What's Catching You Fish?

[Sir Homey]

Craft fur minnow strikes again. It was pretty much “last cast” before calling it a day when I got a serious yank. Eventually this gnarly cutt yielded to the net. It looked like it had survived a recent eagle strike.

 

[Northern]

So, a year ago I posted about a fly that was catching stockers when nothing else was working:

My husband, my fishing buddy, and I all hit a local lake for stockers today, fishing from our Hobies.

It was slow till I put a specific fly on - I don't even know what to call it - then I quickly picked up a half dozen. Since I only had the one, I passed it to my buddy and she promptly caught several. She passed it to my hubby, and he got a few, also.
Here's the fly. It was tied with shed Moluccan Cockatoo feathers from my sister's domestically bred pet bird (all perfectly legal!)

Name ideas? I think I have more of the feathers somewhere...
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*stock photo, not my sister's actual bird

Unfortunately my sister had passed the cockatoo to a new owner and I'd lost my feather source! I still had the bedraggled original fly in my box, tho, and put it on the other day after a veeerry slow morning. I immediately began catching fish while my buddy was still struggling. After a bit, I gave her the fly again to see if that was really the difference, and boom - she also started catching, lol!

Not sure how much longer it's gonna last, though

I retreated to my van during a brief sleet storm, and located & ordered some Moluccan body feathers off etsy

 

[CanoeGuy]

Pink and black jig is money and so simple. The brushy type fly did well today too - was very sad when I broke it off on a hook set

 

[jasmillo]

Shrimpy fly. Saltwater src love it as do eells springs stockers at the local lake. It’s bright and, mostly marabou so really moves.

The fly…heavily influenced by Nordic anglers fur pig shrimp. Tied with a gold bead and without. Two big difference from the N.A. Tie. No dubbing loops. Not needed for local src. Palmered marabou works just as well and takes on water/sinks faster than dubbing looped fur. I also just tie marabou in at the head and palmer it back.





Some salty src from this weekend.







Some stockers from a local lake Friday as well. I suppose the cutthroat could be a native fish as they exist in this lake. Who knows, definitely a holdover from a 2023 stocking if not. Caught a dozen or so of the small bows though not all on the shrimp.

 

[Tom Butler]

Another crappy morning. Size 10 black bugger with red bead and blue flash was a hit.

Not really, I'd say really nice morning after last nights wind.