The New Fly Fisher: Fortress Lake Brookies

Episode 8 from the second season, featured Phil Rowley fishing for Brook Trout on Fortress Lake near Golden, BC.

Recommended gear:
6 weight rod
6 foot intermediate line
9 foot tapered leader

Flies:
Streamers and Woolly Buggers
3 1/2" strip leach with one split shot above

Presentation:
Put rod in water 3-4'
Pull slack out immediately

Retrieve behind hand
Strip tease: 6'-8' pulls gives nice undulating action to the leech
Hand twist: Rotate line around hand gives slow retrieve, great for scuds

You can imitate anything that swims in stillwater.