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Filling the winter boxes....

10/12/2011

 
 Winter is always a good time to tie flies.  (But not if you are fishing in the winter.) So, in an effort to stay ahead of the game, I'm trying to get my winter steelhead fly boxes full.  This year I'm going to try to fish traditional type steelhead flies whenever possible.  Last year I was on an intruder kick, but I just can't warm up to an intruder.  They look cool.  They have some awesome movement, and they are brilliantly engineered, but I just feel a little bit "dirty" every time I tie, err... thread, one on.  Same thing with tubes. Great idea, great design, but they have about as much appeal to me as a wooly bugger.  There is just no such thing to me as a "sexy" tube fly.   
 What that leaves me tying, is a fly on a "real" hook.  To make the fly sink fast, you need weight.  I'm  thumbing my nose at barbell eyes and coneheads, so that leaves steel.  Iron to be exact.  Big Iron.   That means a 5/0-6/0 salmon hook.  A big profile is a must for me and my late winter flies, so a big platform to tie on is great.   
 Next I need materials that will help the fly stay down but still give great movement and silhouette.  That means long spey hackle,  slim bodies, and hackle wings.   For colors, the sky is the limit, but I will be using a lot of flourescent UV reactive colors.   Black is always good too.    
 If I get lucky I'll hit some of those days where the river is dropping and is that perfect "steelhead green".  Every steelhead fisherman knows what I'm talking about.   Those are the days that keep me tying flies and filling the winter boxes. 
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charley
10/12/2011 03:57:29 am

That is a beutifull offering! I much prefer a more simple pattern called extra full! LOL inside joke!

Aaron Ostoj
10/12/2011 04:08:01 am

maybe someday after the statute of limitations has expired, I'll tell that story! LOL!


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