Fly Fishing Tackle for Himalayas

Mahseer Fly Fishing-

Rod and Fly line: A 9 foot 7 WT single handed rod paired up to a reel with 7 WT Floating Shooting Head Taper line and a variety of fast and super fast Sinking  Poly Leaders (10 feet) to match with them (5 IPS, 7 IPS and 10 IPS)   (IPS: Inches Per Second)

Flies:

Woolly Buggers(Olive, Brown and Black)

Muddler Minnows (Coffee, Black, Olive, Chocolate, Orange back)

The Viva(Black and Chartreuse combo)

Matuka(Black, Olive and Brown)

Clouser Minnows (White/Chart, White/Olive, Black/Chart, Brown/Orange)                 

Deceivers (Different colors)

Damsel and Dragon Fly patterns (Olive, Brown ,Tan and Black)

Gallop’s Monkey (Olive, Black, Brown, with Orange and Chart)

Zoo Cougar (different colors)

Dahlberg Divers (Olive, Coffee and Black)

Nymphs( Beadhead Pheasant tail, Bead head Stone fly ,Bead head prince, Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear pupa, Olive pupa)

Dries(Elk hair Caddis, Foam Caddis, Parachute Adams, Griffith’s Gnat)

Hook Sizes between: # 2/0 to #8 (for all flies)

Leader & Tippet : 8 to 9 feet of tapered leader of Sturdy Monofilament or Fluorocarbon material is recommended. The Tippet material is 12 lb test.

We tie our own leaders, tapered from 20 lb (5 feet) to 15 lb (3 feet) down to 12 lb (1foot).

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Trout Fly Fishing-

Rod and Fly line: A 8 to 8'6  4 or 5 WT single handed rod paired up to a reel with 4 or 5 WT Weight Forward Fly line and a variety of intermediate to Fast Sinking Poly Leaders to match with them  (3 IPS, 5 IPS and 7 IPS)  (IPS: Inches Per Second)

Flies:

Dries: Elk hair Caddis, Foam Caddis,Parachute Adams, Griffith’s Gnat

Nymphs: Gold-Ribbed Hare’s Ear pupa,Olive pupa, Cream Electric pupa, Crane Fly Larva, Prince nymphs, Bead head Prince, Bead head Pheasant tail, Stonefly nymph

Streamers: Muddler Minnow, Galloup’smonkey, Aggravator, Zoo cougar and Woolly Buggers, Big Brown Trout Fly

Terrestrials: Dave’s Foam Hopper,Flying Ant, Cinnamon Ant

Hook Sizes between # 6 to # 12 (for most flies)

Leader & Tippet : 7 to 8 feet of tapered leader of Sturdy Monofilament or Fluorocarbon material is recommended. The Tippet material is 8 lb test.

We tie our own leaders, tapered from 12 lb (5 feet) to 10 lb (3 feet) down to 8 lb (1 foot).