Am wondering what type of wet flies would be good on the small stillwater I fish, stocked with rainbows with a good proportion of these being caught on more imitative flies, from the talk of those who can catch the fish.

I am wondering what sort of wet flies would be a good choice to try.

The reason, I want to catch a trout on a wet fly having only started last september already caught rainbows on dries and lures I presume a wet would be the next logical progression.

Don't says anything about nymphs or buzzers hate the things can't be ar$£d with the whole patience thing about them.

Thanks
AL

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Haha that made me laugh, you really are missing out by ignoring nymphs and buzzers buddy. Stillwater trout will often have buzzers as a main foodsource and they catch a hell of a lot of fish. Fishing them requires no more patience than fishing a wetfly surely? Just the retrieve is often a bit slower. unless you are meaning fishing them under an indicator?

As a wetfly goes a soldier palmer has caught a lot of fish for me at bewl fished slowly through the surface layers, or ripped back through a ripple. (Would normally use diawl bachs or crunchers first though to catch those buzzer feeders lol)

Dan

Bibio, Bibio, Bibio

for a bit of variation a bibio hopper pulled under the surface. But as has already been said, straightlining a team of 3 buzzers or nymphs can be lethal on small stillwaters and is the way I would start at any small water regardless of time of year.

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I'd echo what's been said already.......

Bib + katey, would be my first choice for small water wets, 12's.

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As above. I've had recent success with a pink tailed zulu, pearly invicta, and dunkeld. My limited experience is that the orange/gold works well when there's a bit of sun on the water.