I'm wondering how many fly fishermen/women on this board have tried using Booby Flies for brook trout. I have used them with quite a bit of success at times when other offerings didn't work. In case you haven't heard of them they are tied with a piece of foam cylinder tied it at the head like a pair of big eyes which makes the fly float. These flies are not fished on the surface though but are used with a sinking or sink tip line. The line pulls the fly down in the water column but the fly remains above the bottom debris or weeds which helps prevent getting the fly hung up. If you strip the line in after letting it sink, it pulls the fly down toward the bottom and when it stops, it rises in the water column which is what I think triggers the strike. The flies are simple and easy to tie once you have the foam cylinders, found at many fly shops. They come in a variety of colors and sizes (diameters). The white foam seems a bit unnatural but I believe helps provide better visual observation by the fish. WHile I have them in black or olive colors too I find that the color isn't as indluential to the fish as one might think. Booby flies can easily be tied to imitate damsel flies in season. I'll post a few pictures of some of the ones I use and tying instructions can be found on YouTube if you're interested. They are very simple for the most part but you can get as creative as your heart desires. Let me know if you have tried them and what your experience has been.
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I purchase a bunch to use but have not tried them yet. Seem to be a very popular and effective still water fly. I will be trying some balanced leeches as well. Always seem to get stuck in a rut trolling flies. Just need to give this a chance… -
Nice flies EagleCrag. I wonder if red or orange foam would be attractive to brookies? Like the egg sucking leech pattern.Comment
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I believe VT has tried them. I’ll let him know to respond.“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. They smelled of moss in your hand. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”
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