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Sculpin pattern, name redacted. This one should have some kick and wiggle to it. I'd call the color palette "creative natural" on this one, I blended five different marabou colors and got creative with hackle and feathers and added a plethora of rubber legs. And of course no large sculpin...

I love emerging mayfly patterns. I'd argue that they're the most important mayfly imitations to have in the box- picky fish often prefer them over dun patterns, and in blizzard type hatches they often attract more attention than adult or dun patterns. And, I hate tying parachutes for some reason...

Olive/white "Barely Legals" with a big tungsten cone. If I could only fish one streamer and one color, this would be it. Marabou blended with pearl and gold ice dub. Fished with sinktips or full sinks in larger rivers and lakes, and a full floating line in smaller streams. The jiggy action on...

Spun craft fur leech, sort of an SBS Another use for a super versatile material. Craft fur moves like nothing else, doesn't soak up water, and slinks down real nice when tied sparsely to make for great performing leech patterns. Standard leech body with a tungsten bead. Marabou tail here, but...

Size 10 tungsten stoneflies, dark brown or golden stone usually do the bulk of my nymph damage in W. WA.

A bit different perspective.... Who's resting under this cutbank? This guy: This mid teener buck may be among the baddest fish in the stream, but he still seeks his creature comforts during the daytime. Tucked two feet under a cut bank, he sleeps angled slightly sideways as to prop himself...

Looking forward to this. Could use some casting refinement and maybe try some new heads. Anyone know if there's gonna be a "how not to lose every hooked steelhead" Q&A? Asking for a friend....

Baby PerchGill game changer 4.5" of good meat, two hooks with two articulations in between. These smaller ones tend to not have as much wiggle and instead roll more- a dying fish that's been mauled by something tends to jerk and roll violently before slowly sinking. Hard plastic jerkbaits do a...

Lots of good advice here so I'm echoing here. The first bit of advice I got for beach fishing has remained the most powerful and I'll never forget it: Cover lots of water. Make a cast or two and walk 6 paces or so, and cast again. Or make a short cast angled close to the shore, and a full cast...

A favorite saltwater fly of mine. Designed to be essentially foul free, mostly bulletproof and loaded with lightweight, swimmy materials. Incorporating a tungsten bead for the action it provides, not so much the depth advantage although it will get deep if you allow it. I tend to strip too fast...

My final encounter of the winter. Caught in out of focus 4k! That's an 0-5 this season type of look! Pain. Happy spawning y'all. See you next season

I use daiichi 2460s or Gama B10s for most of my freshwater streamers. The B10s hooks hold up decent in saltwater assuming you rinse them... I'd use Ahrex TP light for my bigger bass and trout streamers and the standard TP for larger musky and pike flies. Ahrex hooks are expensive but I really...

They are often very brash and rarely are even the modest sized ones too wary of a passing diver. They will analyze and follow you even if they don't feel the urge to throw their weight around.

A steelhead favorite, this one on an AJ1.5 iron. In light of recent events, I'm calling this one "Gopnik".

I would imagine that stud bull trout likely aren't concerned with most of the flies that we throw at them. Tempting those fish means throwing something they deem worthy, and to a fish upwards of 30", that may be a 12-14" whitefish or sucker. I've spent a bit of time snorkeling in bull trout...

Streamer- tungsten cone with either craft fur or rabbit behind (sculpin or minner) Big and small dry- Stimulator and a Purple haze Nymphs- flashback CDC bubble mayfly thing and a tungsten bead stonefly Emergers- PT softhackle, sparkle pupa Steelhead- Green butt, lavender body, black marabou w/...

I always fish flies with a lot of white in them. Bull trout are super reactionary predators... white looks like any baitfish that swims and can be seen in any water condition. Olive over white, black over white, tan over white. Or just plain white. 4.5" of olive and white is my go-to for...