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Showing posts with label Cigarette Egg Fly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cigarette Egg Fly. Show all posts

Friday, March 07, 2008

Celebration Park - March 7, 2008

Stopped at Celebration Park. Cold and windy with minimal activity at the North Pond. No surface action at the East Pond. Shifted to chumming with bread making sure they sank before slowly crawling the Cigarette Egg Fly along the chummed bottom.

Caught one small Catfish and missed three other strikes. And then, called it an outing. Too cold since I did not bring gloves.



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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Celebration Park - March 5, 2008

Fished the East Pond using the Bread Fly and the Cigarette Egg Fly this evening. Chummed with bread and then caught several Bluegill and Sunfish. Catfish showed and actively fed on the chum but could not get a solid strike.

Another flyfishermen was fishing the pond and caught several Bluegill on a midge pattern, and then caught more with the Cigarette Egg Fly.

Overall a nice day considering yesterday's snow.

This Evening's Fish:



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Sunday, March 02, 2008

Bethany Ridge Park - March 2, 2008

Made a quick trip this morning to Bethany Ridge Park to fish for Bluegill. Tried the Cigarette Egg Fly and caught several small Bluegill. Switched to a Peacock Herl Midge and caught more Bluegill.

Weather was overcast and windy but the fish (more like fingerlings) were actively feeding. Fish were located under the bridge that crosses the feeder creek to the pond and included small (less than 4") Bluegill and Catfish.

FYI - Checked the stocking information posted on Texas Parks and Wildlife's website and noted Bethany Ridge Park was stocked with fingerling Bluegill and Catfish.

Bluegill caught this morning:



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Saturday, March 01, 2008

Towne Lake - March 1, 2008

Fished Towne Lake in McKinney for Trout this afternoon. Fishing partner caught 3 and I caught 4 for a total of 7 fish - ranging from 8" to 11" in size. Fished using a Carolina Rig and bread. Trout semed to ignore the corn.

Cleaned the fish and checked their stomach contents. Stomachs were empty other than the bread used to take them.

Weather permitting, may try Towne Lake again. Or, try a local pond to continue field testing the Cigarette Egg Fly or Bread Fly patterns.

Trout Stringer:



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Friday, February 29, 2008

Celebration Park - February 29, 2008

Fished the North Pond to run another field test of the Cigarette Egg Fly - a fly pattern tied using material from a cigarette filter. Caught five Bluegill/Sunfish in less than 15" with a lot more missed strikes.

Bluegill and Sunfish readily struck the Cigarette Egg Fly. Fish were caught on the surface as well as below when the fly slowly sank.

Also, did not chum with Bread until after landing the first fish. Wanted to take one on the fly without chum.

At this point, the team plans to add this pattern to their arsenal of Panfishing Flies.

Good luck and good fishing!



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Monday, February 25, 2008

Towne Lake - February 25, 2008

Returned to Towne Lake in McKinney for another chance at Trout after work today. Tried flyfishing with the Cigarette Egg Fly; struck out with no hits.

Went back to the Carolina Rigged Corn fished on the bottom. Caught 5 fish limit ranging in 7" to 9.5" in size in less than 45 minutes. Would have limited out sooner but missed a lot of light strikes.

Cleaned the fish and noted the stomach contents. Most were filled with Corn. However, two Trout had a Chartreuse PowerBait Nugget along with Corn in their stomachs.

At this point, suggest fishing with Corn until the Trout start feeding on midges. Then, will try catching them on a nymph.

Good luck and good fishing!

Trout Stringer:



Stomach Contents:

Friday, February 22, 2008

Celebration Park - February 22, 2008 (PM)

Able to make it back to the East Pond this evening. Chummed with bread but had to ball the bread up into dough balls and sink them because a trio of ducks decided to eat the floating bread.

Slow start with no hits for 15", and then it picked up. Caught four Sunfish and one scrappy, little Catfish on the Cigarette Egg Fly.

All were caught slowly crawling the fly below the water's surface. Note: See the Catfish's belly in the picture below; it is bloated most likely from the dough balls.

Sunfish:


Catfish:

Celebration Park - February 22, 2008

Stopped by at lunch today, despite the cold, to check out the East Pond.  Fish were there and nibbling at the bread chum but could not get a hook-up on the Cigarette Egg Fly.  Had some light strikes fishing it slowly on the bottom; most likely they were small Sunfish.  Will try again later hopefully when it warms up this weekend!
 

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Quick Updates

Quick updates from the team.
 
In the City Of Allen:
 
Celebration Park.  Our team has been using the North and East Ponds at Celebration Park for testing two fly patterns - Bread Fly and Cigarette Egg Fly, created by one of our members.  Both fishing flies have been successful at catching Bluegill, Sunfish, and Catfish and are designed to imitate a piece of bread.
 
To fish them, we have been chumming with bread to attract the fish, and then casting the fly to the chummed spot.  As we are fishing a community lake where a number of park goers feed the resident ducks, the fish have grown accustomed to feeding on bread.  We were concerned about the ducks and seagulls eating the chum before the fish at first; however, the birds tend to stay away as long as we kept the bread within 20' to 30'.
 
The North Pond is a sure bet for Bluegill and Sunfish with the Cigarette Egg Fly producing excellent results the first time we tested it.  No dryfly floatant is applied. Instead, as the fly became waterlogged, it slowly sinks below the surface at the same rate as the bread.  Even more enticing is the coloring of the filter material, the nicotine stains produce a color pattern that closely resembles a rolled piece of bread with its brown crust.
 
The East Pond is also good for Bluegill, Sunfish, and Catfish.  Our best Catfish so far is a 20" Catfish (slightly over 2 lbs) caught with a Bread Fly fished wet and pulled slowly through the chummed spot.  We have not tried the Cigarette Egg Fly in the East Pond but plan to do so once the weather clears.
 
Also, in either pond, we have found the Prince Nymph and Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph patterns work well for Bluegill and Sunfish.
 
FYI:  Instructions for tying the fly patterns have been posted on the Web Log.  If unable to locate the posts, use the Blogger Search Function on the top of this page, entering "Bread" or "Cigarette" as the search criteria.
 
 
Other Locations:
 
Frisco Commons.  Frisco Commons is still seeing trout activity after receiving its stocking 9 February with Salmon Eggs being the preferred bait.  Earlier reports indicated lures and fishing flies were taking trout; however, recent reports suggest fishing with bait.
 
Towne Lake in McKinney. Towne Lake is scheduled for its trout stocking this weekend.  To kick-off the event, the city of McKinney is hosting a Trout Derby on Saturday, 23 February.  From previous trout stockings, we have observed lures and fishing flies work well the first week (sometimes two weeks) after a pond is stocked.  So, fishermen who want to take trout on artificials should plan to fish Towne Lake this weekend!
 
Denison Dam Tailrace.  The tailrace is seeing some activity with reports of smaller-sized Striped Bass being taken on shad imitations.  Overall, it is still hit or miss for fishermen given the a large number of shad in the area.  A lot of bait, live or dead, is in the tailrace; therefore, fish are being more selective.  Give it a try and check the generation schedule and the release schedule for Denison Dam to get a feel for when they are releasing water / generating power (see link posted in the sidebar).
 
 
 
Good luck and good fishing!
 
 

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Celebration Park - February 20, 2008

Fished the North Pond at lunch today to test out the Cigarette Egg Fly. Chummed with bread, and then fished for about 15 minutes. Caught five fish ranging in 4" to 6" in size. Hooked but missed a lot more.

Did not apply dryfly floatant; opted to let the fly slowly sink like a water-soaked piece of bread. Also, fish readily hit the Cigarette Egg Fly despite the chum dissipating.

Results are promising! Will keep testing it out and post results.

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Fish caught on Cigarette Egg Fly


Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Another Fishing Fly - "Cigarette Egg"

Here is another fishing fly that can be used like the Bread Fly. It is called a Cigarette Egg because it is made from a cigarette filter.



Basically, it is tied like a Glo-Bug Egg but instead of using Glo-Bug Yarn, I used a cigarette filter. Had to improvise as the only Glo-Bug Yarn I had was chartreuse.

Separating the filter from the cigarette, remove the paper from the filter. Then, break the filter material length-wise into three pieces. The material is fluffy and almost feels like Glo-Bug Yarn.

Have not fished it yet but will post results first chance I get.

Good luck and good fishing!


Illustrations:

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