Spring colours

[cannycatchacold]

What colour combo's do you like/recomend for spring fishing? Im asking as Im led to believe black and yellow is supposed to be the mutts nuts but as I have limited expierance with salmon on the fly a but advice is welcome.

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If you mean January to end May, then other good colour combo's include:

The Yellow, Orange and Black of a traditional Willie Gunn or Cascade or similar type/colour of fly

Silver Body and Purple Wing Hair/Hackles and JC eyes

Silver Body and Blue Hackle with Black wing (maybe JC eyes also)

Black Body with Gold or Silver Rib and Brownish Wing/Blue Hackle (e.g. Hairy Mary or Blue Charm type fly

Posh Tosh type fly which has a lot of fluo yellow/chartreuse in it

Black and Orange is also good with either a black silver ribbed body or an all silver body

A recent favourite of mine is Silver Body, Black Wing and Chartreuse Throat hair/Hackle (with JC eyes)

All reasonable alternatives to the standard Black and Yellow in Spring

I prefer either all Silver or all Black Bodies ribbed with Silver in the Spring - generally speaking

Gold only in peaty looking water

tweedbunnet

[cannycatchacold]

Nov 30, 2010 22:14:30 GMT Mon The Flee said:

Nov 30, 2010 20:39:15 GMT cannycatchacold said:

What colour combo's do you like/recomend for spring fishing? Im asking as Im led to believe black and yellow is supposed to be the mutts nuts but as I have limited expierance with salmon on the fly a but advice is welcome.

black and yellow, black and yellow and if that fails a GB Willie Gunn

Some will say Green, ie Eternal Optimist or Green Highlander

Especially for March

[abk]

Green & Yellow, with touch of Orange.................Fast Eddie for spring fishing January through to April.