What's Catching You Fish?

Matt B · Nov 25, 2023

Yup. Works.

What's in your vise?

Gibson Girl Tip - Flat gold tinsel Tail - Golden pheasant tippets Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel Budy - Orange wool yarn Hackle - Brown Wing - Brown bucktail Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys

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A fish (not this one) almost beached itself coming for this fly as I retrieved it to cast again. Didn’t see the follow, but saw the fish splash in an inch of water as it turned, as I picked the fly up away from it; flopped the fly out there and boom, immediate hookup.
This one here was 22” and fat.

flybill · Nov 26, 2023

My debit card! LOL!

Sir Homey · Nov 27, 2023

I’ve been grooving on using brushes for streamer flies lately. Sparkle brushes, foxy brushes, craft fur, minnow head, yata.
Yeah, next I need to learn to make my own brushes. One thing at a time.
Mid-country hike-in lakes are getting frosty around the edges, but the fish are still biting

Flytyer · Nov 27, 2023

Sir Homey said:
I’ve been grooving on using brushes for streamer flies lately. Sparkle brushes, foxy brushes, craft fur, minnow head, yata.
Yeah, next I need to learn to make my own brushes. One thing at a time.
Mid-country hike-in lakes are getting frosty around the edges, but the fish are still biting

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Really nice pattern !

Dr. Magill · Nov 28, 2023

Sir Homey said:
I’ve been grooving on using brushes for streamer flies lately. Sparkle brushes, foxy brushes, craft fur, minnow head, yata.
Yeah, next I need to learn to make my own brushes. One thing at a time.
Mid-country hike-in lakes are getting frosty around the edges, but the fish are still biting

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I love tying with brushes

SKYKO · Nov 30, 2023

This picked up a couple instream cutties the other day and the two below got a few small dollies plus another cutt with some missed plucks along the way by me.

jasmillo · Dec 2, 2023

Hit a western Washington lake with @Kfish today. First time I have fished a lake since June/July timeframe. We fished for about 5 hours. Pretty slow fishing but we managed to land some fish and ldr’d some others. Not bad considering I woke up and checked my weather app at 2:00 am and the area was getting dumped on with 30+ mile an hour winds and gusts up to 50 mph. Luckily, by daybreak it had calmed a bit and we were able to take advantage of the window.

These flies hooked fish. The top was the top producer for me.

Kfish · Dec 3, 2023

@jasmillo had the hot flies and got most of the fish yesterday. This white/orange fly got me some.

James St. Clair · Dec 3, 2023

Sweet! We're you guys trolling those? Or casting and stripping?

Kfish · Dec 3, 2023

James St. Clair said:
Sweet! We're you guys trolling those? Or casting and stripping?

Casting most of the time, only trolled when moving around.

Tom Butler · Dec 6, 2023

The little simiseal and grouse caddis I posted when I got frustrated weaving was the hot fly today.

And I'm glad I'm still working on the weave technique, several fish liked the woven stone I tied this morning.

Tom Butler · Dec 8, 2023

Heck with 5 flies, one's really all I ever really seem to need to catch a fish in a river. Confidence fly right here.

Kfish · Dec 9, 2023

Back at it again today with @jasmillo hoping to get into some browns. Taking a page out of @Wanative and @Stonedfish play book I fished a black WB, we did manage to get a brown each along with some bows. Had to call it when the wind and rain got strong enough to push us towards the launch with anchor dragging behind

Wanative · Dec 9, 2023

Kfish said:
Back at it again today with @jasmillo hoping to get into some browns. Taking a page out of @Wanative and @Stonedfish play book I fished a black WB, we did manage to get a brown each along with some bows. Had to call it when the wind and rain got strong enough to push us towards the launch with anchor dragging behind
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Nice looking brown Lou.

jasmillo · Dec 9, 2023

Kfish said:
Back at it again today with @jasmillo hoping to get into some browns. Taking a page out of @Wanative and @Stonedfish play book I fished a black WB, we did manage to get a brown each along with some bows. Had to call it when the wind and rain got strong enough to push us towards the launch with anchor dragging behind
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I’m just glad when the wind picked up, it was blowing towards the launch. That would have been a bit of an arduous row back otherwise

. Lou got the fish of the morning with his nice brown. A couple of decent bows a brown and a couple dinks for me. These flies caught fish though black was definitely the hot color.

SculpinSwinger · Dec 12, 2023

Tied yesterday

Eaten today!

Tom Butler · Dec 17, 2023

I wonder if the fish see a stone fly in the bead head soft hackle gold ribbed hares ear?

Tom Butler · Dec 18, 2023

I'm excited (as well as manic right now

. I learned something new. The green wool and olive/brown hares ear rock worm I posted was as good as the go to's today. Think I'll swap out the silver rib for some chameleon or yellow stren, and add a bit more weight, but I like it. Didn't like that old dai-riki hook with a fast action rod, some issues staying hooked up. I've seen several video's of flies I'd like to try, and I think this will be worth a row or two in the box. Seemed like it really had to be down to work. It got the first eat today.