I have been keeping a data base record of my fishing outings now for around 15years. When you do a search say on November, December and January for Lake Jindabyne its interesting to see the similarities for that period of time over the years. There is obviously some skewing of the results because as you know , your favourite flies, change over time and of course you tend to fish your favourite flies. Still, even with that impact its interesting that the same trend of flies that catch fish at the same time each year recurs year after year. The other thing that is interesting is what the trout are up to at a given time each year. That’s undoubtedly a reflection of the fishes metabolism and life cycle and of course what’s on the trout’s menu at that time of year.
Trout are very economical with their energy and their preference is to expend as little energy as possibly whilst maintaining their nourishment and comfort. To accommodate this trout either establish territories or beats in areas where there is a good supply of food and access to comfortable holding zones or move around in the search of concentrations of food and or comfort. You will need to understand some aspects of lake craft if you want to exploit their feeding habits.
The following brief summary captures the essence of what’s happening in each season for Lake Jindabyne and what flies regularly caught fish for me as the seasons change.
‘Buggers’,
‘link’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/woolly-bugger’,
‘image’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/woollybugger16.png’),
array(
‘name’ => ‘Small olive flies’,
‘link’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/damsel-chatto-original’,
‘image’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/damselj.jpg’),
array(
‘name’ => ‘Various nymphs’,
‘link’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/fuzzy-nymph’,
‘image’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fuzzynymphe.png’),
array(
‘name’ => ‘Bibio’,
‘link’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/bibio-variant’,
‘image’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/bibiof1.png’),
array(
‘name’ => ‘Mallard and claret’,
‘link’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/soft-winged-bob-flies’,
‘image’ => ‘https://fishonfly.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/mallardclaret2.png’)
);
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