Cutthroat Streamers

[FlyTrapper]

Hey guys! I am just getting into tying flys and have been trying to get into some Cutts. I am going out in a few days and wanted to see if I could move some with a streamer. Any advice on what to tie would be great!

Thanks in advance!

[WyomingGeorge]

I'm not one of the pros, but I've done quite a lot of streamer fishing to cutthroat in numerous drainages. My experience has been that typically smaller, slimmer streamers work better on cutties, things imitating what is actually found in the higher-country, freestone environment, and that the cutties can catch. So, not giant 6" bunny tail patterns that mimic juvenile fish, or enormous leeches bigger than what will even grow in that particular stream.

 

Generally, thinner-bodied patterns in various colours, from traditional woolly buggers with a simple tungsten or gold beadhead to somewhat fancier ties like the Beldar Bugger, as well as some heavier-bodied (but not long) flies. Colours should include browns, olives, black, white/cream, as well as some yellow, red and purple.

 

For late summer when the water is low, clear and warm, truly tiny streamers (as little as 1" total length) with small painted-eye-heads but very sparse white synthetic fibres for the body will mimic the tiny, translucent minnows that are flitting about, and can take some remarkably large cutts on the swing or jerky retrieve.

 

An offbeat pattern that has worked well for me in summertime cutt fishing has been the belly-ache (definitely NOT the belly dancer for this application). If you can still find it, the Little Kim by Idylwilde or however it is spelled is devastating.

[FlyTrapper]

Thank you WyomingGeorge! That should leave me with many patterns to try tying and try my luck learning to streamer fish, thank you so much for the information!

[WyomingGeorge]

You're very, very welcome, and best of luck out there

[Dangus]

3" cream string leech w/ silver flash and silver cone. Crushes them in the east kootenays.

[bigfry]

Muddlers

[FlyTrapper]

Thank you for the replies guys, I ended up having a lot of luck with the Zuddler Minnow pattern, however I wasn't able to successfully tie it. Going to give it another go because it worked very well. Looking into Muddlers as well.

 

Nick