04-02-2018, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Calgary
Posts: 33
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scel
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).
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Right on great info i now have a 5wt and an 8wt where does one find a good selection of clouser minnows and Meat whistle lol never heard of that one before
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