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A #16-12 muddler minnow is my “foam bodied stimulator” in the favorite fly department. It’s just so versatile…unless fish are clearly feeding on something, it’s almost always my number one searching pattern. A small muddler imitates caddis, crickets, hoppers, moths, fleeing baitfish…you can skitter it on the surface, you can swing it, you can weight it and imitate a sculpin…and it’s just large enough that you can bow and arrow/skip it into some really weird places that other guys aren’t even attempting. One of my best brookies this year came from skipping a muddler under this funky little brush pile and into the soft water behind a prominent boulder…a place I can essentially guarantee nobody had hit previously. Did he think it was a spider/caterpillar/cricket that fell out of the tree? Who knows…it’s just *such* a versatile fly…
Thanks James! Very true, especially in tailwaters. I usually use size 16 or 18 midges or dog’s breakfast in that situation. Thanks for watching and commenting. Tight lines!
another great video I really like the caption vids in the corners to show the different styles or colours two more sleeps and our season will be opening yeah !
We will be offering these for purchase later this year. We are just getting things set up and of course creating inventory. If you need to stock up for next season, check our website in late fall or early winter. Tight lines!
@@MidLifeFlysis If you like surface action, it’s a really fun fly to fish in either fresh or saltwater. It’s a good searching fly. You can fish it like a subtle popper, a slider, or just to make a wake. In tailwaters where there are wounded smelt or other baitfish, fish it erratically or dead drift. It’s worked on trout & land locked salmon in large rivers, also for bass. Add legs to turn it into a hopper. If a fish misses on first strike, let it lay still. It’s not always going to work, but it’s really fun to fish.
Canadian Coins & Collectibles this time of year, stoneflies with mayfly nymph droppers. My typical Nymphing setup this time of year is a stonefly nymph with a dog’s breakfast or pheasant tail dropper or a dry dropper with a stimmy and the same droppers. Miracle Caddis can also work well in the evening
