One of 23 I caught in just (barely) over an hour, the first dozen of which I caught on my first dozen casts. [Btw, you can see the Red Tag (my favorite pattern) sticking out of its mouth.]
Yes, I make my Red Tags (among the very few flies I actually tie myself).
Actually, they occasionally hit it on the sink, but mostly as I strip it in, using about a 2" strip every half second. Many times, they'll follow it for ten feet or more before they hit it, but, along the cement retaining wall next to one of the parks I like to fish, just as often they'll hit it as soon as it hits the water, like they're waiting for it, and I'm talking about - MAYBE - a quarter of a second after it hits.
If you're fly fishing, I wouldn't go smaller than a 3wt or larger than a 5. I use a 5 with a Wulff TT5F line, around 7ft knotless, tapered leader, and a 2 1/2 ft 4x tippet, with just about any wet fly or large nymph, with the Red Tag being my favorite (because it seems to be the favorite of the large gills). A TussleBug works well, also. If you're a Wooly Bugger fan, I'd tie some up in size 10.
If you prefer spinning rigs, I'd get a beetle spin, with no larger than 1/16 jig. As for the plastic to go on it, I've caught 'em on black&grey crickts, and just about any color crawdad (crayfish) or curly tail. Just make sure you let it fall - get it deep.
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