mossberg-operator Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Hello! Going for trout in couple of days, still water. The question is: what fly? Why? Never fished in December. Checked my reference book, not much info. Any advice appreciated! Cheers, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Best advice is take all your flies,floating and intermediate lines and ask the locals when you get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltsmark Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Usual advice this time of year is, something Christmas treeish i.e anything that's got some fritz in it. my understanding is that trout will take this type of lure on aggression rather than hunger. My fail safe Fly/lure for this time of year is goldhead damsel. Hope this might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Sinking line, white or black lure (if no good Orange is worth a try!) try different depths and different speeds of retrieve, from stripping to figure of eight, keep moving until you get a pull! If the lake is shallow an intermediate or floater with a weighted fly retrieved slowly sink and draw is worth a try! At this time of year I take it your after rainbows? Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossberg-operator Posted December 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Thx for advice! Lake is shallow and it is rainbow trout. Was thinking of worms, black lure. Will try all options on a floating line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grazy Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Agree with a gold head damsel on a long leader floating line for a small to medium still water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 Blobs and buzzers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted December 24, 2014 Report Share Posted December 24, 2014 There will be little hatching or moving this time of year, so the trout wont be feeding hard in the cold water temperatures. I've had most success this time of year with a leaded snail or corixae pattern fished very slow on a long leader. The fish are normally dormant at depth and you might get lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpk Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 Usual advice this time of year is, something Christmas treeish i.e anything that's got some fritz in it. my understanding is that trout will take this type of lure on aggression rather than hunger. My fail safe Fly/lure for this time of year is goldhead damsel. Hope this might help +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scraggoak Posted December 25, 2014 Report Share Posted December 25, 2014 As you can see from all the above posts there is no one fly for winter still water fishing, but gold head cats whiskers, in green, red, orange also fritz will work, start with one colour and after ten to twenty minutes if you have no luck try another, also use as long a leader as you can manage with something to make it sink, fullers earth is ok or try fairy liquid, cast out and give it time to sink you will be surprised how often you have a take as it drops and keep retrieving until it is very close to the bank, Good luck and let us know how you get on, one last thing before you start fishing have a look in the records book and see what flies have been catching, Cheers geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted December 26, 2014 Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 Good advice all round, depth is important so keep going through the lines. Goldhead damsel, a great fly any time of the year! Tight Lines Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossberg-operator Posted December 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) Been today at Barlow. Had cracking day, lots of laugh with my mate, no fish for hours for us, tried dozen flies, fish just kept jumping and middlefingering us. Another guy fished with us too. Nothing. Later he had 2 brownies and a good rainbow in 10 minutes on the same "lucky spot" on black/green sinking fly. Me afterwards on the same spot, same flies. Nothing for hours. Before going home we chose a blue/white stripy non natural looking fly from a set of cheap flies from Homebase (89p for 8 of them), cast, bumm, fish on the line straight away. Because left net home , I had to step into water to scoope fish on to the bank with bare hands... 2 happy men, worked so hard for that fish for hours. There was a pheasant shoot going nearby. Hundreds of shoots all day. Super day overall! Edited December 26, 2014 by londonercsecse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenj Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 A bit late, but I'll put my bit in. As said on here, a Blue Flash Damsel on a floating line, with a DEAD slow figure of 8 will work most days. Mind you, sometimes they will rip you arm off on the strike, while on other days, they will just lightly pluck at it. I try a quick jerk with my left hand, which will bring a take. Also try a static bloodworm on a greased line, or under a floss indicator. A couple of my winter outings. http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/meon-springs-winter-warmer/ http://www.urbanfieldsportsman.com/index.php/meon-springs-fishery-rainbows-on-the-bloodworm/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolkngood Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Hello! Going for trout in couple of days, still water. The question is: what fly? Why? Never fished in December. Checked my reference book, not much info. Any advice appreciated! Cheers, guys! Look for shallow water that gets the sun as this warms up surprisingly quickly....even in December. You'll probably find that naturals won't be as successful as lure type flies but this is very dependent on the fishery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Black/Green fly was most likely a Montana, or a Viva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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