24 flies for autumn trout lakes. Retrieve buggers and leeches to cover water, or suspend a fly to hold the feeding depth. Includes Woolly Buggers, Pine Squirrel Leeches, Balanced Leeches, chironomids and scuds.
What’s included — 24 flies
| Pattern | Color | Size | Flies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolly Bugger - Bead Head | Black | #8 | 2 |
| Woolly Bugger - Bead Head | Olive | #10 | 2 |
| Woolly Bugger - Bead Head | White | #10 | 2 |
| Woolly Bugger - Bead Head | Brown | #8 | 2 |
| Pine Squirrel Leech - Bead Head | Olive | #12 | 2 |
| Pine Squirrel Leech - Bead Head | Black | #12 | 2 |
| Balanced Leech | Blue | #8 | 2 |
| Balanced Leech | Red | #10 | 2 |
| Ice Cream Cone Chironomid | Red | #16 | 4 |
| Scud - Bead Head | Olive | #12 | 2 |
| Scud - Bead Head | Gray | #12 | 2 |
| Total flies | 24 | ||
When to fish it
Use it for subsurface fishing around reachable weed edges, shoreline drop-offs and other places where trout are feeding below the surface. Start by covering water when you are still locating fish. Once you find a productive depth, slow down or suspend a fly to spend more time in that layer.
How to fish it
- Retrieve a bugger or leech: Start with a floating line, about a 9-foot 3X leader and an Olive Woolly Bugger #10. Keep the rod tip low and remove slack. Try short, roughly 3-inch strips with 2-second pauses, making a fan of casts to cover different angles. Compare a short and longer countdown to explore depth; sink time varies with the fly, line and conditions.
- Suspend at the feeding depth: Fish one Balanced Leech or Ice Cream Cone Chironomid beneath an adjustable indicator, using a 3X leader with a 4X tippet extension. Measure the water depth and begin above the bottom or weed tops. Adjust in 6–12-inch steps, and let gentle wind movement work the fly instead of constantly pulling it along.
- Make one useful change: If trout follow without taking, lengthen the pause, shorten the strip or try a smaller Pine Squirrel Leech #12. Clear weeds before changing patterns, and check depth before changing color. Switch between retrieving and suspending as fish behavior changes. For visible surface feeding, match the hatch with a dry fly from another selection.


