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black intruder style streamer seems to be consistent-ish. Been practicing casting and swinging for going steelheading woooo

Here's a pic of it in flowing water. Must have worked as it fooled two fish

Just a follow up after a few hours at the vise. Tied a black and white version. Black - barbless octopus hook as a stinger - black EP fibre - polar chenille - black marabou - red/orange EP fibre spun in a dub loop - cone head for a little weight White - same as black except the tail is super hair instead of EP and some white ice dub they seem to hold their teardrop shape fairly well in the water which is what I wanted. Marabou is very light and EP/super hair is meant more for salt flies which don't hold water much when casting, sweeeeeet.

Those are excellent looking streamers! I like the palmered schlappen look. I'll try out the dub ball for sure to get some extra flair. SilverDoc, the stinger is great on that one, very sparse looking fly that won't get waterlogged. Does it retain profile in the water? Are you using the dubbing ball behind what looks like marabou to keep it flared? Thanks for the input!

Was out throwing streamers with the spey rod yesterday and noticed that my fly that I had tied looked a lot like a snake when in the flowing water. The material collapsed around the hook shank that looked fairly sizeable in the vice. Any tips on tying trout streamers to hold a solid profile when in flowing water? I'm thinking an intruder type of situation? Also would like to move away from rabbit strips as they can get difficult to cast, is there a synthetic that is similar? End goal of all this is to have a 3-4" streamer that holds is profile, pushes a lot of water, easy to cast, but is slightly heavier than neutrally buoyant so the sink tip and cast angle will dictate the depth. Thanks! Info, materials, or patterns are appreciated

I know how ya feel! Was out camping on the island last week and my car was broken into. They made off with a fishpond guide pack, three boxes of flies, an older scientific angler reel and airflo ridgeline. They left the rod though which was odd as it was in its TFO marked tube. They wrangled a bunch of other stuff but losing a bunch tied up flies is the biggest p*ss off for me. Dam thieves!!! Arrggg!

Great page with for flies and tips on pike fishing on the fly on Clive's page http://ftp.shaw.ca/clives/pikeflyfish.html

This was a new one for me! Lots of learning going on haha Tried out a dubbing loop using wire to spin rubber leg hackles and flashabou together. Here's my first attempt at the spin, I added in some hair and it was a disaster! My second attempt worked better and I used the hackle on a bow bugger type pattern. Deer hair collar is a little light and the whole fly is a bit of a mess but I you can't go wrong with to many rubber legs right? haha Tail: Badger with rubber legs and mylar flashing Body: Polar chenille Black Hackle: Rubber legs and flashabou spun in a wire dubbing loop Collar: Deer hair Good learning experience, thanks for setting this up FlyTyer

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Northwest for the win! Geez people should carpool more to fish creek

holy shizz lol That is outrageous! I love the comments on the bottom talking about fishing at this distance lol

Sign me up!! That's great that they donated those tickets

Hey guys thanks for the insight! I messaged Flymen Co. on Facebook about it and this what they said "Unusual, but some very simple adjustments should fix it. I suspect it is a combination of 1. the zonker strip is a little too long which creates too much drag right at the back of the fly which then overrides the weight of the keel on the Sculpin Helmet 2. The hook eye is facing downwards. Try a straight eye or up eye hook. 3. Fish using a loop knot instead of a clinch knot. This should sort it out immediately." With that in mind I tied up another variation which I like even better anyways and look how it turned out! Looks amazing in the water!! (see video link below). This one is tied with badger fur as the body, would like to use wool of some sort but this worked pretty well. And this second variation I tied with EP Fibre that is used a lot for saltwater flies. Want to keep the weight down besides the fish skull. Both versions are articulated as well.

Tied up some sculpin streamers a few weeks ago and got to fish them today. They are using the fish skulls but look what happened to it in the water!!!! What gives!? Oh crap just noticed the eye of the hook is pointing perhaps the wrong way, hmmm odd...

I tie a pattern called King Caddis but with that white really thin foam that comes with electronics. Looks like what you tied in that picture. Here's a link to the actual pattern http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/071706fotw.php This is my go to caddis pattern because it floats awesome and I caught my largest brown trout on the bow with it, gives me confidence in the fly so I fish it often.

Ha I knew there were fish in that run in the city! Fished it a bunch of times and nothing Great pics all around and your dog looks awesome with the bandana, what a boss!

I use the Helly Hanson base layer then a pair of columbia sweatpants. My legs always stay warm but I still am looking for something for my feet! Stupid feet are always freezing.

That's great, thanks!

Hey guys, I've got a friend who is flying in to some Ontario lakes targeting stillwater brook trout. He was asking about fly patterns, do you guys have any suggestions? I was thinking weighted leech patterns that will be able to get down fairly quickly, maybe like a black zonker or something? What about crustacean patterns like crayfish? Apparently the lake brooks get larger than the river ones in Ontario that are typically 6" or so, maybe they are looking for bigger prey at that point? Any insight or suggestions are much appreciated!!

Woooo! One of my questions made it onto the podcast! It's near the end if anyone cares haha Rosenbauer is awesome

Just wondering about swing speed and what the optimal speed is. I know you can speed up the swing by mending downstream to create a large J in the line causing the fly to whip across quickly, I'm guessing this isn't a desirable speed because it's moving so fast? So I mend upstream which allows the fly to go deeper right? Seems easy enough if the water is moving at a slowish speed... What if the water is moving quickly should you be casting at 90 degrees across to allow more time for the fly to sink but risk a faster swing across or cast say 45 deg down and across which will slow the swing but the fly won't be very deep? Are you forced to use a heavier fly/sink tip in faster water? I'm always wondering if my fly is actually getting deep enough when swinging flies. Then I listened to an interview with Kelly Galloup and he just casts his streamers straight across and strips it back in as fast as possible without even letting the fly sink lol

Definitely seen a slow down in activity in the spey forum on this site. I'm always amazed at the amount of classifieds posted everyday on the speypages site haha Anyway since getting my Decho 4119 I don't think i have used my single hander on the Bow I am trying to figure out how to swing flies properly and am starting to see a more success. I agree with eric about not needing more than a 3/4 wt spey for the Bow, but maybe i'm biased because i've only ever fished my 4wt. Anyone want to lend me a bigger rod haha Plus I need practice for steelheading!! Edit: After reading Maxwells river condition report about 6"+ sculpins I take back my comment on a 3/4wt. 6" Weighted Sculpin + T11 sinktip = bigger rod required (in no way is this a bad thing!!)

make sense, makes the fly 'swim' through the water with the sink tip. Thanks for all the info guys!

I have been looking for streamers to swing this year with the spey rod and have seen quite a few on the net with spun deer hair heads. They certainly look good and probably move a lot of water, but it seems odd to have a pattern meant to be fished deep with such a buoyant head. Each hair is hollow for insulating the deer, making it a good floating material. Most of these patterns also require a lot of lead wraps or a conehead. Is this purpose of this to make the fly neutrally buoyant and get it down with a sink tip? Why wouldn't you want the pattern to sink quickly? Is there another alternative to the deer for a full head without the buoyancy? Do you think the cutting pattern make a big difference, I guess by flattening the bottom and angling the top you are promoting negative lift as well in a faster current. Any thoughts? I tied these up without deer hair heads in the mean time. Anyone got some go to sculpin patterns they are willing to share?

I cast one of those practice rods at the show from TFO, the bug launcher, and ended up getting one yesterday. They are awesome for practice during the winter. Doing reach casts around my dog is a lot of fun as well. Picked up a bunch of stickers and two magazines as well. Pretty good show this year, they need to make the casting pond longer for next year. Did it seem to anyone else that the backcast area was longer than the pond area..?