I have been fishing the Caney Fork with rod, reel and bait for 30 years. I have decided to try fly fishing for trout. I always catch and release, I don't care for eating fish so I have decided to take up fly fishing for the challenge. I am going to be there for the next couple weeks on vacation. Can you guys recommend some good flies to use this time of the year? I was just planning on trying a black wooly booger to start with but would really appreciate your suggestions for a beginner.
Black zebra midge in size 16 or 18 is a year round fly for the Caney. You can mix up the color with olive or tan if you want to experiment. Scuds and sowbugs do well also. I drift them all under an indicator but have also caught them stripping the fly in as well.
Black zebra midge in size 16 or 18 is a year round fly for the Caney. You can mix up the color with olive or tan if you want to experiment. Scuds and sowbugs do well also. I drift them all under an indicator but have also caught them stripping the fly in as well.
Sir, Fly fishing is a small percentage of our forum discussions. It is nice to have someone who can forward this information on to other Fly anglers. This is your first post since becoming a member in 2011. Please continue, this is what our forum is all about ... Thanks .. <'TK><
What Payton said!, but also, try a white wooly booger or a white clouser minow about an inch or inch and a half in size, cast upstream and stripped fast, that caught me many a trout on the caney during my fly fishing days, good luck, stay safe and keep an eye on the generation schedule
I posted on your thread on another forum but I'll add this... keep your leader and tippet as light as you can get away with. I typically throw a 6x leader with a 7x tippet. I'm not a veteran fly fisherman so others may disagree but that has been my experience on the Caney. They're very line shy on normal flows.
Day in and day out, a 16-20 black or olive zebra midge will do the trick. Sometimes the difference between getting strikes or not is 1) drag on the line or 2) wrong depth. A soft hackle works well if you have rising fish.
Granted, I have days where I can't get the good ole zebra to work. On those days I'll try stripping a guacamole stick or a bugger.
I know people catch them on sow bugs and scuds...I've just never caught great numbers with those patterns...might just be me though.
I'm a C&R guy too. I de-barb all my hooks...it helps on the release part.
July fly advice
Great Information. <'TK><
