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7 Flies That Catch Fish in Canada

March 11, 2016 / galen / Fishing, Fly Fishing

I recently read an article in Outdoor Canada Magazine (my second favorite outdoor magazine) titled 7 Easy to Tie Flies That Will Catch Fish Anywhere in Canada. I live “Anywhere in Canada” and I love to fly fish so I have decided that it is my mission this summer to try all these flies and give you a report on how well they work and how easy to tie they are. One of the points the author makes is “these flies will work just fine if they’re a little sloppy”. Coincidentally that’s exactly how I tie most of my flies. I think “sloppy” also makes them look “buggy”, and, in some cases, injured.

So, the 7 flies are (in order of the images below the list):

  • BEAD-HEAD WOOLLY BUGGER
  • BROWN & WHITE BUCKTAIL
  • CLOUSER DEEP MINNOW
  • BIVISIBLE
  • HARE’S EAR FLYMPH
  • X-CADDIS
  • EGG FLY

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I have tied and fished flies similar to all these at some point, except maybe the BiVisible.  Good news, I can remember catching fish on all of them, from walleye and goldeneye on the Clouser Minnow to rainbow trout on the caddis.  The wooley bugger has been a favorite, catching a wide variety of species including pike, walleye, and rainbow trout.  The bucktail has work especially well on perch.  I haven’t used an egg fly pattern in Canada, but I have caught steelhead on the Salmon river in Idaho with an orange/red version.  Hare’s ear nymphs have caught rainbow trout and perch.

By the end of summer, I will also add a few of my favorites to the list, hopefully arriving at a respectable 10 flies that are easy to tie, easy to fish, and catch fish.  Expect that list to include the Super Jumbo Mosquito.

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Summer Fishing Plan

My plan for the summer is fill a new fly box with only these flies and fish them as often as I can.  Translation: I now have another reason to go fishing.  Whenever I convert my gear fishing fishing buddies over the art of fly fishing, I will arm them with a few of these flies and keep track of how well they do.  Well, 2 months until fishing season opens, I’d better get tying some flies.

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