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I’ve tied a bunch of pistol petes on tmc 5262 #8 for cutthroat. Those work really well with one 1/8 brass bead behind the propeller.

Matt Good try but none of that data is relevant with regards to what they might be eating at the hatchery pool by the Barrier Dam. Sturgeon occur but are rare. I don’t believe that there are any lamprey. Most of the Springers are still in the Columbia. There are some leftover winter...

What sort of evidence do you require, forensic or circumstantial? If it’s the former, some miscreant would need to kill one and take a stomach sample. If it’s the latter, you could see that only 6 springers have returned to the hatchery, but they are releasing smolts. Seriously, I don’t know...

Another jumbo votes for the 2” black bunny leech with an orange bead head. The hoop on the net is 18” long so this RB was 20” or so. They won’t take it trolled, you need to strip the fly.

Magic Eraser or a Wonder Cloth to clean the cork than a thin coat of U-40 cork sealer to keep the fish slime from soaking in. A coat of furniture wax on the rod shaft once a year and a bit of bees wax on the ferrules keeps everything copacetic.

Tom If you want to catch big fish you need to fish where there are big fish and most of the time you need to fish a large fly. Good luck.

This picture was taken a few days ago at the Barrier Dam on the Cowlitz.

Tried this #8 Pistol Pete bugger for the jumbos. Water was cold and stained brownish green so I thought a little more flask might help. A couple strands of blue flashibou in the tail and a gold propeller in front of the cone.

This fellow was observed a few days ago at the Barrier Dam in the Cowlitz. Feeding on smolts?

Flies for Pinks or Coho OAL 1 1/4-1 1/2” Materials- schlappen, pink hackle chenille, silver Mylar, silver braid, crystal flash

Me too. He did some amazing things with the twisted silver wire and silk floss as tags on steelhead flies. The attached photo is from a shadow box with an original Alec Jackson fly. Some of the folks on the forum who like fancy Steelhead flies can probably apply this technique.

I gave up on wire because it cuts the peacock herl sometimes. I’m experimenting with the crystal flash for reinforcement. If it doesn’t work I’ll add a strand of 6/0 thread.

I made this chenille body for a leech with 4 strands of peacock twisted with 2 strands of red crystal flash and 2 strands of root beer crystal flash. Wishing I had blue instead of the root beer. Flashabou won’t work.

I have 3 or 4 RIO Gold lines for 5 and 6 wt single hand rods. I think they’re great. It’s a long belly design and they perform really well with vastly different rods. I can fish a dry fly or an indicator and since the line has 3 color setons tell where the head ends where the sweet spot is...

The same crystal flash that’s in the tail. Use a bodkin to form a tiny loop. Peacock herl thorax.

Ask Johnny Cash. Who would name a boy Sue?

Size 18 bead head chironomid pattern caught this hatchery Rainbow:

I use one of those drill bits with the hex butt and do it by hand. Doesn’t take much to drill styrofoam.

The embroidery floss works great for a size 8 stonefly. On a Caddis you should try v rib. Makes for a very interesting fly.

James- there are so many great tiers and photographers on this forum that I would be embarrassed to be recognized with a win. In particular Norm with his married wings, Scott P with those damned muddlers, Bongoman, Jack Devlin, Kfish and many more. I’d encourage you to look at the videos and...