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Old 06-30-2017, 07:47 AM
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Guys,

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.

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Jon
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Old 06-30-2017, 09:54 AM
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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.
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Old 06-30-2017, 10:08 AM
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Smile Great Information. <'TK><

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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><
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Old 06-30-2017, 11:46 AM
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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
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Old 06-30-2017, 02:58 PM
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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.


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Old 06-30-2017, 08:10 PM
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All mentioned Flys are good might also want to try the trout magnet minis they are deadly.
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Old 07-01-2017, 12:08 PM
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Thank you guys for all your help. I really appreciate it.

Jon
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Old 07-03-2017, 03:52 PM
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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.
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