Abbreviated July tying contest

Wade Rivers · Jul 19, 2023

Purple chubby gettin' it done in Montana...

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Stonedfish · Jul 19, 2023

I caught a lot of salty cutts on this pattern last year.
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Hoofer · Jul 19, 2023

From the Rockies to the rainforest, they like a termite. (Or a stone, or hopper, or a disco caddis…)

RRSmith · Jul 19, 2023

My cutthroat fishing is almost exclusively in Oregon coastal estuaries, typically in and around eel grass beds. Here are two of my favorite patterns. The lower is a @Kfish spoon fly (thanks Lou!). The upper is a pattern spun from the classic reverse spider developed by a guy that fishes the Oregon Coast.

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Kfish · Jul 19, 2023

RRSmith said:
My cutthroat fishing is almost exclusively in Oregon coastal estuaries, typically in and around eel grass beds. Here are two of my favorite patterns. The lower is an @Kfish spoon fly (thanks Lou!). The upper is a pattern spun from the classic reverse spider developed by a guy that fishes the Oregon Coast.

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I still put those reverse spiders you sent me on rotation. They're really durable, holding up great after many fish and seasons.

clarkman · Jul 19, 2023

This has put more river SRCs into my net than I can count...haven't fished for them for a number of years, but it's almost always with some version of this (with beadhead and hackle over the bead)...

clarkman · Jul 19, 2023

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damn, I like these....and that top one is just so damn clean!

and I barely fish trout these days...lol

Zak · Jul 19, 2023

clarkman said:
damn, I like these....and that top one is just so damn clean!

and I barely fish trout these days...lol

Thanks!

Scudley Do Right · Jul 25, 2023

Bump winner can have this also

Divad · Jul 26, 2023

These Baby Craws are my favorite creeking “streamer”. I needed to replenish a couple that I’ve lost to crustacean filled waters. They even work very well as a tight line substitute for tenkara rods

SilverFly · Jul 28, 2023

A down-sized my tuna squid for SRC. Never fished this for cutties. Then again, I rarely get to fish them. I'd have some confidence fishing it, even if based on my relative Puget Sound ignorance. Also thought this might be seasonally appropriate for coho.

Splurged a bit of genuine polar bear, white nayat, and pearl angel hair. 8mm eye. Hook is a Daiichi X452 #6. Four inches total length (too big for SRC?).

SilverFly · Jul 28, 2023

One more that I know catches SRC. A larger, brighter variant on a simple pattern I call a Krystal Krill. The original is more a winter amphipod/euphasiid imitation, but has caught adult coho.

Basically a loosely dubbed body of Ice Dub or similar flashy dubbing (ice dub and angel hair on this one) with a few long strands of flash material (holographic pink flashabou here) for "hackle". This one also tied with coho and pinks in mind. On a Daiichi X452 #6.

Brute · Jul 31, 2023

My biggest cuttie of all time was caught on a soft hackle like this…I’ll be tying up some in 14 & 16, snowshoe rabbit foot dubbing, partridge in natural, brown & olive. I try a couple with rust brown thread as well

Scudley Do Right · Jul 31, 2023

Last few hours for your chance at the grand prize

Divad · Jul 31, 2023

SilverFly said:
One more that I know catches SRC. A larger, brighter variant on a simple pattern I call a Krystal Krill. The original is more a winter amphipod/euphasiid imitation, but has caught adult coho.

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Basically a loosely dubbed body of Ice Dub or similar flashy dubbing (ice dub and angel hair on this one) with a few long strands of flash material (holographic pink flashabou here) for "hackle". This one also tied with coho and pinks in mind. On a Daiichi X452 #6.

This pattern just seems flavorful like a little piece of shrimp candy with a chefs kiss of stabbing you

jasmillo · Jul 31, 2023

One of the things I love about SRC is all the crazy things you can catch them on. Here are some of my favorites from this year. In the end though, I still don’t think much outperforms variations on olive buggers.

Favorite 2023 chum fry pattern.