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Patterns you should never leave with out.
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msmith14
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Patterns to never leave home without.
Hi, I just started steelhead fishing this year and I had had some luck with glo bug egg patterns but every one is using them and I want to know what outer patterns works just as well as them. I mean patterns I can tie on and be just as confident they will catch just as many fish a glo bug will. I was wondering if any one would be willing to share some patterns they never leave home with out when steelhead fishing besides egg patterns. I have tried stone fly's but I have not had any luck with them. Do they work better in the spring or something?
Thanks.
Hi, I just started steelhead fishing this year and I had had some luck with glo bug egg patterns but every one is using them and I want to know what outer patterns works just as well as them. I mean patterns I can tie on and be just as confident they will catch just as many fish a glo bug will. I was wondering if any one would be willing to share some patterns they never leave home with out when steelhead fishing besides egg patterns. I have tried stone fly's but I have not had any luck with them. Do they work better in the spring or something?
Thanks.
G Lech
New member
At least your honest....
And if your not breaking any rules.
Who gives a shit!
I'm gonna start bead fishing for stockies.
I'm not kidding.
WBDluver
Official NEFF pot stirrer
Luke do not go to the dark side.
Ms, stay on the high road. Simms has been known to use a pitchfork just to fill his creel. :no:
I thought that is what you lived for Old Guy... or is it just mine you love killing?
Anyway, back on topic.
Petey - Po why don't you tell us about the olden days when you would cast a net out upon the seas...
Fishing rods and lures were still 1,700 years away.
I don't consider beads flies, but Simm's posts on beads clear some smoke from this sport. One does not need to have 6000 flies including 5 stages of each common Eastern hatch and 2 or 3 stages of the rarer ones plus a wet fly box, a streamer box, a junk fly box, and a box for each month of the year to catch lots of fish.
You can keep it simple, even though few of us can resist the lure of carrying at least 12 lbs of flies with us at all times.
Dark parachute dry fly, light parachute mayfly, a brown bugger, and some pheasant tails probably will do it.
I like chamois worms and sucker spawn. Maybe a Walt's Worm or two. Prince nymphs in the fall. Rusty spinners in the evening. Big ugly streamers in high water. Usuals in cadis waters. Zebra midges, RS2s, red midge larvae, Al's Rats etc when they are taking small stuff. Rainbow warriors seem to work almost all the time and I wouldn't go to a limestoner without a few scuds. Pretty soon I am drowning in flies.
You can keep it simple, even though few of us can resist the lure of carrying at least 12 lbs of flies with us at all times.
Dark parachute dry fly, light parachute mayfly, a brown bugger, and some pheasant tails probably will do it.
I like chamois worms and sucker spawn. Maybe a Walt's Worm or two. Prince nymphs in the fall. Rusty spinners in the evening. Big ugly streamers in high water. Usuals in cadis waters. Zebra midges, RS2s, red midge larvae, Al's Rats etc when they are taking small stuff. Rainbow warriors seem to work almost all the time and I wouldn't go to a limestoner without a few scuds. Pretty soon I am drowning in flies.
Trout Guy
Brookie's or Bust!
If your dead drifting nymphs, stoneflys are a must. Ive been using BH Golden rubber legged stones and also Aaron Jaspers Drone Stone (E-N Anchor fly) tied on a 2x size 8 streamer hook in either black/brown or brown/yellow or brown/orange. The drone stone is difficult to tie at first beacuse you have to weave the body. It cuts throught the water column and gets down to the fish FAST! Its not normally used in steelheading so i think the fish aren't used to seeing this pattern lobbed at them every day..
I fished the lower fly zone and the sportsman pool yesterday and this morning. The fish were feeding very agressively today.. I hooked up to about 8 fish each day but only landed 2 total, my tippet kept breaking at the blood knot.. Switched to 10lb and then i was fine.
Wiggle stones also work very well!!
I fished the lower fly zone and the sportsman pool yesterday and this morning. The fish were feeding very agressively today.. I hooked up to about 8 fish each day but only landed 2 total, my tippet kept breaking at the blood knot.. Switched to 10lb and then i was fine.
Wiggle stones also work very well!!
nicklenuts
New member
Parachute Adams
Stimulator
Goddard caddis
Gray comparadun
Zug bug
Prince
March brown emerger
Peacock backed wooly bugger
Ausable ugly
Pats rubber legs
Muddler
Stimulator
Goddard caddis
Gray comparadun
Zug bug
Prince
March brown emerger
Peacock backed wooly bugger
Ausable ugly
Pats rubber legs
Muddler
CTobias
Professional BS'r
Re: Patterns to never leave home without.
Tie on a Michigan Cricket. They work great in the cemetary pool.
Glo Bugs are for wankers. Tie up some teenie krystal flash flies, olive nypmh patterns, wooly buggers (olive and black) sculpin patterns, egg sucking leeches will still work too. Tie up some scud patterns as well in brown and olive, bead head caddis in olive and brown.
Tie on a Michigan Cricket. They work great in the cemetary pool.
Glo Bugs are for wankers. Tie up some teenie krystal flash flies, olive nypmh patterns, wooly buggers (olive and black) sculpin patterns, egg sucking leeches will still work too. Tie up some scud patterns as well in brown and olive, bead head caddis in olive and brown.
