Your Top 6 Brook Trout Flies?

[CinnamonJoe]

What are everyone's top producers for brookies?

I suppose we could organize them into the usual categories, or just list them out.

For me:

Royal Coachman (Dry), Yellow Humpy (Dry), Wulff(s) (Dry), Parachute Adams (Dry), Partridge & Orange Beadhead (Wet), Prince (Nymph)

Joe

 

[Streammagic237]

Adams
White wolf
EHC
BWO

That's it ,I think stealth and presentation trumps pattern most days on small brook trout stream.

 

[CinnamonJoe]

Adams
White wolf
EHC
BWO

That's it ,I think stealth and presentation trumps pattern most days on small brook trout stream.

💯
Joe

 

[Bamboozle]

Beadhead Prince Nymph
EWC

If those don't work for me (which is 1% of the time):

Humpy
Purple & Snipe

This explains why my designated small stream brookie gear bag only contains a one single small fly box.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Stimulator
GFA Hopper (or small Chubby)
EHC
Pat's
Egg

 

[Ogdonia Ollie]

Gray Double Wing, Mutated Goofus Bug (oversized red Humpy with lots of deer hair and way oversized hackle)House and Lot, Pink worm, Royal Wulff, small yellow Marabou streamer

 

[SBecker]

Cigarette Butt

 

[salmo]

A size 14 caddis tied with either Antron or CDC wing. Visibility is the key. In reality the best fly choice is subjective rather than objective. If you have confidence in your chosen fly it will work. The brookies don’t care!

 

[nd1001]

1. Hair wing caddis (all purpose)
2. Foam beetle for summer when they want the “plop”
3. Walt’s worm as generic dropper
4. Heavy micro jig streamer for deep pools
5. Stonefly nymph with legs

Honorable mention: small mouse pattern. Rare use case for brookie fishing, but doesn’t get much more fun that that.

 

[jeffroey]

This is hard for me. If I can only carry one Altoids tin with 5 compartments . . .

Parachute Adams
Something Catskill style - probably a Mr. Rapidan
Stimulator
Wooly Bugger
Walt's

 

[dryflyguy]

I use beetles in low water conditions.

For riffles, and higher flows, I'll go with wulffs

 

[FisherOfMen]

Goddard Caddis size 12-16
Adams Wet size 12-16
Elk Hair Caddis (various colors) size 12-16
Elk Wing Foam Beetle size 12-14
Brook Trout Fin Wet size 12-16
Black, Brown, or Olive Woolly Bugger size 10 - 14

 

[TimMurphy]

Dear CinnamonJoe,

Stimulator - any color size 12 to 16
Royal Wulff size 12 to 16
Royal Trude, or a Lime Trude - 12 to 16
Bead head Prince - guess the size!
Clouser Foxee Minnow - size 10 on a 200R

Regards,

Tim Murphy 🙂

 

[tjsingle]

Headed up north in a week, these will be the "Maine" flies I use.

Stimulator sz 10-14
Adams sz 12-16
Elk Hair Caddis sz 12-18
Golden Retriever sz 6-8
Zebra Midges sz 18
Hornberg Sz 6-14

 

[wildtrout2]

Parachute Adams
Royal Wulff
Parachute black ant
Green Weenie

 

[jifigz]

1) elk hair caddis
2) pink San Juan Worm
3) x-caddis
4) woolly bugger
5) parachute adams
6) green weenie

 

[Paul6.5]

Royal coachman
Royal wulff
Elk hair caddis
Black ant
Foam black beetle
Zebra midge

 

[nd1001]

Goddard Caddis size 12-16
Adams Wet size 12-16
Elk Hair Caddis (various colors) size 12-16
Elk Wing Foam Beetle size 12-14
Brook Trout Fin Wet size 12-16
Black, Brown, or Olive Woolly Bugger size 10 - 14

The fontinalis fin is a classic! But tricky to tie, for me at least.

 

[CinnamonJoe]

Keep them coming; good stuff!

This is a bit mercenary, in that I'm working up an order of flies to replenish my kit ahead of a trip I'm taking to the Northern Highlands region of Wisconsin at the end of this month.

I had grand plans of getting back into tying this year, but so far, my Xmas present vise and tools have sat gathering dust on a shelf! Just not enough hours in the day.

I'm sure others can benefit from this collective as well; maybe try something new in this last hurrah of the season?

Joe