what is the best fly if the trout are feeding heavily on hoglouse , cant think if i have heard of a hoglouse fly or pattern. are they there in the lochs most parts of the season for the trout to feed on, and how best would you fish a houglouse pattern if there is one cheers andy m
American fly fishers are best to find a suitable pattern. They call them Sowbugs or sometimes loosely, Scuds.
Tight Lines
Hares ear nymph?
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear on #14 to #18 fished right on the bottom either static or trundled very slowly.
Try tying it on a jig hook with a bead head and it will swim hook point up with less chance of snagging.
thanks lads the good old hares lug, never thought about that is it always best fished deep . was thinking the corixa is another fly that i have tyed that looks the part but never had a fish on one but have done well for corixa feeders with a silver butcher. cheers andy m
Quote from: andy m on January 03, 2017, 04:10:00 PM
thanks lads the good old hares lug, never thought about that is it always best fished deep . was thinking the corixa is another fly that i have tyed that looks the part but never had a fish on one but have done well for corixa feeders with a silver butcher. cheers andy m
Not at all. I had a wild brown trout on one hanging static 3 feet below the surface. I saw the fish come from twenty feet to the left of it like a torpedo and take it cleanly and hooked itself :)
thanks fishtales so worth trying from bottom to near the surface. see what happens this season with the hares lug nymph cheers andy m
Quote from: andy m on January 04, 2017, 04:20:18 PM
thanks fishtales so worth trying from bottom to near the surface. see what happens this season with the hares lug nymph cheers andy m
Works fished dry too; add an upright starling wing and pick out the fibres around the head like a hackle too if you like :)
the first time i cleaned a fish and seen hoglouse i thought they were shrimps. thats interesting fishtales catching them on a dry fly .they must be active wee buggers crawling about on stones then moving up on the top of the water, thanks for the info fishtales something to think about this season as i have seen them often in the odd fish that i take now and then for supper cheers andy m
Hoglouse don't leave the bottom but the GRHE is a very versatile fly even used dry :)
Davie has the answer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPue73vkyoM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPue73vkyoM)
thanks for that fred the nymph with the hares ear looks the part. cheers andy m