Thanks for your lists of hot mid-winter trout flies. As promised, here are ours! We checked in with some UO staffers and fishing buddies and their favorite bugs for icy trout waters follow.
UO manager Jake: Small black stonefly size 14-16, Rootbeer Midge #18, Mighty May Baetis #16-18, Peach egg #14
UO Helen manager Wes: root beer midge, peach egg, black leech, pheasant tail nymph.
UO guide Israel: Micro mayfly, red zebra midge, twisted sister, parachute BWO on warm afternoons.
UO guide Caleb: zebra midge, pheasant tail, Duracell jig, peach egg.
UO staffer Dredger: #8 brown Pats rubberlegs, #12 tan mop, #14 peach egg, #18 pheasant tail nymph.
UO staffer Atticus: root beer midge, trout crack, peach egg, black tungsten pheasant tail.
UO buddy RSquared:
“For topwater it’s a Bluewing Olive small as you can get and still see it (Sz 18 parachute for me on a good day) For subsurface, a black stonefly imitation with a pheasant tail dropper work great. For white bass and crappie, a white wooly bugger is hard to beat!”
UO buddy Ron:
#12/14 egg, #10/12 tungsten girdle stone, #10-16 soft hackle.
#6 olive WB
UO buddy Landon: peach egg, ate rubberlegs, black mohair leech, small black pheasant tail.
UO buddy Splatek: tan mop, Y2K, sexy Walts worm, zebra midge.
We hope this list steers you toward success in your winter trouting treks. Stop by either UO store if you need a few flies or hot intel on our chilly January streams.
Unicoi Outfitters: Friendly. Local. Experts.
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