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Curt, what's the tipoff that it might be a female? Some more food for thought. I seem to remember reading a Pete Soverel article in The Osprey or somewhere years ago where he talked about catching small steelhead in the fall on a dry line below the snoqualmie/sky confluence.

I think you're right Salmo_G Jack is what I'm thinking. Here's a resident trout which came from the same river on the same day and was colored up...

A 15 inch fish caught today on an S river. Adipose fin indicates it's wild. Trout or One salt steelhead or Jack coho?

No idea why most streamer flies have turned down eyes. A 5x long straight eye hook is recommended for thunder Creek minnows because it makes it easier to manipulate the materials at the head when tying. Surprised noone wants to tie muddlers with straight eye hooks for the same reason.

I have some 5/0 mustad m’s. I trot them out every now and then for dry line steelhead

Stone River Outfitters also has some great long shank streamer hooks like the Partridge CS5 9x long hook. https://www.stoneriveroutfitters.com/fly-tying/fly-tying-hooks/partridge-cs5-9x-heritage-streamer-hooks.html

I too have a hard time finding the long shank hooks in local stores. Maybe someone else can weigh in on a good local source. Dette flies has a great selection of streamer hooks. I like their Mustad 5X long and 7X long hooks. https://detteflies.com/collections/streamer-hooks

Flybill, I'll be interested in what you decide as to bamboo spey. I've got JS Sharpes impregnated bamboo 10', 12', 13' and 14' fly rods. They are amazing values and are spey casting machines. Some people say they are too heavy but I don't find that to be the case, especially with the 12' and...

I tie lots of Bull trout flies and some steelhead flies on classic long shank new england streamer hooks. Allows me to fish a larger fly with a reasonable sized hook gape to minimize mortality and damage to the mouth... And no, I've had no trouble with fish coming off due to the leverage...

Way cheaper to simply ship youself as opposed to using a small flat rate box. I buy first USPS first class labels from Pirate Ship and use my own small box. I've mailed two 3.5" sharpes in the past two weeks. $5.71 Washington to Montana and $5.49 within Washington.

Another Sharpes of Aberdeen Gordon fly reel (the last of three which I am selling here). $40 plus shipping (which I'm guessing will be $5-6). 3.5" wide and 1.25" wide. Weighs 6.1 ounces. This reel was made in Aberdeen Scotland by Sharpes of Aberdeen. Non-adjustable two way drag which can be used...

I want to figure out how to catch the spooky cutts in this slough...

Sold Pending Payment. Another Sharpes of Aberdeen Gordon fly reel (the second of three which I will sell here). $40 plus shipping (which I'm guessing will be $5-6). 3.5" wide and 1.25" wide. Weighs 6.2 ounces. This reel was made in Aberdeen Scotland by Sharpes of Aberdeen. Non-adjustable...

My biggest change over the years was acquiring a Granger Champion 9050 bamboo fly rod maybe 10 years ago. Started down the bamboo path. Today 25 of my 28 fly rods are bamboo. I don't think I've fished anything but bamboo for the past three years and that includes winter spey fishing.

Claimed by MGM. Salt water hooks. Size 1/0 TMC 800S, Size 2 Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp and Size 4 Orvis salt water hooks.

Plenty of Arctic Char in Iceland... We had char ceviche, grilled char and smoked char at the lodge. Delicious...

Sold. 3.5 inch Sharpes Gordon fly reel made by Sharpes of Aberdeen. Non-adjustable two way drag which can be used left or right handed. Reel is perfect with 5 weight or 6 weight line. Reel is in decent used condition with normal wear and tear from fishing. See pictures below and a...

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Here are pics of the inside of a 4' grenaby, 3.5" grenaby and 3" grenaby. Very simple clicker systems which work for left or right hand wind. The drag on the Grenabys is not adjustable. The Ambassador and President reels have an adjustable drag which is controlled by a knob. If you are...

I’ve been expanding my collection of classic farlows reels. Well made, great clickers, heavy enough to balance bamboo rods and cheaper than the equivalent Hardy. The 3” Grenabys are nice with a 4-5 weight line. The 3.5” Grenabys are great with a 6 weight line. The 3.75 and 4” narrow...