Successful flies of 2011

[hillloch]

Reliving memories of the season past by digging out some of the flies that were successful for me.
Orange Muddler caught my biggest fish of the season.

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Cogle's Cat broke a succession of blanks in my club competitios

[hillloch]

Don't be shy to post your successful flies. I have more I am willing to share when I work out how to insert more than two photos from my gallery.
The information may prove useful to anyone visiting your local fisheries. There have been a number of posts asking for flies that work in Scottish lochs. These flies have worked for me fishing for wild brown trout here in Shetland.

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White cat. Very consistant throughout the season.

[SharkeyP]

A Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear with a copper bead on a size 14 grub hook has transformed my river and small stream fishing this season. I have caught wild Brownies to 2lb, Grayling to 1 & 1/2 lb, a 2lb Chub and too many Salmon Parr with it. Gold heads also work but somehow copper works better.

SharkeyP

[hillloch]

Thanks for that SharkeyP. There are no rivers where I fish but check out my Beadhead Cased Caddis which is useful at the begining of the season. I know the actual live beast has no tail but a tail seems to balance the fly better. I also believe the colour of tying thread I have used has made a difference.
Probably does not mean much but it improves my confidence.
I will try a gold rib similar to yours next season.

[wingman]

This was the most deadliest thing I fished this year, in rivers that is, seemed to get takes even before the thing hit the water and the harder I banged it down to make a nice plop the more effective it was, that is until I lost it up a willow tree so will have to make some more in various sizes.





And my most successful dry, this high-sight parachute adams, just proves the scruffier the better.

[hillloch]

Great flies, lovely photos Wingman.

[cax]

hello wingman, what type of rib is on your USD olive?

[Scratch]

'Skarra Monger'

'Cat Dabbler'

'Fiery Claret Crippler'

Kate Variant

[MARAZION MIDGE]

these do the job a lot of the time,


AND THEN THERES THE FIRST CHOICE

[maharg]

This has been far and away my most succesful fly on my club loch, for me, this season.