymph. In my experience you can catch small stream trout on nearly any combination of these. It is a little trickier when fishing for wild trout like in the Smokies, you have to be careful about spooking the fish. If you can get a good drag free drift you will be able to catch fish.

[colonelmeyer]

Saw my first hopper on Father's day. Didn't spot any that where over an inch but, that didn't stop the small bass and big gills from crushing my foam hopper. Trout love them too.

[ryan5fish]

thanks everyone, i appreciate all the good info

[FlyLie]

Here's a link to Cumberland Drifters (guides on the Cumberland, Clinch,.) fishing reports. A lot of good information, along with fly recommendations. Enjoy

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http://www.cumberlanddrifters.com/fishing-reports/