What's Catching You Fish?

clarkman

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Nice whitey. Sometimes on the D, they save the day. I am sure this question has been answered before, but I’m too lazy to look for it. What chenille material are you using for the extended body? Thanks.
It's this stuff. I originally bought some for bass flies, but it works very well for these. Just take a lighter to seal up the end and call it good.
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clarkman

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Both of these put a bunch of trout the net and one whitefish. The golden was slightly more effective. The rest of the whitefish took an egg (no redsides on it).
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obligatory whitefish pic.
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Same story this morning, although I did get a little 5lb pikeminnow in addition to a few whities plus a few redsides.
 

Smalma

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Would not be surprised that bull trout took that egg pattern as a flesh fly.

That said steelhead has to be one of the "dumbest" fish that ever swam! They will literally "bite" anything. Have caught them on bare hooks and had a friend catch one on a piece of orange and watch a large winter buck charge and take a floating banana peel on the surface. Once caught a hatchery winter fish with 2 pearl buttons and another with a dime in their stomachs.

Stripping a fly can be a surprising effect method for steelhead.!

Curt
 
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