lumpy

Age old question $100.00 for a reel or $500.00, they both hold line, click and pawl or disc drag. When it comes down to it it's personal choice and what you can afford. I could go out and buy high end reels if I wanted but to me they just hold line, and the fish don't care. I have had a flyrod in my hand since I was 6 and have never spent mor than 150 on a reel. And not because i'm cheap, because I find no need to. My Opinion

I get stuff from Howard's or Pat Nolan in Ireland depending on what color's I'm looking for

PMSL...

was cleaning up my bench one day and this was the outcome

Hook- Daiichi #2051 1.5 Tag- Flo. Pink Floss Rib- Gold Oval Tinsel Body- Red Floss Under/Veevus Pearl Mylar Over Flash Collar- Red Angel Hair Rear Collar- Red Spey Hackle Mid Collar- UV Natural Guinea Fowl/2 Strands Red Krinkle Flash (each side) Front Collar- Red Guinea Fowl Tied this for a friends wife when she was ill,

As for Spey flies, I don't think there is enough bronze mallard in the world for me to get that wing right. And I have only ever tied one Dee style, but intend to play with them more this year

A welsh friend turned me on to Dai Jones's blog where he has a SBS of a snake fly. He also has a Snake- truder pattern this is my version. If your not familiar with the snakefly its tied on plastic coated stainless steel wire in a loop

have never gilled one with this, always been in the hinge. but ya have a good point

thanks :-)

Originator: Ken Chandler Hook- Daiichi 1.5 #2051 Thread- Sheer 14/0 White Tag- Gold Flat Tinsel Rib- Gold Oval Tinsel Body- Front 3/4 Hot Pink Chenille Body- Front 1/4 Flo Pink Crystal Chenille Wing- Cotton Candy Rabbit Strip ( held in place with rib) Collar- Mallard Flank (stripped one side) Good alround pattern for steelhead and works well in many colors especially black/blue/purple

Hook- Mustad L87-3665A #8 Tail- Orange GP Tippet Rib- Silver Wire Body- Flat Silver Tinsel Throat- Tan Mallard Barbs with Chinese Red Floss Wing- Silver Doctor Blue Calf Tail - 6 to 8 strands of Light Blue Crystal Flash - 3 Peacock Herl or 3 Peacock Swords Originally tied for coho, found that it works well for cutties, dollies, and bulls as well

Created out of boredom Tube- Pro Tube Classic (sparkle pink) Feelers- White Yak Hair Head- Hot Orange Seals Fur Claws- White Hackle Tips (stripped both sides leaving 1.5 in of barbs) Then i threw in 1 each side Hot Orange Grizzly Hackle Tips Carapace- Pheasant Back Feather Flash- Pearl Crystal Flash Body- Shrimp Pink Arctic Fox (in dubbing loop) - Followed by 6 White Ostrich Herl - Then 2 turns Pearl Palmer Chenille Carapace- Pheasant Back Feather Body- Same as above (repeat 4 times) After each body tie in add carapace

Shank- Waddington 25mm Thread- Black 8/0 Stinger Attachment- Rio Bit Tippet Rear Station- Deep Red Chenille Ball (red polar bear flaired over) Rear Body- UV Red Polar Chenille Mid Body- 1 Black Marabou Plume 1 Red Marabou Plume (palmered Together) Paddles- 1 Each Side Red Hackle Tips 4 in. long Stripped 2.5 in. and tied in Front Body- 1 Red 1 Black Marabou (palmered together) Then 1 each side Red Hackle tips tied in Collar- UV Red Guinea Fowl This was tied 5 years ago and has worked well on a number of steelhead rivers in B.C.

Thanks Vern, :-)

Hook- TMC 7999 #2 Thread- Sheer 14/0 Orange Tag/Rib- Veevus Pearl Mylar Tinsel Body- Flo Orange Lagartun Flat braid Wing- Barred Orange Rabbit Stip Cheeks- Jungle Cock Collar- UV Hot Orange Guinea Fowl

Ya don't need much more than a 5/6 weight hell I have used my 5 weight for coho on the coast

I use a scandi on my 5 weight skagit on my 6 weight, backed up with Rio Grip Shooter running line. I have found that scandi works better for me on 5 weight and down. Personal choice

I recognize that tying, awesome as usual

So where's your flee's oldtimer, ya forget how to use your camera

will work well as a hair wing, where does your son live

yes i have, steelhead like it and so do most salmon species

most deffinately

Hook- Daiichi 1.5 #2051 Thread- Sheer 14/0 Black Tail- Red Golden Pheasant Crest Tag- Veevus Pearl Mylar Rear Collar- SD Blue Lady Amherst Neck / Natural Guinea Fowl Rear Body- Veevus Pearl Mylar Center Collar- UV Blue Guinea Fowl Front Body- Veevus Pearl Mylar Front Collar- Purple Spey Hackle / UV Natural Guinea Fowl Played with this style for winter steelhead got the idea from some of my Welsh and Irish buddies

Thank Its a Jim Missuri pattern I tricked out for west coast winter steelhead, works well If you tie it in burnt orange or olive or even hot orange will work well for summer run steelhead

Thanks, and yes it does work