For Ya Fly Fishing Junkies

[the11fisherman]

I was up to the mountains this past week getting tons of fly fishing in. I fished lots of streams, rivers and lakes. The rivers and streams were fishing good for how high they were, but they are fishable so long as you use the right method. I fished Waterton National Park multiple places, Crows Nest Valley, and the Oldman Head Waters. The fly that I caught the most fish on, surprisingly to me, was the old stimulator. I thought that I'd do better nymphing or on streamers with the high water, but they were going for my Stimulators. Caught lots of Rainbows and Brookies, saw quite a few cut throats in waterton and in the Oldman Headwaters, even saw one 2 pound Bull fishing Oldman Headwaters. Any of you interested in using a stimulator, but don't know how to make it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCO2...z7Cpup-SpxgKWf
Cheers and tight lines.

[JReed]

I concur with this, I was on a mountain stream yesterday crushing with a stimulator. It seemed like every second cast I was getting a rise, epic!

I tried swinging wet flies too but I only got a couple out of a decent amount of casts, definitely not as effective as the stimmy

[the11fisherman]

The thing that I like about the stimulator, is that it seems to copy a variety of bugs. If the grasshoppers are out in large numbers, it works. If the caddis flies are out, it works. If there is another hatch happening, it works. Just seems like a very versatile fly. I like to tie them in sizes ranging from 16-10 to make sure I have a great variety of possibilities.

[spinN'flyfish]

would any stimulator work (would the orange work for example, they dont really look like yours though)

[spinN'flyfish]

Originally Posted by the11fisherman

The thing that I like about the stimulator, is that it seems to copy a variety of bugs. If the grasshoppers are out in large numbers, it works. If the caddis flies are out, it works. If there is another hatch happening, it works. Just seems like a very versatile fly. I like to tie them in sizes ranging from 16-10 to make sure I have a great variety of possibilities.

kind of like the woolly bugger

[the11fisherman]

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[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by spinN'flyfish

would any stimulator work (would the orange work for example, they dont really look like yours though)

Probably. I just used the patterns that I have seen repeatedly in Magazines and the Fly Fishing Bible. All showed the same, but a variation should work. I do a lot a variation with other flies to make improvements, but I've never found a need with the stimulator.

[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by spinN'flyfish

kind of like the woolly bugger

Not really............... especially when the woolly bugger is a wet fly whereas the stimulator is a dry.

[AlbertaAngler]

Originally Posted by spinN'flyfish

would any stimulator work (would the orange work for example, they dont really look like yours though)

The orange variety is usually my go to stimulator. I have good luck with it on the castle on Saturday.

[Calgaryguy1977]

Originally Posted by the11fisherman

Not really............... especially when the woolly bugger is a wet fly whereas the stimulator is a dry.

I think he just meant they're both versatile and imitate several things.

[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by Calgaryguy1977

I think he just meant they're both versatile and imitate several things.

true true

[spinN'flyfish]

Originally Posted by Calgaryguy1977

I think he just meant they're both versatile and imitate several things.

exactly what i meant....

[drhu22]

You can tie WBs wet or dry... no? I'm sure i've read of people fishing them dry...

[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by drhu22

You can tie WBs wet or dry... no? I'm sure i've read of people fishing them dry...

You would have to make some dramatic changes to make a WB into a dry fly, basically a recreation. Most people put some wire around their hook to make them sink faster. The body is made out of material that is supposed to take on water fast and the hackle that is used is soft and also is supposed to take on water(Thus allowing it to sink fast). You would have to just about replace everything used for the wet WB with new material that repels water to make a dry version. I 'm not saying it is impossible, but with all the changes that you would have to make, it will probably by called something else(by the rest of the fly fisherman in the world) by the time you are done making it floatable.

[the11fisherman]

Headin back to Waterton for a few days again, see if I pull off the same stunt this time with the Stimulator, or if they go for something else entirely this time.

[Current]

Originally Posted by drhu22

You can tie WBs wet or dry... no? I'm sure i've read of people fishing them dry...

Not sure what a dry woolly bugger would attempt to imitate. You're probably thinking of a muddler minnow fished dry to imitate a grasshopper or stonefly.

See the Name That Fly post.

Cheers

[the11fisherman]

Originally Posted by Current

Not sure what a dry woolly bugger would attempt to imitate. You're probably thinking of a muddler minnow fished dry to imitate a grasshopper or stonefly.

See the Name That Fly post.

Cheers

that is what I was thinking might by goin on there.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by Current

Not sure what a dry woolly bugger would attempt to imitate. You're probably thinking of a muddler minnow fished dry to imitate a grasshopper or stonefly.
See the Name That Fly post.
Cheers

Nope, turns out I was thinking of a wooly worm. As I'm sure most of you know its sort of a caterpillar imitation, or maybe an attractor type fly.
https://swittersb.files.wordpress.co...pg?w=998&h=774

[Reeltime]

I practically 'worn' an orange 'Stimie' out fishing a contributory to the Crowsnest. It started to unravel when every Cutty hit it.

It started looking like a streamer at about two inches long. Great hook along with that tried and true Elk Hair Caddis. Both are my favorite flies for that area.

[Lornce]

Yellow ones I tie work great and often out fish the orange. A bit of foam and they float forever.

[the11fisherman]

The great thing about fly fishing and when you tie your own flies is that you can forever tweak with the designs of flies until you find what you figure to be the master fly. It also always depends on where you are fly fishing and what is hatching while you are there. I personally have always found that the yellow always out fishes the orange and then I find that sometimes using grizzly hackle works better than red and brown hackle.

Typically when I show up to a location that I figure that I can fish dry flies, out comes the fly that I show in the video. If they do not go for that, then I switch the variation. IF they don't go for that I typically start nymphing, but that rarely happens luckily. I'd rather dry then nymph or streamer.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by Lornce

Yellow ones I tie work great and often out fish the orange. A bit of foam and they float forever.

That's a tasty looking fly... i'ld eat that if I was a trout.

[Calgaryguy1977]

Originally Posted by Lornce

Yellow ones I tie work great and often out fish the orange. A bit of foam and they float forever.

Beautiful fly Lornce!!

[drhu22]

Could you show one tied with foam?

[spinN'flyfish]

Originally Posted by Calgaryguy1977

Beautiful fly Lornce!!

x2

[chadillac]

Originally Posted by drhu22

Could you show one tied with foam?

Those ones are tied with foam, as opposed to dubbing, I do the same

[drhu22]

Ok... body wrapped with...