Steelhead Flies
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Steelhead Flies
#1I like to swing a modified Pass Lake soft hackle for Great Lake steelhead. What flies are your favorites? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Steelhead Flies
#4Amazing array of flies and most notably for me is the sparseness of materials unlike some of the more heavily dressed salmon flies I've seen. I had no idea that there were so many Steelhead specific flies and all beautifully tied of course! Having one each mounted in a nice frame would make a stunning display for a tying room or den.
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#5I always loved Akroyd Dee fly and Spey fly, albeit I've always been challenged tying Spey flies well
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#7I like tying and fishing spey-type patterns but hands down, the most productive fly I've used for Great Lakes steelhead is a bunny leech. Pretty it ain't, but it's easy and quick to tie, which makes a difference when you're fishing deep and slow in typical snag-filled GL tributaries and losing a lot of flies.
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Re: Steelhead Flies
#8In the NW, I swung a myriad of marabou flies with endless variations in materials to combine. It was pragmatic choice swinging deep and losing flies and one look at a fly's action in the water can say if fishy. But sometimes it's good to swing a classic fly just for the sake of it.
If really low flow in summer, I always gravitated to swinging a buggy undertaker
Joe
If really low flow in summer, I always gravitated to swinging a buggy undertaker
Joe
Re: Steelhead Flies
#11A recent swap on a different board gave 7 of us this bunch to put into our steelhead box. Since we were each doing two flies if you look in the center you'll see a #6 Perdigon to add a little variety. The fly just above is mine also. The heavy nymph design is to get down quick in those deep runs where I've taken many chromers in the past up north on Lake Superior streams. I will admit as I have before most of the fish we caught were just on a couple of tufts of yard tucked under a snelled #4 Mustad and trimmed to egg shape.
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Re: Steelhead Flies
#14That. Fishing for Great Lakes Steelhead isn't a classic experience for the most part--when the weather's nice it can get crowded and you get a front-row seat to combat fishing--so you want to go when the weather totally sucks, when it's snowing and sleeting, and the fish are hugging the bottom and in no hurry to go anywhere or chase anything. So eggs and Bunny Leeches (as suggested), and similar flies are the way to go.
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