In this video, Fulling Mill Signature Tyer Howard Croston walks us through his most used methods for small stillwater fly fishing. These are the three main tactics he employs if he doesn't know a small stillwater and wants to enjoy his day of fishing, or to get an idea of how it will fish. As he's often fishing completely new bodies of water in competitions, these are tactics that have proven themselves time and time again.
This video is broken into three parts: pulling lures, nymph fishing, and dry fly fishing. All three tactics have their time and place on small stillwaters, and Howard goes over when and why to use each. If you're a stillwater angler, or want to become one, you absolutely don't want to miss this #troutfishing #stillwater #lakefishing
00:00 Introduction 00:37 Howard's three most used stillwater methods 01:28 Starting the day 02:32 Howard's pulling setup 03:04 Starting to fish: pulling lures 04:51 Fishing the hang 07:37 Playing a fish 11:07 If it's not happening: Make it happen. 14:12 Switching methods: fishing nymphs with a midge tip 15:55 Howard's stillwater nymph setup 17:03 Starting to nymph fish 20:24 Indicator marks on your fly line 21:14 A competition strategy 23:39 Changing flies: fishing a light washing line 24:13 Greasing your fly line 29:26 How to play fish 31:20 Changing methods: dry fly fishing 32:55 Dry fly patterns 33:48 Starting off on dries 34:54 Dealing with drag 37:53 Grease versus degrease on the line and leader 40:48 How fish track in the water 44:40 A change in conditions
Howard Croston is a World Fly Fishing Champion (2019) and member of the English International Fly Fishing team. He’s also the Global Brand and Product Manager at Hardy. As one of our Signature Tyers Howard is constantly innovating new flies, and has many proven trout fly patterns in our collection. In this video you'll hear him discuss several of his flies that we carry, which are must-haves as the small stillwater season heats up.
Make sure to check out @howardcrostonflyfisher9227's channel!
