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Originally Posted by Jakal
Thank you. That’s a lot of great info.
What size flies are recommended? Will the trout eat pretty much any size. Or should I stay on the smaller size.
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The best/worst answer is "whatever size the trout are eating".
Google 'ram river hatch chart'. It is in the Red Deer River Basin:
http://bowrivercanada.com/hatch-charts/
Quite honestly, smaller is usually better, but they are more nuanced to fish. Other than green drakes, stoneflies and grasshoppers, I usually do not fish much bigger than a size 14.
I would keep a default of the following flies:
DRIES (you would use these each at a different time of the year---cross reference with the hatch chart)
caddis 12, 14, 16
Chernobyl Ant 8, 10
Grasshopper 6, 8
Blue Wing Olive 16, 18
green drake 10, 12
fur ant 14, 16
NYMPHS (nymphs are less seasonal. Nymphs are always on the menu)
Pats Rubber Legs 8
Hares ear 14, 16
Copper John 14, 16
zebra midge 16, 18
Mayers Leech 10, 12
STREAMERS (streamers are usually for bigger fish, especially bull trout, but tend to need a heavier rod to cast comfortably)
Wooly bugger 8, 10
Clouser minnow 2, 4, 6
Meat whistle 4, 6
I personally would carry big streamers for bull trout, but these streamers are out of 5wt category, better for 6wt or heavier rods (I would use an 8wt).