Practical Hints on Camping by Howard Henderson

Author:Howard Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781944686406
Publisher: Racehorse
Published: 2017-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

For land-locked salmon, “The most killing flies are yellow May-fly, the silver-gray with black head, the orange-brown hackle with black head and gray, and the yellow May-fly with turkey wing.”

The following is Mr. W. H. H. Murray’s advice for the Adirondack district: “In respect to ‘flies,’ do not overload your hook. Hackles, red, black and brown, six each. Let the flies be made on hooks from Nos. 3 to 1 Limerick size. All fancy flies discard. They are generally good for nothing, unless it be to show to your lady friends. In addition to the hackles, Canada fly (6) is an excellent fly; green drake (6); red ibis (6); small salmon flies (6), best of all. If in the fall of the year, take English blue jay (6); gray drake (6), good.”

“Wallace’s Adirondacks” mentions as indispensable, the scarlet ibis, abbey, dark cinnamon, grizzly king and coachman. The following are also recommended: The professor, Montreal white miller, March brown, and hackles of various colors.

The hackles and duns of all colors, the English blue jay, the devil-fly, the alder, stone, May and sand flies, will generally be found good for all trout waters.

Mr. Pennell advocates the use of the following three “typical” hackles, excluding all other kinds of flies.

1. A dark green body; very dark green hackle for both legs and whisk.

2. A dark orange body; fiery or cinnamon brown hackle for legs and whisk.

3. A golden-yellow body; darkish golden olive hackle for legs and whisk.

Dr. Henshall says: “I have had more uniform success, day in and day out, with black, brown, red, yellow and grey hackles (palmers) than with winged flies.”

Bass are caught with both fly and bait, or by trolling. The flies for bass should be a little larger and brighter than those for trout.

There are several kinds of perch that will rise to a fly, though as a general rule these fish take bait more readily.

Along toward dusk, and on bright moonlight nights, the white miller is very effective.

The kind of flies to be used varies greatly according to the season of the year, and the waters in which you fish. Often fish will rise on one day to a certain fly, and the next day you will be obliged to use a fly of an entirely different kind or color. The temperature of the air as compared to that of the water, whether the water be calm or ruffled by the wind, whether the day is bright or cloudy, and the time of fishing; all have to be taken into consideration. Note what natural fly is upon the water, and select from your stock something as near like it as you have. Do not depend too much on this, for sometimes the fish will rise to that which has no resemblance to any winged thing on the face of the earth. Make up your stock mostly of plain and dark flies.

Pickerel rarely rise to a fly, and are trolled for with a spoon, or fished for with live bait, generally minnow.

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