This year I have been trying to branch into the stocked fisheries end of things and I have started targeting rainbows with dries. I was wondering if you would give them more time to look at the fly than browns????

My fishing style for browns has been lough style and casting every 10 secs or so. I wouldn't change this as it works but would like to know if the rainbows would fall for the same. They are also targeted from a boat.

Cheers

Bank fishing small waters mate you can leave the dry out for as long as you like if fishing it blind, same for larger banks, unless you see fish moving.

Boats i'd tend to fish a team of three and fast.......... 10 seconds and i'm gone.
If your anchored then again leave em as long as you like.

Striking them............. well i always opt for the quicker than lightening road, this has bagged me far more fish over the years than the 2 second strike.
Fred.

Probably the most important aspect of fishing dry flies in still water is that the leader and the bit connected to the fly must sink, and sink as fast as possible. Rainbow trout, especially those that have been released or have been pricked and lost, wise up very quickly to leaders that float on the surface, expecially in a flat calm.

The use of a good Fullers Earth based line degreaser together with a tiny bit of tungsten putty rolled on the tippet about 18 inches from the fly will achieve good presentation. Fluorocarbon line will help, but rub it down well with the degreaser to remove the shine.

Another tip is that a still water dry fly fishes best if allowed to float IN the surface film and not ON it.

At this time of the year, Daddies, Bibio, Hoppers, Shipmans and sedges will all work on their day.

And don't keep casting the fly out, you will probably spook the fish.

Thanks guys
1 more question
the dries for rainbows seem to involve alot more cdc, which is the best way to treat these feathers? is it cdc oil or permafloat rubbed in a few hours before or during the tying process?

Thanks again

They should not need treating (look at the dyed CDC thread) but if you find they do a tiny bit of CDC oil or Gink.smeared over the feathers.

jim

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Hi there.

With regard to CDC I have found on the river recently, that when you hook and land a fish the slime generally murders the CDC. Otherwise, just blow on it strongly evry now and again and it seems to regain its boyuncy again.

I tend to fish the resevoirs liek Ron says, leaving the fly out there with a sunk leader, especially when you can see a few fish cruising around, constant casting does scare surface feeding fish it seems.

jas

Dries that have worked for me for 'bows include Daddies, G&H Sedge, Foam Beetles, Mayfly, Klinkhamer, Bibio, Shipmans, Suspender Buzzer. Purists would call some of those 'emergers' but if it's visible on the surface and you detect takes by sight then it's the same technique.

Also I've had Kate McLarens, Blobs and Boobies taken off the top before they've had chance to sink.

SharkeyP

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A daddy muddler worked wonders for me as well.

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Yeah, Daddy Muddler is good, I lost a fish at the net this week on one of those. Had a slightly damaged CDC Daddy on the dropper that had lost most of it's CDC so it sank. Trout often try to drown a Daddy and take it subsurface at the second bite. One of those flies it's worth delaying the strike until the line moves.

SharkeyP

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Fred, is that a team of 3 dries, yeah?

Never tried fishing with more than one dry, never seemes to have the need. Is it quite an effective method? Hedge your bets so to speak.