btrout

The fly started as a " Fireweed " and then I discovered I had run out of claret hackle , so it morphed into this, funny how that happens.

I purchased one of these reels ( Canadian address ) to fish the beaches for Cutthroats. The first reel I received was suppose to be for a 6wt. line but was too small. It was described as a 5-6wt but was more like a 4wt. The 7-8wt which the original was replaced with was fine. The drag is ok and for the price if it lasts for a couple of seasons I will be happy. I have been using it for the last 6 months or so in the salt and it has been quite adequate. The reel is rinsed and lubed after each outing and is not showing any corrosion problems. As I see it for the price it's ok.

Hope this of some help.

Some really beautiful patterns and tying. Question, how do they stand up after casting and swinging . They look as though they would do the job here on the west coast.

As Piker20 stated the force of the current even with your heavy tips will tend to straighten the fly out during the swing. However in my experience with fishing the Skeena the nature of the river bottom should be considered. I have found using a heavily weighted fly and a fast sinking tip on this river is a recipe for lots of lost flies. You might consider a very fast sinking tip, a non weighted fly on a 3 - 5 ft. leader this will allow the fly to swim close to the bottom and not continually getting hung up on the boulders. I have found as the fly completes its swing and drops down in slower flows a heavily weighted fly will snag, this is the area when most takes occur. If you feel the fly is not getting deep enough try a longer T14 or T17 tip, the unweighted fly will of course follow the leader down but will tend to ride above the boulders.

This is an attempt at a Coal Car, Freight Train and Ferry Canyon combination, thought it looked interesting.

Really nice. Where do you fish for summer run?

Skeena tribs,

A summer pattern I hope to use, if we ever get a spring !

I think it could be a Stenonema, Vicarium or Fuscum Nymph.

A nice looking shrimp pattern, a suggestion , I would reduce the head size, the colors look very enticing, keep tying.

With the weather sucking and the rivers so cold I thought I would try some copper tinsel out. Looking forward to some spring Steelie action.

A very interesting and different variant of a classic steelhead pattern, very well tied , nice one !

Very beautifully tied Randy, I have had success with this pattern using crystal flash in blue and pearl combined for the wing.

I suggest you checkout Davie Mcphail on U tube he ties some amazing spey patterns.

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Pink Skirt

 

 

 

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Love the color combo and very nicely tied, good job.

Both nice ties, I think the second fly would work for Cutthroats here on the west coast.

Here is a married wing spey and a standard spey that have taken fish for me on the lake O tibs. These are both tied on Alec Jackson 2055 1.5s .

 

 

Beautiful ties, great job.

My Steelhead boxes, a mixture of Spey,tubes,Intruders,Foxee Prawns, Metal Detectors,Moals, Leech patterns some marabou and Arctic fox and my dry fly box. I guess there are too many but I really enjoy tying them.

 

Holy Moly! You sure do like tying them Brilliant stuff here! You don't take all those boxes fishing do you?

No I don,t take them all but I am looking for a larger vest. . lol

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Love the color combos a really sweet looking fly and neatly tied.

 

 

 

Plain and Simple

 

 

 

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My Steelhead boxes, a mixture of Spey,tubes,Intruders,Foxee Prawns, Metal Detectors,Moals, Leech patterns some marabou and Arctic fox and my dry fly box. I guess there are too many but I really enjoy tying them.

I have been getting into trout streams and love fishing dries on small brook trout streams! So I thought I'd try tying a few dries and came to the conclusion that I HATE TYING DRY FLIES! Wrapping hackle on a size 14 hook just ticks me off! Any help would be great! I have been trying to tie a Royal Wulff :wallbash:

I have been tying Comparadun dry flies for years, no hackle, they float for ever can be tied in any color, are quick to tie, cheap to tie and most important are extremely effective, give them a try, you won't be disappointed.

 

Great looking tubes, heres a couple i've been experimenting with..been alot of fun

Nice looking flies, they should create some attention.

A few Steelhead tubes that worked on the Skeena this summer.

 

these look great, nice work :headbang: How was the Skeena?

Enjoyed the trip immensely, found the Skeena intimidating had more success on it's tribs. Hooked my first Steelhead on a dry skater, made my bucket list, four guys hooked 10 fish will be going next year for sure. The first time is always a learning experience.

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Blue Night

Btrout, I am not sure what you mean. As you see my eyes are in the rear of the hook and why would I use plastic if I want the fly to go towards the bottom? Maybe you could elaborate for me. If I am doing something wrong then I like to understand. Below is a close up of the shrimp, faults and all.

 

I just think you would be better off wrapping the body with lead wire and tying in plastic eyes at the rear of the hook. I would think the weighted eyes at the rear would tend to tilt the fly rear end down which I don't think would be a natural look. It looks like the eyes are tied on the top of the shank this will cause the fly to flip over. I am not trying to criticize just trying to help.

A few Steelhead tubes that worked on the Skeena this summer.