what flies should i use when stalking big fish at a fishery such as swanswater trout fishery or any fishery?

Question

i just want to know what type of flies to use when staliking big rainbow trout because i always see big fish near the bank and try my fly but the fish never take it! can anyone help?

Answer 1

Stilhdr has a point! If the Trout you are after are fed with "pellet's" a "ball-ish" Brown fly would work the best.

Cool Story: When I first arrived in MN, (from FLA), I was "crazy" to get a Trout on-line! But, I didn't have time to drive the hour/hour 1/2 to the "good" trout stream's up North.

Soooo, I start "scouting around" and find there is a Trout LAKE very close to my new home, (Hooray!). It is on a Private campground and they rent row boat's too, (Non-motorized lake with limited access/ I'm thinking, "I just stepped into Trout-heaven!!!")

I call and secure a row boat for the day and "high-tail-it" over there. Arriving at the lake, I notice how gorgeous & pristine it is and just can't believe my luck. I rent the boat and set out!

Spent the whole day casting a fly and didn't even get a nibble! (my arm was a "wet noodle"!)

At the end of the day,I paddle to shore/rental dock disgraced & defeated and notice this little boy putting money in a gumball machine at the end of one of the dock's. What? Gumball machine? I turn in my rented boat and go to investigate.

I chitty-chat with the 12 yr old and ask him if he ever SEE's these rainbow Trout I couldn't get a nibble from?

He say's," Sure", and proceeds to throw a handful of pellet's into the water. JESUS! FEEDING FRENZY of HUGE Trout longer than my ARM!
Come to find out NO ONE EVER catches the fish in this lake because they are fed year-round with pellet's!

I was APPALED! Why didn't the guy who rented the boat TELL ME they only et pellet's!!!?
Then I recall a statement he made before I "set sail", "Black Wooly Bugger's might work but I always use a brown @@$$%^ Fly."

What's a brown @@$$%^ Fly? I never found out. I never went back.

My father-inlaw later told me a story about the people who own the campground. He said they didn't really WANT people catching/keeping the fish! I guess it cost them an "arm & a leg" to stock and they were happy to have these GIANT trout as "pet's". I also read the "fine print" on my boat rental slip.

It said," If you intend to KEEP any trout you have to pay a $5 a pound fee, PER trout".

Needless to say, I NOW drive the hour 1/2 to the over-fished, northern stream's! (LMAO)

Good luck!

PS: I'd def wait to hear from Pheasant Tail or Sagefisher on this subject. They "knows they stuff"! Later.

Answer 2

Trout from fisheries are used to being fed with pellets (trout chow) yes, that is an actual name. Some form of fly that matches this shape and color will work best.

Answer 3

Black wooly worm with brown hackle prefferably with no red tail. Or if the water is at least a couple feet deep try a muddler minnow or sculpin pattern. Size six or so hook. The flie should be an inch and a half to two inches long. Big fish like big bait.