Am I the only one who this seems to happen to?
When visiting a venue, and I ask what to tie on, 90% of the time I will be told "cat's whisker", or whatever lure is working.
I know I am still learning fly fishing, but I quite like using things other than lures.
I think one of the hardest things for beginners is knowing what fly to use, (amongst other things), and just using lures is not helping me to learn.
Anyone else find this?
Cheers,
Gary

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If you are asking what flies are catching a lot of the time it will be lures
maybe you could load your question
Are buzzers and nymphs working at the minute.
Just a thought.

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I think it's more indicative of how small still waters are fished, and by whom. A lure will always catch, especially rainbows, and there's nothing easier and requires less brain power than sticking a lure on and ripping it back. It's viewed as a 'banker' of a fly, but unless you experiment it can turn out to be your 'Go Too" fly.

Vary your fishing venues, and you'll find a lure isn't all things to all men.

No your not alone
I tend to fish Rivers but may call at a stillwater when the river is bustin its banks and I notice most people chucking a lure often Cats Whisker often under a Bung.
Best of it is When I start catching on size 20 Dry flies or small nymphs they act like its some kind of witch craft

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Allan
Only dead fish go with the flow.

I had a cracking day at a local fishery once bright sun flat calm, every one was chucking lures i caught 5 rainbows and 6 browns all on a size 14 clyde spider top dropper nothing else seemed to work.

Had many days when a simple hares ear beat the lures pullers hands down.............although on sunday past only things i could catch on was orange fritz be it nomad,booby or simple gold head

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Vision GT Four SW 9' 9#
Vision 3 Zone 9' 5#
Vision Cult 9' 3#
Shakespeare Trion 9' 5/6#
Cortland Endurance 9' 6#
Shakespeare Expedition float tube
Vosseler DC3 reel
Okuma Helios 8/9 reel
Greys G series 3/4 reel
Snowbee Geo 3/4 reel

I tend to avoid fishing lures - and I've no doubt that doing so costs me a lot of fish. For that reason I should probably get comfortable with doing it, but it isn't a style of fishing that particularly appeals to me.

Many fly-fishermen are only concerned with catching fish and have little interest in learning about their quarry.

Get a copy of John Goddard's Waterside Guide use a Cat's Whisker (probably the best lure) and spoon your catch, if you're allowed to, to build-up your knowledge.

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That's where I am too. Lure fishing doesn't appeal to me either, at least not all the time. I felt a lot more satisfaction recently when I caught using a gold head GRHE when everyone else was using lures.

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I find at smaller fisherys lures normally work well for the first couple of hours but to be honest buzzers and nymphs fished properly will propably take more fish and out fish lures over the course of the day
Just my thoughts, why not just tackle up with a few buzzers on a floater or a midge tip and try your own thing rather than take advice from someone who propably knows as much as youreself or less
Best way to leaarn is to experiment and talk to other anglers

This is what I tend to do anyway, I just find it interesting that most people recommend lures as their standard.

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