Trout

Wet weather fishing for trout

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When the all the fair-weather fishermen are hiding under trees, in fishing huts or in their cars to keep dry, you will reap the rewards of some exciting fishing if you stay out in the rain. Just cast out your fly and let the rain drown it, just like what is happening to the real insects. Do not add any floatant. It is best to cast frequently as you will cover more water and I have found that the fly is normally taken just after it has broken the water surface.

Chironomids (aka buzzers and midge)

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Chironomids are also sometimes known Buzzers and Midges at various parts of their life cycle. They are part of the Chironomidae family of the order Diptera – True Flies. They are very small and have a similar life cycle to Mayflies, Caddisflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies and go through four stages in their development: egg, larva, pupa and adult.

Dragonflies and Damselflies

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Dragonflies are of the sub- order Zygoptera and Damselflies are of the sub- rder Anisoptera which is part of the Odonata family of insects that spend part of their lif cycle in the water. The Family Odonata is the oldest of the insect families and prehistoric fossils of dragon flies with wingspans around 100 times wider than today specimens have been found.

Fly lines that I use – #6 trout in lakes

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I select the best fly lines that I can for particular situations and have set up my gear so that I can relatively easily take one fly line off and replace it with another, during a fishing session, so as to achieve my goals. This process has left me with the following five ‘go to’ 6 weight fly lines in my lake kit to cover all my lake based trout fishing options:

Caddis (sedge)

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Caddis flies are also known as sedge because of their habit of clinging to sedge grass along the banks of rivers and impoundments . . . well at least in the UK the do. Caddis flies have four wings which, even though one set is slightly forward of the other , basically present as a v shape running back along the body of the fly. They don’t have tails but they often have long antenna.