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08-22-2015, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 105
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Not sure what to tie next
Ever get to a point where you know you need to tie flies but you have enough. Many will say you can never have enough, but for me right now I can get through the season. I'm stocked up on the common dries and nymphs, well as some others. Whats next though. I don't fish streamers, maybe them. Any ideas would be great. Most of my fishing is stillwater but have plans to head SW this fall.
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08-22-2015, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: calgary
Posts: 1,219
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BKSWIMMERS & BTMN. Top of my list this time of year.
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08-22-2015, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Calgary
Posts: 267
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You could try some traditional wet flies for stillwaters, i had some fun in Elbow lake the other day with Bibios, Invictas, Zulus, Butchers and Kate mclaren. They're fun to tie, really work well and you can't really get in the shops here.
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08-23-2015, 03:33 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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I ran into the same problem earlier this year. What I did was I googled hatch charts for some of the waters I fish ( Oldman, Pincher, Crowsnest, Waterton etc.) and found some of the common hatches. Then for every one of these hatches I have been tying a nymph, emerger, dun and spent for all of them. Right now I just tie a couple of everything in one size, but once I am through all of the hatches, I'll start tying different sizes and variants of the originals. I am sure you could just search common Stillwater hatches and do the same thing. Fun way to pass time plus I am learning what kind of insects are common on the waters I fish. I would also tie some streamers up too.
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08-23-2015, 06:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Kananaskis
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chucky
You could try some traditional wet flies for stillwaters, i had some fun in Elbow lake the other day with Bibios, Invictas, Zulus, Butchers and Kate mclaren. They're fun to tie, really work well and you can't really get in the shops here.
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sweet idea, I started fishing soft hackle wets and love it!
also bang out some chironomids in every size and colour, they do serious damage on stocked trout lakes
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08-24-2015, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Edmonton
Posts: 105
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yes chironomids will be up this winter. Just did a flymart order for rare materials.
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08-27-2015, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 126
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Soft hackles and bomber chronomids are what I tie when I hit the wall on ideas. Never seem to have enough of either.
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08-28-2015, 01:07 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary, Ab
Posts: 2,835
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leech patterns in different variations, try tying some jig style nymps for those snaggy areas you fish... hmmm.
terrestrials? some nice hoppers, beetles, lady bugs... seen em all, caught a fish on a lady bug 
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09-01-2015, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 112
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Having "everything" , in conventional tackle is why I decided to get into fly fishing and tying in the first place. (This month) 
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