Flies for fishing in Alsace

When we speak about flyfishing, flies are as well the real insects as their imitations. The study of insects, the entomology, is listing thausends of species. Of course, here, we will content ourself to mention the usual preys of the fish you find in Alsace and France.

to the flies of the month

to the collection of C.B.F. flies

Ephemera Danica

the flies of the storkreservoir

PREYS	IMITATIONS	HOOK
chironomids, dark	nymph, suspender, footballer, grey, olive, dark red	16, 14, 12
Sedges, brown, beige	Elk hair caddis, sedges, nymphe gold head,	16, 14, 12, 10
Ephemera, yellow, olive	classic, CDC, nymph, olive, brown,	18, 16, 14, 12
Dragonflies	nymph, olive, black	12, 10, 8 (long)
Craneflies	brown, black	12, 10 (long)
terrestrials, bibio, midges, ants	classic, black...and black!	16, 14, 12
young fish	Streamer, boobies, all colors	12, 10, 8, 6, 4

the flies of the Rhine

PREYS	IMITATIONS	HOOK
scuds, beige, olives, pink	heavy nymphs , gold heads, beige, pink, grey	16, 14, 12, 10
trichoptera, all species	sedges, Elk hair caddis, heavy nymphs	16, 14, 12, 10
éphémèra, olive, yellow, red	classic, CDC, loopwings,klinkhammers, olive, yellow (sulphurea), red for spents	18,16,14,
terrestrials, ants, all insects	classics, black and red for ants, wet flies and nymphs,	18, 14 ,12, 10
young fish	streamers	10, 8, 6, 4

the flies of the Bruche

PREYS	IMITATIONS	HOOK
scuds, pink, grey	heavy nymphs, gold head, pink, orange,grey	16, 14, 12, 10
trichoptera, brown or clear	sedges, Elk hair caddis, nymphs	16, 14, 12, 10
éphemera, olive (baetis) , yellow	classic, CDC olive, yellow, red for spents	18,16,14,
plecoptera	nymphs olive, dry yellow (isoperla), black (leuctra)	14, 12, 10
terrestrials, midges, bibios..	classics, black and red (ants) , green (grasshooper)	18, 14 ,12, 10
young fish	streamers, woolyworm	10, 8, 6, 4