Pellet Pattern

[miltiades]

I figured out this fly and gravel when i was fishing a series of ponds. The ponds were chock full of fish but almost impossible to catch. It seems that the owner poured mounds of pellets into the ponds every night. When i first did my gravel and fly trick i was the only guy there catching fish. I dont keep them anyway, so whats the difference. I went into a place that was dominated by spin fisherman that were chucking bait and beat them at their own game. Somehow i just dont see anything wrong with that. I dont really fish for stockies often, and if i do, my go to is a picket pin. I just thought to share a little trick. Sorry to have offended.....

 

[sipe]

I didn't mean to sound like an ***, I retract my previous, pompous comment.

 

[BrookieChaser]

sipe wrote:
I didn't mean to sound like an ***, I retract my previous, pompous comment.

I didn't read it that way, therefore I see no need for a retraction. Everyone has an opinion.

 

[WildTigerTrout]

BrookieChaser wrote:

sipe wrote:
I didn't mean to sound like an ***, I retract my previous, pompous comment.

I didn't read it that way, therefore I see no need for a retraction. Everyone has an opinion.

I did'nt read it that way either. In fact I agree with you. No pellet flies for me. I am sticking to my green weenie. LOL

 

[lv2nymph]

A while ago I did some work on a hunting camp which had a pond full of trout, a couple of them were very big trout. They said I could fish just put them back, I tried and tried to catch em couldn't do it. They were fed regularly with pellets. I really wanted to catch one of those trout that pushed thirty inches like bad, so I got to thinking about it and took a pellet or two home spun some brown deer hair, trimmed to shape and size and the next day the guys I work with got to watch me release just what I was after. I wouldn't worry about it it's a fly, you're using a fly rod what's not to like?

 

[sandfly]

See Jack you were dry fly fishing and didn't even realize it..

 

[lv2nymph]

Ha ha you're right Bob, never looked at it that way. One thing I think about this subject to be true is, when you tie on the usual suspect of a nymph for wild trout you're fishing what they're used to eating, right?...

 

[mike_richardson]

Get some brown ultra chenille. make a few wraps then wrap on top of each other. I made these for fun, and have caught a few on them. I think that a PT or HE is way more productive though.

 

[mike_richardson]

bottom left, is they were not obvious

 

[dubthethorax]

Mcfly foam egg size 16-18 - they have a color called dead egg which is a tan.
Twist that up and color it with brown prismacolor marker.
apply floatant.

Bash stupid bows.