Fishing Reports

Chickahominy Reservoir

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04/20:

Anglers who are not blown off the water by high winds are taking large trout in Chickahominy, saysMartin at Fly and Field Outfitters. Orange and green leeches are doing the trick. The wind can be a problem, though. There's not a lot to slow it down out here.

Importance by half-month
Super Major Minor Slight None

Hatches are matched from Westfly's database of "standard" fly patterns.

Damselfly

Nymph

Size 8-12 Marabou Damsel. Olive, yellow-olive, browns, greens

Lakes near submerged vegetation: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift

Dragonfly

Nymph

Size 4-8 Carey Special, Lake Dragon. Browns, dark olive, grays

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers: count-down-and-retrieve, wind drift

Midge

Pupa

Size 10-22 Chans Chironomid Pupa, Zebra Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: static midge, deep midge, verticle retrieve, shallow nymph, indicator, tight line

Adult

Size 10-22 Griffiths Gnat, Sprout Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: chuck-and-sit, standard dry fly

Leech

Adult

Size 2-10 Woolly Bugger, Bunny Leech, Hale Bopp Leech, Possie Bugger. Black, browns, olives

Lakes; backwaters and slow sections of rivers: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift

Baitfish

Adult

Size 2-8 Muddler, Woolly Bugger, Clouser Minnow, Possie Bugger. Browns, olives, silver, greens

Lakes; rivers over gravel and cobble, undercut banks: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift, deep swing

Trout

► Try damselfly nymphs, midge pupa patterns with either static midge or deep midge tactics. Otherwise, use count-down-and-retrieve tactics with dark size 8-10 Woolly Buggers, and similar flies.

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