mikefromsundre Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 Decided to do some tying since I can't fish or even get the lawn tractor out this "beautiful" spring weekend. Attended Kelly Galloup's talk about streamers at the FF Show and since have read his book Modern Streamers for Trout. He really pushes the big streamers, especially articulated ones. He suggests from 2.5 to 3.75 inches. I think I got carried away. I used a 2/0 salmon hook and really let the rabbit strip on the top of a Gander stretch way back of the hook. When I measured the flies I had created I found they were 4+ inches. Is this too big? How long are some of your streamers, especially the ones you use for those big bulls? I am not going to shorten the ones I have tied, but will try them on some of those deep bull holes this summer. Stay warm guys... Quote
bulltrout Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 single shanked: approx. 2"-4"...articulated/double shanked: 6"-12"... Quote
Guest bigbadbrent Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 i'm all for the bunny string leech style, but 5" plus You'll hit less Rainbows and Browns if you're tossing anything over 4", but the ones you do hit with those streamers will be huge ... my bully flies rarely stray below 6" Quote
maxwell Posted April 20, 2008 Posted April 20, 2008 yup like others mentioned.. my standard bow river streamers are 3-4 inches but i got lots in the 5-6 inch range and my largest bully flies are over a foot...... too big..... well how big of a fish u want.. im all for bigguhfeesh! bigguh fly... u dig? Quote
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