Five flies to get the season started — James Sinnamon

Dress for the cold.

5 FLIES TO GET THINGS STARTED

James Sinnamon shares his thoughts

Early season almost all trout fishing is done using wet flies. Weather is not yet warm enough for hot insect activity, the fish focus on sub surface food sources, such as frogs and galaxias’. This is where the larger wet flies have their place, as they are imitations of such food sources.

Their will generally always be a handful of flies that will work in a given trout situation. The important factor that needs to be accounted for, is how and when to present the chosen fly. When imitating frogs and bait fish, it comes down to two standard retrieves; slow and steady and fast and aggressive. Slow and steady, works well in a sight fishing scene or when imitating a frog movement. Fast and aggressive works well with baitfish style Murray with a nice early season brown — taken on a Wooly Bugger.

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essential FLYFISHER

flies when there is water to be covered and or imitating a fleeing galaxia or baitfish. The same goes for all flies mentioned below.

I like long fluorocarbon tippets between 10-15ft of 5-6lb breaking strain. Floating weight forward lines are ideal for the early season anglers stalking fish. The weight forward line will help turn over long leaders and large flies in the, often, bad early season weather.

Mrs Simpson

Originating in New Zealand in the early 20th century. The style of fly is known as a ‘killer’ pattern, designed by Joe Cornwell. ‘Killer’ is the tying style, known as a fly with many variations, similar to a deceiver, where it is a creation of creative interpretation. The body is traditionally tied using a bright coloured chenille or wool yarn, with Pheasant feathers appearing to be the irreplaceable feather of choice to tie this fly.

This fly works most effective on the bottom, along weed-lines, logs and flood waters. It is best to tie this fly to the tippet using a loop knot, as this maximises the fly’s action. When presenting the fly it should be worked slowly with small movements, as a frog would appear naturally in the water. It is told ‘any angler hunting trout anywhere in the world should have a Mrs Simpson variant in their box’!

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Woolly Worm

A shorter, fatter, unweighted version of the Woolly Bugger without marabou. It is generally tied with little, or no sparkle, with a large soft hackle around the body, and a short tail. The soft hackle creates a large movement of water, in relation to little movement of the fly.

A perfect fly for those scenarios with deeper edges, where slow sinking presentations are the key. It is also an exceptionally good fly to use when sight fishing tailing fish in thick weeded marshy edges, prone to snagging unguarded hooks. For the reason it creates good commotion with very little movement.

Fur Fly

Great fly for tailing fish, a personal favourite. This fly is tied from animal fur instead of feathers. This fly is commonly tied with an orange, red or yellow chenille or wool yarn, in an array of colours, from black to light tan colours. Because this fly is fished so slowly it makes for a great fly for sight fishing in shallow water, typically close to the bank. It does not normally have a bead head.

Woolly Bugger

From worm to bait fish and everything in between, this fly would be one of the most widely used wet fly imitations in the trout world. This fly is usually tied with a bead head, marabou tail and a wire or chenille body wrap. Sometimes the bead is dropped for shallow water. The Woolly Bugger can be presented in a variety of ways depending on what you’re a trying to imitate. What makes this a great one to have in the box is its ability to be retrieved quickly, with the bead head creating extra movements as the bead drops the fly back towards the bottom between each strip. This allows for more blind casts, helping to cover more water in order to find fish.

Stick Caddis

Sometimes you may need a subtle nymph choice to get the take when you’re confronted with a spooky fish. That is why it is always good to have a few small stick caddises in the box. It can be fished on its own or under a dry. It rarely spooks a fish and can be very successful. James Sinnamon