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Several swing/strippers for winter steelhead.

Top two are my standard for what I use for swinging and stripping for winters....super buggy with Finn tails and some Marabou and/or schlappen around the head. The bottom is something I'm going to play with a Little more this year in more of a jerk bait style with stiffer saddle hackles & bucktail out the back and a little more dense up front.

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clarkman said:
Several swing/strippers for winter steelhead.

Top two are my standard for what I use for swinging and stripping for winters....super buggy with Finn tails and some Marabou and/or schlappen around the head. The bottom is something I'm going to play with a Little more this year in more of a jerk bait style with stiffer saddle hackles & bucktail out the back and a little more dense up front.

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These are great! What hook are you using?
 
Little Fork said:
These are great! What hook are you using?
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For the two larger ones, I'm using an Ahrex Aberdeen Predator. Those happen to be 1/0 and the smallest one is an Ahrex Trout Predator Lite in a 2. If I go smaller on hook size, I'll go with the standard Trout Predator. Those two hooks (in various sizes) are what I use on 90% of my streamers.
 
clarkman said:
For the two larger ones, I'm using an Ahrex Aberdeen Predator. Those happen to be 1/0 and the smallest one is an Ahrex Trout Predator Lite in a 2. If I go smaller on hook size, I'll go with the standard Trout Predator. Those two hooks (in various sizes) are what I use on 90% of my streamers.
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Thanks! I appreciate the response.
 
Almost done with my Mag Bay box. This one is for roosters and other inshore stuff. I have found that some of the nayat patches have really stiff guard hairs - the white patch I am using here for example. I started pulling them out of the tail to get a softer tail. I then cut them in half and taper them to use as the first belly tie. Hoping it helps with fouling. The LMB versions don't seem to foul much at all tho. I am also using the wool from the top color to add density to the head and on the bottom color for the last belly tie. Super versatile material!

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skyriver said:
My version of a swimming articulated nymph for carp. It's essentially a mix of Chase Smith's Articulated Damsel and Bob Clouser's Swimming Nymph. Long story short, I discovered that the really cool fly my buddy gave me a couple years ago, that has caught carp pretty much every time I've used it, is a Chase Smith Articulated Damsel. He ties it for carp. He ties it in olive, golden brown, craw (rust) and black. I wanted something really drab natural brown for those super bright days in clear water.
So thanks for the inspiration Chase! And Bob!

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#8 Fulling Mill Bonio Carp hook (FM25 00)
3.8mm black bead chain eyes
Light brown rabbit for body
Brown 2mm sheet foam on top of brown, very webby, hen saddle
Shank is brighter brown marabou and brown foam wrapped on a #10 Mustad 94840 dry fly hook with hook bend cut off.
Essentially a home-grown wiggle shank. That shank is attached using a loop of 8# Maxima Chameleon, that I never use.
This allows the tail to float up when the fly is sitting on the bottom. Great action when stripped as well.
Trim the hen saddle so the fly sits flat. And slap some Zap a Gap on the foam for appearance and to toughen it up.

It won't win any beauty contests, but I think it's the good kind of ugly.
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I think that would work as a crawdad as well...nice
 
SpeyrodGB said:
I think I need to tie some of those. They are obviously very effective.
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I've come to like that style because I can fish it upstream leading it down on a tight line, across and strip, or down and across swung. Or all the above. It collapses to a nice silhouette then opens up on the pause. Get it to open and drift back and down and it gets eaten.
 
Wasatchangler said:
These look fantastic. What size hook are you tying on?
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Thx. Those are FM 50 45 in sz. 8 w/ 4.6mm beads. I tried a FM 51 30 which is a 2xl in 8 interchangeably this year but the fish just don't seem to like it as well as the more compact fly.
 
Tom Butler said:
Thx. Those are FM 50 45 in sz. 8 w/ 4.6mm beads. I tried a FM 51 30 which is a 2xl in 8 interchangeably this year but the fish just don't seem to like it as well as the more compact fly.
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Hey Tom. Would yo be kind enough to post a recipe for your Jiggy Craw? Or is already posted somewhere?

Are you using pine squirrel or micro rabbit strips for the claws?

Thank you in advance.,

Bob
 
Draketake said:
Hey Tom. Would yo be kind enough to post a recipe for your Jiggy Craw? Or is already posted somewhere?

Are you using pine squirrel or micro rabbit strips for the claws?

Thank you in advance.,

Bob
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Still had stuff out. Here you go, step by step. You're welcome.
Tom Butler

SBS Thread 'Tom's Jiggy Craw'

OK, I'll put my name on it, but elements have been copied from flies I've seen on here and the web. I kinda lost track but I think I've been working on this for two years now and really like the way this fly fishes. I've had some success with this in size 10, especially earlier in the year, but an 8 seems to fish best. I seem to have more success with a compact fly than something on an xl shank. I don't think exact materials are as important as just the way they are put together and the way the materials move in the water.
FM 50 45 Sz, 8
Gold slotted tungsten bead for natural or Copper for...
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Crippler

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hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - UTC 70 woodduck
tag - small tinsel gold
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing rust (1 1/2 Ts Rit Sunshine Orange, 1/8 Tsp Rit Tan, 1/8 Tsp Rit Purple/ 2 cups water)
hackle - dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water)/rust
1st shoulder - hen dyed red (1 Tbs Rit Scarlet, 1 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/4 cups water)
2nd shoulder - hen badger dyed golden olive

Regards,
Scott
 
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