5 TOP STREAMERS FOR TROUT

Streamer fishing is challenging for numerous anglers to get into because it breaks the standard ideas of fly fishing.

It needs much heavier equipment, almost constant motion of your fly, and above all else, comprehending how and when to fish large, gaudy fly patterns.

The variety of streamer flies and the different actions and wide variety of colors that they have can be exceptionally intimidating.

You may feel that you need to have two or three of every size, shape, and color in order to achieve success.

I’ve found that when it comes to capturing huge trout on streamers, your best bet is to take a “less is more” approach.

In fact, I bring only 10 patterns with me when I’m stream fishing. 10 patterns will cover me in practically every fishing circumstance and are all you need to discover and capture big trout out on the water.

The Wooley Bugger

Classics become classics for a reason, just like the Wooley Bugger .

Created by fly angler Russell True blessing in the late 1960s, Wooley Buggers can be utilized under a strike indication to imitate leeches, removed through the water like a small baitfish, or just dead drifted or perhaps trolled in still-water and along riverbanks from a boat where they represent things like damsel fly larvae and big stoneflies.

“I love the Wooley Bugger because it works everywhere and for everything basically,” says professional trout guide James Mugele of Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston, Montana. “They’re such old school patterns and so simple and incredibly easy to tie. Whenever I’m stuck out there on the water and don’t know what to do, I’ll tie on a black Wooley bugger because they’ll always put trout in the net, even on the toughest days.”

The Clouser Minnow

The Clouser Minnow is an extremely standard baitfish pattern that can catch trout at nearly at any time of the year in a variety of different types of water.

Initially created by Bob Clouser in the late 1980s for use on both saltwater and in the famous spring creeks and limestone creeks of Pennsylvania.

Clouser Minnow’s can be removed and swung through quick water, jigged through deep pools, or smacked down and twitched like a dead or passing away baitfish in lakes and ponds.

Their upside-down hook design means that they’re challenging to get snagged in the rocks or weeds along the bottom.

The Sex Dungeon

In some cases your best choice for catching a big trout is to jig them up, and for that nothing beats a Sex Dungeon.

Initially established by well-known banner junkie Kelly Galloup, the Sex Dungeon is made up of a little bit of everything that big trout like.

With its heavy lead eyes and bulky deer hair head and lighter marabou body, the fly sinks fast and is the ideal bug to be erupted and jigged with fast strips and a twitching rod pointer tantalizingly along the bottom or off structure where it will be inhaled by an otherwise hesitant predatory trout

“I like the Sex Dungeon because I think that deer hair head gets sluggish trout to be aggressive,” said Mugele, who uses the Sex Dungeon frequently to catch the monster trout hiding in the Yellowstone River. “It’s a fly that will get them moving on hot or cold days when they’re hesitant to chase stuff down and what’s more if you fish it in bright colors like yellow or white, you’ll be able to see it in the water at least for the first couple strips, which is usually when it gets slammed.”

Mike’s Meal Ticket

When you’re fishing high or stained water and the trout are pushed versus the bank, you desire a fly with a huge profile that you can fish quickly and will get a fast response from the fish and nothing is much better for that than Mike’s Meal Ticket.

Created by Mike Schmidt this largish banner features heavy dumbbell eyes, rubber legs, and a lot of flash, yet has a sleek and easy-to-see profile as soon as it strikes the water.

It’s the best pattern to smack down along undercut banks, pitch under bushes, and drop in around big boulders and log jams.

Twitch it a few times and if it doesn’t get definitely smashed, move on to the next area.

The Zonker

When you’re searching little streams for big, baitfish-loving trout or find yourself in fast water and need a fly that can be fished quickly along little pockets and buckets in rapids, there’s no much better fly for the job than the Zonker.

Developed by Dan Byford, a Colorado-based fly angler in 1975, the Zonker consists of a long strip of bunny fur attached to a small compact flashy body made from mylar.

It’s a simple but efficient pattern that is the ideal replica for a myriad of small baitfish, from sculpins, minnows, and smelt to infant trout and whitefish.

The pattern’s sensible action and flashy profile brings in a great deal of attention and makes it the ideal fly for ripping through fast water or swinging down along the tail outs of pools.

Places where trout will be more than ready to dash out from cover and engulf it.

 

Sources: midcurrent