Those are productive but not the most fun. If I am not fly fishing for them then I will be throwing your typical jerkbaits and the most fun in my opinion Pop-R's, Torpedos, or Skitter Pops

Try one next night out. Don't "pop" the bait or jerk. Instead all you do is a painfully slow retreive creating a "V" wake with the lure. I have had fish come completely out of the water hitting it. The browns will crush it like a bass under lilly pads on a frog. ;)

This one was a Pop-R eater last fall.

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On the buggy whip, a foam bodied mouse pattern can be a blast. You get to deal with the fight entirely by hand, unless the brown is a bruiser that gets on the reel. I also like deer hair bugs, but foam floats better and is easier to cast. Since I tie most of my own flies, I like the ease of use that comes with tying foam flies as opposed to spinning deer hair.


Chris

A buddy of mine also fishes big zonker style rabbit strip patterns in black the threads a foam popper body on backwards similiar to a T-rigged worm. The body keeps it up and the hair gives great action. If no bite on top he'll take it off and use same fly as a standard streamer.