What Trout Want

Title: What Trout Want – The Educated Trout and Other Myths
Author: Bob Wyatt
ISBN-10: 081171179X
ISBN-13: 978-0811711791
Pages: 240

As a flyfisher there are many myths and superstitions that can easily be brought out if something doesn’t go quite as we expected: the trout is smart, the fly pattern has been “fished-out” on this river, the trout is selective and many more: Bob Wyatt goes through these and and then some in this book that takes a sober view on trout fishing and what it is all about. This is not a book so much about specific patterns and great SBSs on how to “get” more trout – it brings the discussion down to the basics about what flyfishing is about: presentation/behaviour, keeping patterns simple, less is more, triggers.

The book is well written and is a easy read; some good patterns are presented in-between stories and well-presented cases on some of the myths that comes with trout fishing. If you think that you have to tie flies that are semi-realistic in order to get any trout: this book is for you. It is also for anyone to listen to the experience Bob has gathered when it comes to presentation and simplicity. This is one for a rainy day and a good cup of coffee.

Check out some patterns from Bob Wyatt over on danica.com

Quill Gordon

Posted on 11 May, 201311 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide biot mallard mustad peacock sheer turkey whiting

Hook: Mustad 94840 #16
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Tail: Mallard Flank White
Body: Turkey Biot Lt. Olive
Thorax: Peacock
Wing: Mallard Flank Olive
Hackle: Whiting

First time tying this pattern, got the wings and body ok done, the hackle could have been a bit shorter, but I don’t think that is a problem.

As you can see here: I got the wings nicely separated, but with the long hackle I could have had some more material in the wings to fill it out a bit.

When you start tying flies and photographing them with a macro lens then all the minute details comes out and I could have re-done this until I got it correct, but I mainly tie for fishing purposes (and to learn new things) so all the flies I put up here have a good chance of ending up in my flybox. The pictures here are all a part of my path to learning more about the different patterns, so I will add the not-so-good as well as the good flies here: it is all a part of the journey to become better.

Hends Superfine Dubbing

Posted on 11 May, 201311 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide dubbing hends mustad

The Hends Superfine is one I have a few colors of and use if I need to create a thin body for dryflies, or for slender nymphs/wetfiles that needs a bit of body.

As you can see: lot of thin, long fibers that makes it easy to apply to the thread

Maybe not the best of pictures, but you can see that you don’t need much to cover the thread

Dubbing a Mustad 9480 #14: it makes a slender body that doesn’t take much space

One of the good properties of the Superfine is the ability to create bodies on very small hooks: here is a TMC 518 #30 with only a few strands of the dubbing to create a tiny body

Adult Midge #22

Posted on 10 May, 201310 May, 2013 by Håvard Eide midge sheer taimen tmc whiting

Hook: TMC 100 #22
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Black
Thorax: Taimen Beaver Dubbing, black
Hackle: Whiting

The ice is just gone from most of the small lakes surronding Oslo, and yesterday, while having a look at one location, I observed several large midges flying around. So: time to fill up with a range of these midges to be ready for the weekend.

Wapsi SLF Squirrel Spikey Dubbing

Posted on 28 April, 201328 April, 2013 by Håvard Eide dubbing mustad wapsi

This is the Squirrel Spikey Dubbing SLFS-11: Fox, Natural

As you can see: a lot of long fibers in this one

Tying in on a Mustad 9480 #14

The coarse blend really shows up once you get it on the hook:

Here I have wrapped ultra wire around the hook and brushed it to show how it will drag out:

Finally trimmed down with scissors:

The dubbing is easy to work with on the thread – it dubs easily and doesn’t give much resistant when applying to the hook. It does, however, have a lot of long fibers, so this is not for the smallest dry-flies, but can give a nice scruffiness to your fly.

Year: 2013

What Trout Want

Quill Gordon

Hends Superfine Dubbing

Adult Midge #22

Wapsi SLF Squirrel Spikey Dubbing

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