quick question regarding fly fishing.. do salmon and trout get confused with fly patterns? do salmon ever take trout flies and do trout ever take salmon flies?
if not, why not??
2006-12-31 00:23:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Fishing
Yes to both , in the north of Scotland salmon are taken
regularly on trout flies , brownies do take salmon flies ,
and in my experience rainbows will take anything thrown at
them , my brother is a pike fisherman who takes brownies
and rainbows on dead baits and giant rapalas etc , happy new
year.
2006-12-31 03:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by da 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure they do. It depends on how hungry and how stupid and how carried away with the moment they are. Both are yummy, though. It is very good fortune to catch either. Trout, though, like deeper pools and salmon like shallower fast moving water. Trout hit more in isolation from others and salmon tend to hit more when there's a crowd of them. There are, of course, subtle preferences in flies that one species or the other may demonstrate. But, flies are not so much a dogma that can be marketed across wide regions, because what fish hit on mostly are what bug in that region they have scored the most from in their individual short lives. Look around at the bugs and chose your flies based on that. Also, at sunset when the mosquitoes start to hatch and rise, sit so that you can see them silhouetted against the sunlight and watch with binoculars at what BIGGER bug snaps them up. Sometimes you can see that. Sometimes not. Those bugs that hit on hatchling mosquitoes are profoundly yummy to trout. Salmon are really stupid and kinda sorta hit at random, thank goodness, since they are so tasty and I don't have to break the law just lunging in the water and wrapping myself around them like a kid from time to time and breaking the law. Not that I ever succumb to that behavior.
2006-12-31 08:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course they do. any fly is designed to represent some type of natural food. and as they are predatory fish they will take almost anything that passes. salmon are also known for not actually eating in fresh watr therefore it is aggression or reflex action to a passing object that makes them take. and good sport can be had on small waters fishing for salmon on light trout tackle and flies.
2006-12-31 08:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-31 12:26:44 · answer #4 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure they take the same flies ..it makes no different ..same flies..different fish ...I have the Salmon please..
2006-12-31 11:01:18 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋