Updated on Jan. 11, 2017
The following are some links to some of my favorite flies I use around the Kansas City metro area as well as trout parks in southern Missouri. There are step-by-step instructions mixed in with some videos and I hope they help put more fish on the end of your line!
-The Show Me Fly Guy
The Gurgler
The Utah Killer Bug. This simple little fly is a stone-cold killer. What does it resemble? I think it's supposed to be a scud, but fish that have never seen a scud before in their life love it too. When it gets wet it has a kind of translucent quality and bugginess that I think generally sets off fish's "hey I can totally eat that!" instinct.
ReplyDeleteThe other great thing is that it's super simple to tie. Really just a hook, some bright thread and wool yarn. The critical factor is the yarn. It has to be a light colored wool for the desired translucency, and the brighter the thread you use underneath, the better.
I suspect the Utah Killer Bug would KILL at the trout parks. Spring creeks usually have tons of scuds due to the vegetation. When I lived in trout country (SE Idaho) if I saw water plants I always tied on a scud.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I think it would be a pretty passable "food pellet fly" for the fresh stockers. I only recently learned of this fly but it has absolutely murdered the bluegill and crappie.