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COSkies outfitters on yutube or caddisflyshop.com blog has plenty of videos for intruders.

COSkiesOutfitters channel on Youtube has the easiest intruder I've seen. Personnally I use: Size 1 salmon hook. Cortland toothy critter steel leader material (10- 20 #) to attach the stinger (fleet farm) Eagle Claw L1 needlepoint octopus short shank (L1BU-2) size 2 54 pieces for less than $5 at fleet farm. I picked up a feather duster made with ostrich feathers at Wal-mart for about 5-6 dollars with a lot of usable feathers. Senyo's laser dub or craft fur for the head. Yes, they take a while to make, but they give a big profile, lots of movement and they are easy to cast unlike flies made with rabbit strips. another fly that have the same advantages would be the Conga by Charlie Craven (it's on youtube) . You can also check the blog at www. caddisflyshop.com they have a list of steelhead patterns and videos for most of them. Hope this helps.

5 wt has been around for so long because you can use them for everything, from flies size 20 ( or smaller) to a size 4 streamer, and if you are going to have them roll cast, a longer rod gives more leverage. I have seen king salmon landed on 5 wt (and done it myself, but it took a while), and as long as the tippet and knot holds you can land it .