I’ve got a spot that is consistently producing some good trout fishing at low tides. They are taking a clear/pink glow shrimp under a popping cork readily but i’d like to toss a fly in their direction. Can anyone recommend any colors or patterns? Heavy eyes to sink down or topwater flies?
Thanks!
I’ve done well with sparsely tied clousers. White/chartreuse or white/brown.
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Can’t go wrong with Clouser Minnows! I haven’t caught a Seatrout in a lot of years, much less on a fly. When I was a teenager in MD they could be found frequently, but that changed over the years.
There were also not a lot of fly patterns back then specifically tied for those trout.
There was one originated by Tom Lentz way back in the 40’s or 50’s, very old school, and easy tie & should still be productive. I found an article online in Fly Tyer for the pattern & included the link.
The color combo in the link is the original, but I usually considered it a style rather than specific pattern ( like a Clouser Minnow or Lefty’s Deceiver) & tied it in other colors too, like red hackle & white bucktail or pink hackle & chartreuse bucktail. Sometimes natural brown/tan bucktail & a pink hackle worked very well.
I also varied the hook sizes, from a 4 up to a 2/0. It works for Striped Bass & LM Bass too. I tend to substitute a different body material, such as Diamond braid or small size mylar tubing wrapped along the hook shank. I’ve used the small type cactus chenille’s too. It doesn’t hurt to add a few strands of Krystal Flash or Flashabou in a color of your choice either.
Keep in mind it was originally tied before there were the proliferation of weighting options & synthetic materials we now have, so you could tie it with barbell eyes, cone or bead heads or simply lead or lead free wire under the body material.
As the article has noted, add weed guards if needed. 
http://www.flytyer.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=83
Otherwise, Seaducers are always a good style to try for trout. Again, colors, hook sizes & weight are your choice.
Since you’re having success using a poppin cork, you might try either of these flies as a dropper with a popper. 
Thanks for the great response! I will post if I have any luck
I have had some luck with white and pink,and black and chartreuse clousers
While I have never caught one on the fly, a buddy down in SW Florida catches them on shrimp imitation patterns like copperheads.
i was playing with a fly off a floating dock on pawleys to see how it moved in the water. on one of my drifts there was a nice(18-20) trout floating with the fly in a vertical position. never took it but made me realize how much these fish inspect their prey on some days. then some days they hit everything… i love trout.
he’s pretty white for a fly guy