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Title: Fly Fishing with Streamers

Author: Cameron Larsen

Article:
Fly fishing streamers is often over looked by fly anglers,
especially trout anglers. Streamers is a category of flies fly
fisherman have given to loosely mean food other than insects.
Generally, being smaller fish, it could also be crayfish,
leeches, and crustaceans. Bass and salt water anglers, are more
familiar with the theory that big fish eat littler fish.
However, as our sport is dominated by trout anglers we think
insect first and many times that is as far as our thought
process goes. However, big fish eat little fish, always have and
always will. Fish are indiscriminate feeders and will eat what
is presented to them. They don't have preferences, they take
what they are given. And the nice thing about little fish is
they are always present.

In most rivers and lakes there will be almost always be fish fry
of one kind or another present. With the predominant season for
fish fry being the spring, they easily will be present until
late fall, and often year around. But even if fry are not
around, minnows are present year around, sculpins, silversides,
alewives, smelt, the list is endless. And even if you say there
are no minnows available where you fish, well, trout are
cannibalistic, if your fishing waters have big trout, then it
also has little trout. In short, the 'hatch' is always on when
you are fishing streamers.

Besides year around availability, another advantage of fishing
streamers, is your average catch is going to be larger. Fish are
masters of energy conservation and expenditure. They will not
pursue food if it costs more energy to catch then they will
receive from its consumption. That is why in the winter they
will not chase food, you literally have to hit them in the nose
with it. This fact, helps us to understand the feeding habits of
large trout. A large trout holed down deep, not particularly
interested in eating, will consume a minnow, if given the
opportunity, no matter what. They might not rise up to devour
size 22 Tricos, unless they are in a feeding mode, but given a
minnow that they only have to lunge for, is an opportunity they
won't turn down very often. That is a lot of energy consumed
without a lot of energy exerted.

Techniques for fishing streamers vary from nymphs somewhat. A
little action imparted by your rod tip, can help convince your
targeted prey that the minnow is injured, thereby increasing
strike potential. If casting into a river, the current will help
you greatly in imparting 'swimming' action onto your streamer.
Raisng and then lowering your rod tip, can also aid in the
action. Vary the tempo until you find something that works. If
fishing in lakes and ponds or from a boat on a river, you will
need to retrieve. Again vary the tempo, using short bursts
followed by a count or two of idleness. Allow your streamer to
fall, often times the strikes happen when your fly is falling.

Favorite trout streamers include Woolly Buggers, both beadhead
and non-beadhead. Mickey Finns, Jannsen's Minnows, and of course
the veritable Muddler Minnow and its cast of imitators. Bass
fisherman have also used the same patterns for years and years.
Saltwater patterns all virtually fall under the streamer
category with perennial favorites being the Lefty's Deceivers,
Clouser Minnows, and Crazy Charlies. As well as various crab and
shrimp patterns.

Trout fisherman might have to bulk up their gear a little,
depending on what they are used to fishing with. 6 wt rods are
usually preferable, with enough stoutness to cast the bigger
fly, and fight those sure to come bigger fish.

About the author:
Cameron Larsen is a retired commericial fly tier and fly fishing
guide. He now operates The Big Y Fly Company.
http://www.bigyflyco.com/flyfishinghome.html He can be reached
at info@bigyflyco.com. This article will appear in the Big Y Fly
Fishing E-Zine at
Http://www.bigyflyco.com/Bigyflyfishingezine.html

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