Bruce Baker
Steelhead
For me, my go-to fly is the Carey Special in peacock. I would say I have fished it in size 8-12.
Go-to Trout Lake Patterns
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RCF
Life of the Party
Peacock is so overlooked nowadays. It changes colors depending on the piece of herl and how the light hits it. It is virtually indestructible when tied with a dubbing loop. And is so buggy looking. That said it is harder to find good herl but when one does, in-person visual inspection, buy it... One can never have enough peacock their in inventory...
Also, not surprisingly, the Carey Special is mentioned in many of the posts in this thread. The pattern has been around for over 100 years but is a tried and true favorite often overlooked.
Edited: Found this - quite interesting IMHO:
Peninsula Fly Fishers - Four Temperaments of Peacock Herl
www.peninsulaflyfishers.org
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dep
Steelhead
thanks for this tip.
Huge Simi Seal fan, since buying a portion of John Rohmers company we will be working on a handful of new blends specifically for Stillwater here in the PNW!
Whitewater
Smolt
My favorite Lake Trout fly is a simple white streamer usually a #6 with a bit of red thread for a gill. It's fished on a Teeny 300 gr? sink tip line, w/ a short stiff leader over boulder and coble rubble at 10 to 20 ft depth. Good fishing starts a week or so after ice out where a creek runs off a mountain into a south facing bay of a high lake. Usually fishes well until they move deeper.
HAHA I Love it! I also think one of the biggest wins here is that we are going to live on his legacy and his product to a T. We've spent so much hands on time with him mastering his craft over the years, while adding a PNW flare with various blends. The other portion is selling to a far larger company and Im unsure as to their time spent together. As easy as dubbing sounds to create its easy to get it wrong! One thing that also is worth mentioning is almost all raw materials we source here in the PNW too!
Paul_
Life of the Party
@SpawnFlyFish Black/UV Chartreuse Green is money on SW WA lakes!
Looking forward to seeing what new blends you come up with.
I like the hotspot collar you've added, it looks like money!
Bruce Baker
Steelhead
@Billy is what I have circled in red some type of elastic band?I catch so many fish on this fly:View attachment 53485Some that have worked very well last few years:View attachment 53486View attachment 53487View attachment 53488View attachment 53489View attachment 53490View attachment 53491View attachment 53493View attachment 53492i think you can see some themes to my madness
Just chartreuse thread wraps
Paul_
Life of the Party
Hmm, I think @Bruce Baker might be on to something. You could use an elastic band to attach pork rind trailers on your jigs. Next level!-
If you’re tying your own, try making a yellow and olive BH-WB on a #10 4xl hook. I had a winter when that combo was scoring jumbo trout for me.
I’m away from home, so I can’t post a picture my last bugger from that year. That was from my period of tying obnoxious flies to piss off big Browns. It worked well enough.
I’m away from home, so I can’t post a picture my last bugger from that year. That was from my period of tying obnoxious flies to piss off big Browns. It worked well enough.
BINGO!!!!
QuickreleaseEN
Steelhead
Not to be overlooked: Sticklebacks. An abundant foodsource in most waterbodies in Western Washington State, especially for the notoriously piscivorous Coastal Cutthroat. They're small, usually not much bigger than 2 inches and most commonly 20-50mm. Rolled muddlers, small matuka, zonker or marabou winged flies with an olive hue and gold ribbed body are classic patterns, and adding parr marks is an added bit of realism. Sticklebacks are nearly always associated with structure; nearly glued onto logs, weed stalks and bottom debris or suspended under lily pads and surface mats.
For the fathead minnow enthusiasts of the forum, your patterns all represent a stickleback very well.
For the fathead minnow enthusiasts of the forum, your patterns all represent a stickleback very well.
I love it!! We have finished 14 new Spawn Simi Seal colors that we are very very excited about! Should launch within the next 35 days! Here's some of the backstory on Spawn Simi Seal too if theres any interest! https://spawnflyfish.com/blogs/spawn-blog/spawn-simi-seal-the-story-and-future
