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Fishing in British Columbia => Fly Fishing Cafe => Topic started by: brookiedave on December 06, 2011, 09:21:10 AM

Title: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: brookiedave on December 06, 2011, 09:21:10 AM

Andre wrote a step-by-step article on easy to tie steelhead flies. Really cool article...

Check it out...

http://pacificangler.ca/blog/3-to-4-step-flies/ (http://pacificangler.ca/blog/3-to-4-step-flies/)

What are you guys going to be tying this winter?

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: HOOK on December 06, 2011, 11:13:11 AM

I like fishing Intruders from 4-6inches. I also carry some smaller stuff with me for the more pressured spots and when the water gets really clear. I think this year i might even try nymphing some egg patterns with the spey rod LOL

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: Stuart Dickinson on December 06, 2011, 08:35:38 PM

Egg sucking leeches in either purple or black.

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: steelie-slayer on December 06, 2011, 11:13:36 PM

when i fly fish for winter steelhead i usually tie up a bunch of leech variations in diffrent colours and sizes and weighted and unweighted, also one i started using last year is a big 4-6" pink worm like fly.
for summer runs i use dries and small shrimp imations under an indacator.

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: Blackgivesway2blue on December 08, 2011, 07:31:14 PM

(http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af34/Blackgivesway2blue/390045_2455767306174_1011830415_32155338_2058535952_n.jpg)

(http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af34/Blackgivesway2blue/393395_2455765706134_1011830415_32155337_1770658022_n.jpg)

i am no expert for fly fishing for steel, but i always have a bunch of these in my box ;)

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: steelie-slayer on December 09, 2011, 07:43:28 AM

Quote from: Blackgivesway2blue on December 08, 2011, 07:31:14 PM

(http://i991.photobucket.com/albums/af34/Blackgivesway2blue/393395_2455765706134_1011830415_32155337_1770658022_n.jpg)

i am no expert for fly fishing for steel, but i always have a bunch of these in my box ;)

that one looks good but i think it would work better with a longer fluffier tail possibly with some flash.
looks a bit like a summer run fly to me

Title: Re: What winter steelhead flies do you tie?
Post by: awurban@msn.com on December 11, 2011, 06:43:45 PM

intruders, prom dresses, and big shrimp style patterns, It depends on the size of the flow on a few of the smaller coastal streams I fish on the island I tie mini intruders and the same kind of intruder style patterns just smaller.