Fall Stocking

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taltac
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Fall Stocking

Post by taltac » Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:18 pm

What are your favorite flies and techniques for freshly stocked fall trout? Buggers, eggs, mops, streamers? Size? Colors? Retrieve?

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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by Jaybird » Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:51 am

The interesting thing about this fall as compared to the last several years is that the flows are considerably higher . Not that your patterns will change I think all the ones named are fine , but the fact that they have more room to move about should make the next 5 months very interesting.

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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by Rusty Spinner » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:16 am

Infamous pink worms (aka bacon and eggs) and yellow egg patterns. Stocked rainbows are stupid and easy to catch. They will also chase most any wooly bugger.
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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by barkeater » Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:02 pm

If flows remain high, think flashy especially with dumb stockies, rainbow warrior, Frenchie or anything with a hot spot in addition to those already mentioned.

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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by rollcast » Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:54 pm

I used to kill 'em with a small muddler on a sink-tip line. Toss it out, let sink and swing, swim it back.

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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by lightenup » Tue Oct 09, 2018 4:04 pm

Iris caddis...that is all you ever need :D

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taltac
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Re: Fall Stocking

Post by taltac » Tue Oct 09, 2018 9:06 pm

Thanks for the replies.

I fished a #10 black Wooly Bugger (no bead) with a #14 beadhead Psyhco-Prince dropper on the North Branch of the Raritan River for about an hour and a half this afternoon with no results. The shallower stretch I was fishing was being pounded pretty hard by careless wading. At least that's my excuse!

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