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Thread: What is your 'go to' dry fly for small streams?

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    Default What is your 'go to' dry fly for small streams?

    Mine would be an Elk Hair Caddis in size 14 on 5x tippet.
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    Bill, hard to argue with that setup. I fished Leavitt Creek and a few other streams over by Sonora Pass last week and pretty much the caddis dry, small stimulator stone fly, and ant pattern all seemed to work well. I was using 6x but it didn't matter that much. Brookies/ Rainbows were crushing it. Really fun w/ a 3wt butterstick.
    Most of these freestone streams at high elevation are damn near perfect right now. (Its almost Sept and I'm saying that)

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    EHC is always a good choice.
    I can also vouch for an Adams or a PMD.
    Recently when all else failed I pulled out a bushy Royal Wulff which turned the day around big time for me.

    Regards,
    Tim C.

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    Royal Wulff is a darker fly and sometime that makes the difference.

    About 20 years ago Umpqua would send us their top selling 100 flies.

    It was fun to look at it.
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    Parachute Adams! But secretly I never leave home without a a few Yellow Humpies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Idadon View Post
    Parachute Adams! But secretly I never leave home without a a few Yellow Humpies.
    Same for me, P Adams.

    Second place would probably be an orange stimulator or PMX

    Honestly, in most small streams, food isn't always super-abundant and fish are highly opportunistic feeders (not hatch driven), thus they are pretty responsive to attractor dries when water temps are appropriate for dry fly fishing (IMO/IME...)
    Last edited by PV_Premier; 08-22-2017 at 07:30 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Idadon View Post
    Parachute Adams! But secretly I never leave home without a a few Yellow Humpies.
    Same here- that adams gets fish to bite

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    Elk Hair Caddis , size 8, tied by the fly's originator, Al Troth. While Al is gone now, and the largest EHC size he offered in his catalog was size 10, Al was good enough to also tie them for me in a size 8.

    Best, Bob
    Last edited by Bob G; 08-22-2017 at 07:50 AM.

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    size 16 Wright's Royal

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    Mini Stimulator in size 12 or 14 on a 200R hook.

    Eric

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