A leech pattern — like a squirrel tail leech — presents an unweighted, slow swimming easy meal. Trout will not miss a swimming leech stripped slowly across a lake.

O’Neil hooked a couple on leech patterns, but I caught just a handful of brook trout fishing damselfly and mayfly nymphs in the morning and Parachute Adams dry flies in in the afternoon.

Having a ready assortment of Wooly Buggers, streamers, and Leech patterns ensures a successful day of trout fishing in area lakes. Courtesy Ted Poston Leech flies come in all colors of the rainbow.

Fly fishing Amber Lake is still a good bet for cutthroat running 18 inches and up. Try leech patterns close to the bottom.

Now, I regularly target trout with leech-pattern flies which have produced some substantial results. The incredible variety of presentations an angler can employ when fly-fishing a leech is tremendous ...

The reservoir is now open for boating. The current water temperature is 39 degrees. Fishing for trout has been slow, with a few anglers reporting success using spinners, spoons, and leech patterns.

Leech patterns and other streamers can produce some nice fish during the afternoon when the fishing activity tends to slow down. Eleven Mile Reservoir The hatch is off and the bite is on.