| Equipment & Check List
- Rods:
4, 5 or 6 weight, 9-10 feet long.
- Reels:
Most of the reels made today are fine for Lake Christine. A good,
smooth drag system can be found on reels in almost any price range.
If you are buying a reel the most important thing to remember
is to buy at a reputable fly shop and trust what the salesman
is telling you. They will try to match you with a reel in your
price range and matched to the type of fishing you will usually
do. They aren’t about to put you in to any inferior product.
In fact, that shop won’t even have any inferior products,
and if it does, it is not the quality shop you should be patronizing.
Other than that, just be sure the reel can hold at least 50 yards
of backing with the fly line you will be using (see next paragraph).
- Fly Lines: Weight
forward floating fly lines will cover almost all of your bases
for fishing on Lake Christine. At times, fishing streamer or damselfly
patterns on intermediate or full sinking (up to Type 3) lines
can also be very effective.
- Leaders: Here are
some things to consider in choosing leaders for lake fishing:
buy 10 or 12 foot leaders tapered to 4x if you will be using dry
flies or emergers or anything suspended in the top foot or so
of the water. Now have tippet material on hand of 4x to 6x, preferably
fluorocarbon. The tapered leader can be nylon or fluorocarbon
but the tippets should all be fluorocarbon. Attach 2 to 3 feet
of tippet material to the leader and you are ready to go. If you
are fishing nymphs at deeper levels you can use shorter leaders
(7 ft or so) and longer tippets. The tippet length to the first
nymph depends on how deep you want that nymph to be. If you are
retrieving streamer type flies or nymphs at shallow depths (2-3
feet) use fluorocarbon leaders and tippets. You want the leader
and tippet to be under the water.
Miscellaneous Tackle
The only other tackle needs
one might have for lake fishing is some type of indicator.
Many anglers shun indicators and will use a dry fly instead. They
just suspend nymphs beneath the dry fly. If you are fishing at depth
much greater than 2 or 3 feet you will find this method unwieldy.
You will need an indicator to hold up those nymphs, since most of
the time you will be using 2 or 3 of them. The type of indicator
is really not important, but the size is. We would suggest using
the smallest size possible that can hold up those nymphs. Tiny split
shot can be a help, especially if you are fishing with tiny nymphs
such as midges, etc. You should not need shot when using the larger
nymphs. That pretty much sums up tackle needs at Lake Christine.
Other items to consider bringing
*Hat *Sunscreen *Polarized Sun Glasses * Clippers
*Hemostats *Camera
Flies for Lake Christine
Flies
As is the case for almost any
body of water the most productive flies for Rock Creek Lake can
change throughout the season, and sometimes what works one
year doesn’t seem to produce as well the next. The patterns
listed below are ones that have proven themselves over the course
of time. These are not the only flies that one can ply the waters
of Lake Christine with, but the chances are if you have those listed
you can catch fish on any lake anywhere. For
the most up-to-date fly suggestions, give us a call at The Fly Shop
at (800) 669-3474.
STREAMERS
Rickard’s
Seal Bugger, #8
Crystal
Buggers, (olive,blk,olive), #8-12
Beaded
Micro Bugger, (blk,brn,olive), #12
Zacks
Zugger Bugger, (all colars), #8
Nymphs-
GBPT Nymphs, #14-18
GB Bird’s Nest, #12-18
Fox’s Poopah (Tan and Olive) #14
Mercer's CB Micro Mayflies, (blk), #16-18
Burk's CB Crystal HBI, #16
Hogan's S&M Nymph, #16-18
Golden Stone, #10-12
Red Copper John, #12-16
Mercer’s Zebra Midge, #18
Mercury Black Beauty, #20
Dries-
Parachute Adam, #14-20
Callibaetis Spinner, #16
Tilt Wing Dun PMD, #16
Quigley's Hat Creek Spider (PMD), #18
Wiemer's Tru Form Green Drake, #12
Etha Wing Trico, #18
Elk Hair Caddis, #14-18
Stimulators (Yellow and Orange), #8-12
Salmonfly Dry, #6-8
Yellow Humpy, #12-16
Parachute Ant, #16
Foam Beetle, #14
Idylwilde Hopper, #8-12
Quigley’s Spider Midge, #20
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