Favorite Stillwater Flies?

[Sheltowee]

The mountain streams and rivers are pretty high right now, so have been thinking about trying my luck at stillwater flyfishing. What are some of your favorite flies for lakes and ponds?

 

[Wallydeuce]

My most effective wet flies are olive color Wooly Buggers and the San Juan worms (red seems to draw more hits)

 

[perma]

My most effective wet flies are olive color Wooly Buggers and the San Juan worms (red seems to draw more hits)

Second the San Juan worms. Pheasant tails and any horse fly patterns are also doing well for me.

 

[JohnCushman]

Griffith's gnats. Cast it out and let it sit. Give a little tug once in a while to keep water moving around it. Usually with a copper john dropper.

 

[Ben Lamb]

Streamers, mohair leeches, callibaetis (mayflies), emergers of some flavor, small shrimp patterns, and a hare's ear nymph or pheasant tail.

I've caught a lot on streamers. If you have a 1 man pontoon or a float tube, just troll them under a medium sink rate line.

 

[Sheltowee]

Second the San Juan worms. Pheasant tails and any horse fly patterns are also doing well for me.

Have you messed with any of the gummy worms? Weighted or weightless?

 

[perma]

Have you messed with any of the gummy worms? Weighted or weightless?

Nah just a beadless and a double bead worm. Anything that sinks seems to do the trick.

 

[Sheltowee]

Having grown up going after bass and panfish in the South (with a few stocked trout thrown in), terrestrials and streamers just make more sense to me. Going to have to really dial up my midge game.

PS: how do you lip hook a live shiner on one of them little size 20 hooks?

 

[howl]

Wore the tee-tee bream out on this a couple days ago. They're favoring cicada colors these days . Can't help with trout. I'll generally tote a a spinning rod and a cage of crickets for those.

 

[devon deer]

Damsel/Montana nymphs, buzzers, emergers, beetles, para Adams and G&H Sedge will do for me

 

[Sawtooth]

If the damselfly are active, a damselfly nymph stripped slow or and adult pattern on the surface can draw some vicious strikes. Halloween leach is also a favorite.

 

[el unit]

Weighted wooley buggers and bunny leeches. Black or olive.
Breaking out the boat at a nearby lake today after office work this morning.
Can't wait!

 

[BirdManMike]

Balanced leech and chironomid under a bobber, especially if there is a little chop. Just cast it out and wait. Boring as all get-out, but effective.

As this fella I used to know - Kyner - would always say, 'when the bobber goes down, the music goes UP!'. (and the music is always METAL )

 

[Ben Lamb]

As this fella I used to know - Kyner - would always say, 'when the bobber goes down, the music goes UP!'. (and the music is always METAL )

Dude is legend.