Go-to Fly? - California Fishing

GlobalFisher · 05-25-2004, 11:51 PM

Just curious what is everyones go-to fly?

I would have to say mine is the BHPTN (Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph) It has almost always worked for me when nothing else worked!

cst · 05-26-2004, 08:01 AM

yep, thats the one. it consistently catches fish for me too. but the plain ants with nothing but thread and a single hackle in the middle are great too if there is any type of overhanging structure

GlobalFisher · 05-26-2004, 08:35 AM

I will have to try that sometime, never really used ant patterns but I have a few times.

cst · 05-26-2004, 05:04 PM

i havent used foam or any parachute bodies on them. all i do when i tie them is put a lot of thread to make half of the body then spin a hackle around the middle of the shank then make the other half of the body with more thread. I mainly fish them around trees. the only thing about the ant is that it catches the smaller fish.

GlobalFisher · 05-26-2004, 10:55 PM

Smaller fish can be a blast some times, but I am happy just being on the water, the fish is an added treat!

cst · 05-26-2004, 11:01 PM

yeah. Fishing must be cool in ANchorage though.

GlobalFisher · 05-26-2004, 11:04 PM

Havent caught any fish here yet, only been here for 4 months, and the thaw completed about a month or so ago. We have been out once and nothing was biting, but we are going to a lake this weekend and they are catching the trout like crazy there!