After recent thread about Trico dries, I decided to spend an hour in the evening to try it out with hope to grab a pic or two.
I spent most of today(Friday) hunting brookies further up north, but on the way back, I stopped over on pretty safe brown river to get some exercise using the evening Trico method. I don't know the size of the hook exactly, but it is the second smallest dry in my arsenal. Hopefully the close up photo shows the type and size well enough.
The fly itself was - white winged, black torso with lighter abdomen. Probably size 20 or 22.
Time of day was a little after 7pm and damn windy for a tiny 3WT rod.
Setup - 9' soft(suppleflex) leader with 2 ' of 4# fluoro tippet, with liberal amount of floatant to get the bugger to stay up through the long runs
Method - I usually just look for the end of a flat, mirror like run of water that is just about to turn into a riffle or a cascade. Anything within 50 - 100 feet of the transition point usually produces really calm water and ability for the tiny Tricos to do their dance and get the trout going. If all you see is flat, still water then I guess that would work , I dunno.
Cast up stream, at an angle with a mandatory mend-up or else the bugger sinks under drag.
Have fun!
Fly :idea:
http://i.imgur.com/t2cilk9.jpg
Brownie :mrgreen:
http://i.imgur.com/sSI1FnK.jpg
I spent most of today(Friday) hunting brookies further up north, but on the way back, I stopped over on pretty safe brown river to get some exercise using the evening Trico method. I don't know the size of the hook exactly, but it is the second smallest dry in my arsenal. Hopefully the close up photo shows the type and size well enough.
The fly itself was - white winged, black torso with lighter abdomen. Probably size 20 or 22.
Time of day was a little after 7pm and damn windy for a tiny 3WT rod.
Setup - 9' soft(suppleflex) leader with 2 ' of 4# fluoro tippet, with liberal amount of floatant to get the bugger to stay up through the long runs
Method - I usually just look for the end of a flat, mirror like run of water that is just about to turn into a riffle or a cascade. Anything within 50 - 100 feet of the transition point usually produces really calm water and ability for the tiny Tricos to do their dance and get the trout going. If all you see is flat, still water then I guess that would work , I dunno.
Cast up stream, at an angle with a mandatory mend-up or else the bugger sinks under drag.
Have fun!
Fly :idea:
http://i.imgur.com/t2cilk9.jpg
Brownie :mrgreen:
http://i.imgur.com/sSI1FnK.jpg
