About the Caenid Ant Fly Trout Fly

When I look back through my diary, some of the most amazing fishing we have had, has been either in a caenid hatch or in a flying ant fall. Our caenids and flying ants are very small, about size 18, yet their sheer numbers on the water often brings every trout in the lake up to the top shovelling these tiny morsels down their throats. When every trout in Arthurs Lake is feeding up on top, the numbers and quality of fish is amazing! Sometimes the fish swim upwind 6 or 8 abreast, sip, sip, sipping. The panicked antics from a hooked fish can put down a pod of 20 of his mates, but if you look nearby there will be another pod to target. If you are a good accurate caster, this fishing really does become a turkey shoot, with bags upwards of 30 trout not uncommon. It is nice sometimes to have some easy fishing!!

Expert Tip:

Like most of the flies I tie and use, the Caenid/Ant Fly looks like nothing really fantastic, however this little innocuous looking fly will generally bring the caenid or ant feeders undone. When the naturals are very abundant, the fly will need to land right where the fish is next going to open it's mouth. Ginking up the Hi-Vis wings will suspend the fly nicely in the surface film.

Creator of this trout fly: Brett Wolf

Tier of this trout fly: Brett Wolf

Country of origin for this trout fly: England

This trout fly is designed to be fished on Rivers & Streams