Specific Fly Boxes for Certain Bodies of Water

[GlobalFisher]

I was reading in "Standing in a River Waiving a Stick" that the author John Gierach ties flies for specific bodies of water. Certain boxes for small streams, rivers, different species... so on.

I dont tie flies for specific bodies of water, just by species. I will have boxes for mainly Silver Salmon and Rainbow Trout mixed, or a bunch of trout dries in one box. A trout leech box...etc.

Do you have specific boxes for certain bodies of water? How do you organize your flies?

[Eric]

One day i would like to be that organized and to have that much time and that many different waters to fish... I want to organize my boxs by the type of fly fishing i am doing... I've seen some fly boxs on other sites i ask myself how will i ever arrive at the skill level to go that...
John Gierach is a very good read.. Just finished Death, Taxes, And Leaky Waders...
Eric

[numbnuts]

I carry 3 boxes with me 2 for streamers one for drys and nymphs. I will have 3-4 of each fly except for zebra midges and bead head mayfly nymphs, which i use at LNL and piru creeek, respectively. I will have a dozen or more in several sizes and color colors (zibra midge) since those are the go to flies and i tend to loose them more often.

[GlobalFisher]

Sounds good, the Zebra midge is a great pattern in many of the waters in Oregon. I dont think many people fish them here in Alaska. Maybe for Grayling.

[DementedFish]

Originally Posted by numbnuts

I carry 3 boxes with me 2 for streamers one for drys and nymphs. I will have 3-4 of each fly except for zebra midges and bead head mayfly nymphs, which i use at LNL and piru creeek, respectively. I will have a dozen or more in several sizes and color colors (zibra midge) since those are the go to flies and i tend to loose them more often.

Hey numbnuts, do you flyfish at LNL often?

[numbnuts]

Demented yeah i go to LNL often but lately I have been fishing at DVL a lot. But i love laguna because you can have 30-60 fish days easy there if the conditions are just right. However i must say this year has not been the case. I also have talked to Frank about that and he feels the same way. We had that cold storm from that moved in on december and kinda killed the hatch. Then for about a week we had decent weather which helped the hatch but the water was so stained that midging was not WO. And now we got this weather system lurking so we will see.



I like LNL because its good fishing but i must say i dont consider midging to be real flyfishing. Flyfishing is when your casting in a stream, mending your line and just trying everything in your power to get that perfect free drift (the drift that we wish and prey for when we see a fish working a run).



I also like to pull streamers at LNL especially after the bass spawn (olive size 10 buggers).

[numbnuts]

Originally Posted by GlobalFisher

Sounds good, the Zebra midge is a great pattern in many of the waters in Oregon. I dont think many people fish them here in Alaska. Maybe for Grayling.

Global i have been thinking about seting up a trip to come up to Alaska to flyfish for some trophy rainbow trout, dollys and greyling. When is the best time to come up there. Also is it wise to get a guide?
Do you htink i can get away with fishin a 3-5wt for the above mentioned fish?
What kinds of hatchs occur during the summer time?

Thanx in advance

[GlobalFisher]

I heard that there is some awesome trout fishing in the lakes here uring the peak of the salmon runs. Everyone is so sucked into catching salmon that the lakes are empty with huge bows. That is usually june and july. September and October are good times for the Rainbows, probably the best times. That and right after ice up which is in like 4 months. I have only been here for a year and my biggest so far was a 20" rainbow. I have caught a few species of salmon, silver salmon, chum salmon, and pink salmon. Most of the Grayling fishing is further in the interior of the state. We have a few rivers that I know of which are between Anchorage and Fairbanks. I live in Wasilla and there is a few rivers around here that hold them. The little Su had Grayling and also Willow Creek has some. They have caught some very nice grayling and rainbows out of both. I am not to sure about hatches, Grayling take pretty much anything that a trout will. Caddis are around, some nymph activity...Troutbeads are another way to go. I built them a website if you want to check them out: http://www.troutbeads.com They work very good. I have caught most of my trout on the beads. My 20" rainbow was caught on a prince nymph #12. A lot of people just use regular mon for leaders, around 5lb for trout is probably good. For Grayling I would suggest using some tapered leaders. Doesn't need to be floro. I would use a 5 weight at the least for the trout, maybe go a little lighter with the Grayling.

I think you would do fine without a guide, just hit some rivers along the parks hwy which is where I was talking about. Maybe we could meet up sometime. I am looking into being a guide here.

[PlatinumHooks]

Depending on where I'm going and for how long, I normally just have color coded boxes with me, one (olive color) for Dry flies and one (Blue color box) for wet flies. The olive/green color represents land(dry) and the blue obviously represents water (wet). Works out pretty well