What is your favorite go-to fly?

[OnTheFly]

Perhaps this subject has been talked about before but maybe now there are different opinions. Let's start off with still water and lets say you arrive at a lake you've never fished before and there's no hatch or no rising going on. What fly do you use? Obviously it will be some kind of subsurface searching fly that you've had success with in the past. Crystal Buggers? Carey Specials? The same goes for rivers and streams. Copper John? Prince? What's the Go-To fly for you?:think:

 

[brandon4455]

river :size 12 possie bugger and size 16 phesant tail on a dropper rig




Lake: kaufmann mini leech size 12-14 under a strike indicator. or an ice dub soft hackle



It's hard for me to just pick one for lakes/reservoirs because sometimes the soft hackle works and sometimes the mini leech works.. but those two are my best producers for lake fishing sub surface.

 

[wozniasm]

Historically before coming to Oregon, it was a beaded nymph. It worked in lakes, creeks and rivers back east.
Out here, still experimenting but I'm leaning towards an olive bugger for lakes (Bud Special is in the running). Insufficient time to decide on a river/creek fly at this time.

 

[troutdude]

Olive Wooly Bugger, hands down. Black Teeney Nymph, is my second choice.

 

[steelhead_slayer]

Olive Wooly Bugger, hands down. Black Teeney Nymph, is my second choice.

yeah that

 

[eggs]

Bud light special

 

[bigsteel]

I lie small soft hackles and carey specials for lakes,for rivers peacock stimulator and a prince nymph

 

[markasd]

Wooly buggers - black and olive has landed more trout n steelhead than any other colors in my boxes..

 

[Outdrsmn]

Possie bugger for rivers....its deadly.

 

[JeannaJigs]

Whatever Jim or Dave have given me to use. It's always sparkly, whatever it is. Sparkle, sparkle. Someday...I plan on actually having a functional fly box that has more than giant elk hair caddis's (The only fly I know by name...I know, I know...it's sad) If you guys ever take up jig fishing, I've got ya covered lol.

 

[trollin4trout]

From a fly dragging viewpoint (split shot and a fly on spinning rod), this one:



The top pic is as new- the bottom two are after too many fish teeth. (still catching fish though!)

 

[Troutski]

Golden Stone nymph, size #8.... never fails to produce....

Chuck

 

[halibuthitman]

anything tipped with a night crawler or grub...

 

[Troutski]

anything tipped with a night crawler or grub...

Just couldn't resist, just sayin'

Chuck

 

[OnTheFly]

Whoe! Those flies are shreaded! What kind of fish are you targeting...pike?

 

[trollin4trout]

Whoe! Those flies are shreaded! What kind of fish are you targeting...pike?

:lol: no- just stocker trout in a WA lake- but a LOT of them were just hammering those flies that day.

Jim

 

[GDBrown]

Olive Damselfly nymph for lakes and anything dry for creeks and streams.....

 

[ColoradoTroutMan]

Seeing as I have only gone fly fishing once and was very successful a size 8 olive or black crystal bugger.