Fly Fishing For Trout
Where is a good river or creek in Minnesota to Fly Fish for Trout and/or Salmon?

I would like for it to be in the North East area by Duluth and up.

The Baptism, Temperance and The French rivers are 3 favorites, (along with the Brule which is on the South Shore of Superior in WI- about 20-30 minutes from downtown Duluth).

I've caught plenty of nice "Loopers" and Salmon near the mouth of those streams.

In fact, almost all the streams that flow into Lake Superior have a possibility of being hot spots for Trout & Salmon.

Brook Trout are fun to catch well up-stream on the Knife River.

When you arrive in Duluth go to Marine General tackle shop or Great Lakes Fly Company for further info.

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Let's face it, we dream in Technicolor of size 10 green dragon hatches or Hexagenia limbata as big as beavers - but the reality is Winter Time Is Midge Time. Often, the errors only in cold water are so small, that challenge most anglers to consider LASIK. And as you know, much of Food is below the surface.

In a fly-tying class, I once heard a famous fly local bull occurrence called something along the lines of "my second best supplier of fly tying material is Hobby Lobby. This, of course, assumes that Blue Heron Fly Shop where we were is the "ideal". Such is also known for the budget "is useless, if not Chartreuse, but as they say, is another story.

Armed with this jewel of wisdom, I toured all sections of Hobby Lobby. Eureka! Great little wires to tie "ribs" of the nymphs, wonderful foam sheets for the ground, a variety of types of thread to "rogues and beads, beads, pearls! All this is available at a fraction of the cost of their counterparts fly shop. Bingo!

From this wonderful Wall-o'-Beads, I found some small bit of metal in the little finger of small cylinder size. They came in a variety of colors such as copper, olive, purple and brown. Many have fancy names like Brown Metallic Iris Beads (the I took home) and many others. Perfect. We're talking tiny. Just the right size to squeeze just a Barb-less hooks size 20 and be proportionate.

Armed with these in my fly tying station, I started experimenting. If you've ever picked up and looked around the small water bugs, you will find Appendices and segmentations are not distinct unless under a microscope. So, along with the heads of little accounts with many simple body materials trying to find a simple solution the tie. I wanted to match the hatch about recent travel to the current. Finally cook until biots dyed goose. Originally, he had experimented with biots to tie Prince Nymphs in a much larger scale, and certainly a different application. My favorite color is olive Biot, and man, what a great biots subtle body Segmented do. Ultimately, I designed beads Duff / Biot Midge - perfect for catching a cold winter waters. More than just this emerge, I have developed a powerful two-punch combination that has proven time and again in tailrace many across Texas and Oklahoma.

Although the small grain / mosquito Biot is a murderer as a dropper below a larger nymph, One-Two Punch consists of a dropper below a dry look similar. Before giving the recipe, let me describe the simplicity of these two flies. The dry fly is thread of olive oil and Biot Olive / Gray Hackle in a size twenty barb less hook. The dropper, often fish only 6 inches below the dry is: olive, olive wire Biot, and the metal ball in a size twenty barb less hook. Simple, right? It's really easy to tie too. But do not let that make you feel guilty when you when you catch many trout with it.

Duff Dry Midge - Olive oil

Materials --

* Hook: Size 20 dried

* Thread: Olive 8 / 0

* Body: Goose Biot dyed olive

* Hackle: Olive / Gray size to match hook difference

* Head: Olive Thread

Developers - Barb Crush, to hook in vise thread, the knot jambs and wrap back to bend, tie in point of Biot, wrap thread forward, forward spiral Biot leaving segmentation and tie with a half hitch, the only basis Hackle equally divided, cut, wrap and tie Hackle, whip finish forming the head, adding the cement.

Duff Bead / Biot Midge - Olive Olive

Materials --

* Hook: Size 20 dried or scud / nymph

* Thread: Olive 8 / 0

* Body: Biot of olive dyed goose

* Head: Brown Iris Glass Bead

Technical - Crush Barb, account manager out on the hook, put hook screw thread bank, hub of the jamb and down to fold, tie in point of Biot, wrap thread forward, leaving Biot spiral forward to segmentation and binding with half hitch (optional - tie a few strands of crystal flash as a wing and closing clip), whip finish behind the head of accounts, add the cement.

To those not in the fly tying, but they are fly fishing, Scott has created a variety of dry flies and nymphs that no fly fisherman should be out. See Midge Duff Ultimate Pack.

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Fly Fishing Flies

Fly fishing is a challenging and fun activity for many fly fishermen. The challenge is to catch different species of fish. Yet, even catching a fish in fly fishing is already a challenge because it is never easy to master fly fishing. Fly fishing success has many factors. One factor the right choice of lures of fly fishing flies. These are used to imitate insects to lure fish and catch them eventually. The lures or flies may either be surface lures of below the surface lures. Common lures are the surface lures and these types of lures can catch big fishes such as the bass.

Bass fly fishing are now being done in fly fishing tournaments. The challenge is to catch many bass or to catch a bass fast. Most fly fishermen practice hard to master the perfect casting in order to create some commotion that will imitate surface animals to attract the bass. Catching bass in fly fishing is a challenge especially on strong fights on the water (bass are big and they put up a fight when they are catched). Bass are keen in waiting to pounce on their prey just as fly fishermen are keen on waiting for their fish.

The bass are easily attracted to surface flies especially if has distinct color. Most fly fishermen make their own lures when they want to catch bass. Bass fly fishing is dependent on the type of lure being used. The key to bass fly fishing success is on attracting the bass to the lures. This can be done by using dark colors such as brown, black or purple when it the horizon is dimming. Bass fly fishing is usually done when the sun begins to set because this is the time when they start to look for food because surface insects are available. Bass lures or flies can also be made using lighter colors because bass will pounce on any insect. There are insect that have light colors and making a bright colored lure or flies will surely attract the bass. Bass are after big insects but there are occasions that they are up for smaller insects which makes small flies feasible for catching bass.

Aside from the color of the flies, the movement is also a strategy to master when wanting to catch a bass. Each fly fisherman has their techniques in moving their bass bugs. They may cast it on the water without making it move on the surface for a few minutes then give it a slight twitch or movement to make bass think that it is a live insect. Bass are just waiting to pounce on their prey and it can be fun to lure them into some non-living flies and catch them easily. Bass fly fishing might seem easy but it is much more complicated when being studied.

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Can you identify this type of fishing eggs. flies?

I was expected to be fishing on the fly while now and this will be. perfect oppurtunity. can you please go to this site and identify these. flies for me please. http://www.generationwild.com/2009/01/beginners-fly-tying-contest/.

1. Light Hares Ear nymph gold 2. Pheasant tail nymph. 3. Beadhead Prince nymph 4. Elk hair. Caddis 5. Royal coachman (or format called. Royal Wulff) hope you win. Here's the link. In my site for future reference:. http://www.kmdtackle.com.

Tiemco Fly
Fly fishing dry and wet fly hooks?

I recently bought size 12 and size 16 tiemco dry fly hooks. Can I also use these hooks for nymphs (hares ear, copper john, prince nymphs etc) or do they not sink well enough?
well they sink as well as nymph hooks though.

Yes you can use them for tying nymphs, the major problem you will be facing here is hook strength as a lighter wire is used for dry flies. As for sinking you can counter that with a beadhead or if you don't want to use a bead Gehrkes makes a product called "Xink" that is used for wet flies.(Gehrkes makes "Gink" for dry flies)

Yes, they will sink as soon as the fly gets soaked. Still I reccommend either using a bead or using a regular nymph hook.

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My favorite fly fishing technique in the late summer/ early fall is performed with a dry line and long leader in rather shallow water using a tiny "hyalella shrimp".

The onset of cooler weather triggers the fish to start their pre-winter gorge. Hyalella shrimp are plentiful in marl bottoms and along the shallow weed beds. In many of the Kamloops lakes you will find fish cruising in as shallow as 2 feet of water, adding "sight fishing" to dramatically intensify the experience. A good pair of polaroid glasses come in real handy too!

I don't know why the long leader makes a difference but it does. We tie our own 20' to 24' fluorocarbon tapered leaders. The fish cruise through, sometimes in schools, sometimes by themselves, picking their way along the bottom, sucking up the tiny shrimp by the hundreds.

The retrieve is probably the most important. Without using a strike indicator, just cast alongside the weed bed (or to the fish if you see them), letting the shrimp settle to the bottom. Gently tighten the line so that it straightens. With the patience of hanging a chironimid, slowly retrieve the shrimp. Let it settle occasionally and continue to retrieve. Vary the speeds from extremely slow to short, light, 2 inch bursts. If you are casting over the weeds you will have to adjust your speed accordingly to prevent a hang-up.The flies are so small that they move along quite well over the weeds as long as you keep the fly moving.

Hyalella shrimp are a food staple for rainbow trout, particularly in the fall as they flourish in the marl or in weed beds. A few times my fishing buddy K.J. and I have actually seen fish that have committed involuntary suicide pursuing a vein of shrimp in the marl. What appears to happen to them is they chase the shrimp as they retreat into the marl eventually getting their heads stuck in the marl. If the marl goes past a portion of the gill plate, the fish get stuck, like on a barbed hook, and can't back out. They then smother to death. It's a rare event to see.

Here are a list of lakes that I like to sight fish with hyalella shrimp in shallow marl in the Kamloops Area. These lakes all have white bottomed marl (except Bleeker)

Peter Hope - Huge marl flats all around the lake

Roche Lake - the south end and south east islands

Black Lake- near Roche Lake - fabulous structure around the lake

Hosli Lake - near Roche - need a 4x4 here if the road is wet or muddy. The mid-lake shoal by the rocks is also known for it's fabulous sedge hatches in June and July.

Bleeker Lake - near Roche Lake

Community Lake - extensive flats along shoreline and around the islands

...and many more.

Occasionally, when you are fishing large marl flats like at: Peter Hope lake, Roche Lake and even Community Lake, there is a possibility that you may see what I am talking about. My friend KJ and I have found a few 4-5lb fish dead, tail up and head buried, over the last couple of years. It's eerie to look at.

Be prepared for a crazy fight, especially when the fish are over 20 inches and in the shallow water. The lack of depth takes the vertical dimension away from the fish so the run horizontally, frequently in multiple circles around the boat. My personal record count is 6 complete circle tows before I landed the fish.

Hyalella shrimp have a full range of natural colours with varying degrees of natural shades. Try light beige to brown, light mint green to olive dark green or even gray or orange patterned shrimp. The late Jack Shaw(legendary fly tyer and fly fisherman) tied an "opalescent shrimp" and used it with great success. His pattern is vividly illustrated in the new book by his old friend Ralph Shaw, titled "The Pleasure of His Company". (see below)

Tiemco scud hooks-2487 and Mustad-3906B #12, #14 and #16 seem to work best for me. Body material is usually natural or synthetic dubbing or ostrich feather strands. Occasionally I will put a tiny glass bead head on the size #12's but I rarely pull a back on them... I usually just trim the material short on the top side of the hook and apply some gloss. A fine rib (clear, red, gold or silver) is acceptable but not necessary.

Another note... rainbow trout will cruise these marl shoals and weedbeds all day however they appear to be most active in low light conditions (overcast) or when the sun is in a low position... 2 hours before sunset or within 2 hours after sunrise.

It takes a lot of patience, even for experienced fishermen to master this technique but when you do, you will be well rewarded and forever smitten.

Dave Ouellette worked with Ducks Unlimited Canada in the British Columbia interior for 11 years and had a virtual run on some of the best fly fishing lakes in BC. While constructing over 200 conservation wetland segments in southern /south-central BC, Dave managed to fish almost as many lakes and streams in his travels. Now, as an avid fly fisherman, Dave spends most of his ice free seasons devoting intense research and development days to the rainbow trout of the Kamloops area lakes.

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The Pleasure of His Company - the Fishing Diaries of Jack Shaw is a new book featuring 19 years of his fly fishing journals. The book contains detailed information about his fishing endeavors as well as a large chapter (including photos) of his famous Fly Tying Patterns. Profits from the sale of this book are being used to benefit theMcQueen Lake Educational Center, a generous offer by the editor of the book, Ralph Shaw

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Prince Nymph
KipTail as a streamer tail - what do you think?

I came up with a pattern - a long shank prince nymph that I used brown kip tail as the tail ( instead of biots) and white bucktail on the back instead of biots - it works great, but I never saw in any of the pattern books I have or anywhere else the use of kip tail as a tail -
what do you guys think ?

I have to admit i haven't seen it anywhere but i decided to tie a few up just after reading this and im impressed with the results!
It definitely looks "fishy" now its just finding the time to try it out on those browns now all you have to do is think of a name for it pheasant.
Tightlines!

Tank Daniels never knew existed, and probably would not if he had a brother-sister was born and grew up in Malad, Idaho. Fortunately for me that I do. Always had bragged how he and his brothers for a few hours a night and killing 20-inch + Rainbow cast after cast. Finally, I made its offer and head north-west of Malad in a place that ranks in my top 5 fishing lakes, Daniels Dam.

Daniels Reservoir is about 17 miles northwest of Malad City, Idaho. Exit at the junction of Great Malad off I-15 and proceed through town until you reach the T in the road in the heart of Malad City. Turn right and Bannock San step of the way (left / right) until you are in Elkhorn Daniels RD. 30 minutes later were stacked in a small tank with Rainbow trophy.

I have had more success and we have heard from local experts, to the northeast corner of the reserve is the best place to fish. There is a small stream that enters Daniels Reservoir at the center point in the north lake itself. This current creates a path through the thick bushes that is perfect for the rowboat or pontoon float tube through which configure my stick to snuff. After defeating Woolly Buggers and leeches along the weed, I like to change the poles of the floating line with nypmhing launch Prince Nymph and a hare's ear. Launching the package, near the sides of the brush allows large arches to study at their own pace and pound the tasty established.

In general, Daniels ranks as one of my favorites more dams to catch 20 + inch bows constantly. Although I had most of my success in this area at the north end of the lake, I also took trophies arc all sections of the lake.

Aaron Peterson is the owner and operator of the http://www.flyfishingfrenzy.com blog. He has been involved in fly fishing for over 20 years. His experience in writing about Fly Fishing Trips have taken him all over the United States, and some destinations out of the US. Find out more about clogging at http://www.flyfishingfrenzy.com - dedicated to "fly fishing!"