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Beadhead patterns are my all time favorite wet pattern <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />. I know that beadhead nymphs are the best but I didn't know that peacock herl was a trout favorite.
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It all depends on the area you are fishing in. For my area, I like the Gold Ribbed Hares Ear with and without the beadhead.

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Do you spend any time on stillwater trout or just fish rivers and streams?

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Most of the time I fish in lakes for trout, but I love stream fishing.
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On lakes I often do well with chironomid (midge) imitations. Have you tried them up there?

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Never heard of them. Do they have a beadhead?

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Chironomids (also called midges), are a bug that makes up a huge part of a trout's diet in lakes. The flies that imitate them can be tied with or without a bead, but most of mine are beaded. If you fish lakes mostly, studying and imitating chironmids can greatly improve your catch rate. It did for me. Sometimes trout really zero in on them and ignore anything that doesn't resemble a chironomid. Big trout like them because big trout are lazy. Chironomids can't really swim when they're hatching, they just float slowly to the surface using an air bubble. They are helpless and the trout can gorge on large numbers of them without chasing them.

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Damsel fly nymphes or burgandy leeches

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castandblast : Ever run across a gent named Windy from up west of Portland? Usually has a table at the Eugene conclave.
Good chironomid fisherman and tyer.

I'm with you on chironomids. Prefer fishing during those hatches to any other time. When you're homed in on the right color and size daily catches can be quite impressive.

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No, never met Windy, but it sounds like I should make a point to. I haven't made it to the Eugene show yet.

If you're from B.C. then you've probably been fishing chironomid patterns a long time. It seems like that's where the most helpful information and patterns have come from. You are fortunate to have some top-class water in your province.

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