Favorite winter steelhead flies

bigboy70 · Dec 8, 2014

Trying to get setup for success hoping some of you wont mind sharing some patterns. Right now I have Marabou tubes, hobo spey, fish tacos, and the almighty intruder.

bigboy70 · Dec 8, 2014

Here are some patterns I tied recently. I'm not one to buy flies lol

JonT · Dec 8, 2014

Not always good to go huge, but I like to anyways.

bigboy70 · Dec 9, 2014

Whats the pink and orange one called

bigboy70 · Dec 9, 2014

Are those the shanks you tie on ?

JonT · Dec 9, 2014

bigboy70 said:
Whats the pink and orange one called

Not sure. I used to crush cobia on that fly in Florida. Tried swinging it and the steelhead liked it too, so I tweeked it to be more spey-friendly.

JonT · Dec 9, 2014

bigboy70 said:
Are those the shanks you tie on ?

Those are new. I'm giving them a shot. I like them because they are beefy, but might be a little too heavy duty for the dumbells I like.

bigboy70 · Dec 9, 2014

Hmm interestibg

hobster · Dec 9, 2014

Nice lookin flies, both of you :thumb: I can tie jigs in my sleep ( so easy to do) but have yet to tie nice flies. I've done some basic flies for smallmouth and some still water flies, hopefully I will have time this winter to work on my craft. I imagine winters would like brighter colors and summers darker, but that also depends on the water conditions.

bigboy70 · Dec 9, 2014

I think the big things are water clarity and temp of the river

JonT · Dec 9, 2014

_RJ_ · Dec 10, 2014

Favorite winter steelhead flies

Pretty much anything pink...

Guide Intruder, Signature Intruder, Fish Taco, Squidro, Alaskabou Popsicle, Hoh Bo Spey, Foxee Dog, and of course various leeches.

bigboy70 · Dec 10, 2014

Now thats an intruder jonT nicely done if you ever feel like taking a rookie out lol let me know.

Rj thats very similar to what o have. was told to stay away from bunny until I can cast better cause its like a sponge

_RJ_ · Dec 10, 2014

bigboy70 said:
Now thats an intruder jonT nicely done if you ever feel like taking a rookie out lol let me know.

Rj thats very similar to what o have. was told to stay away from bunny until I can cast better cause its like a sponge

Yes and no... Yes they do soak up water. However they have fantastic movement and if you can roll cast you can get one out there. I wouldn't NOT try some. I tie all my own flies and I can make them really heavy, almost un-castable or shorter and sparsely tied to lighten them up. Fishermans has some short pink bunnies they sell. I bet you could cast those no problem.

Stonefish · Dec 10, 2014

I don't fly fish for steelhead much anymore, but I had pretty good luck using chenille worms.
Not nearly as good looking as a intruder, moal etc, but effective non the less. Silvers, chums, humpies, bull trout and cutthroat eat them as well.
SF

bigboy70 · Dec 10, 2014

Awesome idea for the Deschutes !!!!! Since no bait

hcole · Dec 11, 2014

How are those worms tied? They look like they'd move well in the water.

Stonefish · Dec 11, 2014

Hcole,
They do have good movement.
I palmer the chenille around braid just like you would a moal leech.
If you want to attach the worm to a front hook rather then a stinger, you can braid three pieces of chenille together to create the worm.
SF

JonT · Dec 11, 2014

Those look deadly, no doubt!

brandon4455 · Dec 11, 2014

i'll upload pics later, but my favorites are shrimp pink colored egg sucking leech,or a peach colored egg pattern of any kind. I don't really swing flies so mostly nymphing stuff for me.

SF, how do you get the chenille to wrap tight on the braid to where it stays like that? i tried last season and just couldn't get it to stay tight.Any tips are appreciated cause i tried worm flies last year and the fish love them!! i plan on tying a bunch of i can figure it out.

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