Fly Tying/Fishing Thread

[Ought Six]

Wind is blowing, snowy, and cold, local freestones were pretty iced over yesterday when I looked and don’t feel like driving to a tailwater today. Prepping rigs for quick on the water changes. Have had a lot of success with a light/dark rig. Keep them on Loon fly foams and swap at a tippet ring.

 

[TheTone]

Digging all the streamers! One of my goals for this year is way more fly fishing

 

[Ought Six]

Here’s a nice one from a few years back on a self tied sparkle minnow. Fish was sitting in front of a decent sized boulder, completely hidden, in a slow, 3’-ish deep pool in crystal clear water. When the sparkle minnow came twitching in front of the rock, he came flying out of nowhere, to my surprise, and smashed it, really cool eat to watch. Was living in SW MT at the time and had a lot more time on my hands to fish…

 

[Hem]

Love that tail fin! Looks like one that could jump some serious waterfalls...

The trout in that river have huge tails, it's a pretty cool feature on those fish. The are very strong.

 

[Ought Six]

The trout in that river have huge tails, it's a pretty cool feature on those fish. The are very strong.

I haven’t fished cray patterns a whole lot. I think they would be money on one of my favorite fisheries, and have tied up quite a few different patterns, but haven’t let them step into the batters box. Is that a self tied pattern?

 

[Hem]

I haven’t fished cray patterns a whole lot. I think they would be money on one of my favorite fisheries, and have tied up quite a few different patterns, but haven’t let them step into the batters box. Is that a self tied pattern?

It's a Clouser Cray with a gray body.
Pretty basic fly which I use mostly in the winter. Typically I buy this pattern, and it's the only crawfish pattern I use for trout.
I don't lose these much because I fish a very heavy tippet.

 

[Beignet]

I haven’t fished cray patterns a whole lot. I think they would be money on one of my favorite fisheries, and have tied up quite a few different patterns, but haven’t let them step into the batters box. Is that a self tied pattern?

I’ve got some that I’ve used for smallmouth in the past and have no clue why I never pack em for troots.

 

[Hem]

Snotty day....4 hours of rain and snow but no wind. Paid off with the one and only fish. 25"-26" at close to 5lbs. Pretty psyched, one of the better river browns in recent years

 

[Ought Six]

Snotty day....4 hours of rain and snow but no wind. Paid off with the one and only fish. 25"-26" at close to 5lbs. Pretty psyched, one of the better river browns in recent years
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Hell of a fish Hem! Makin me feel like a sissy for not getting out today. Might try the morning

 

[devon deer]

Snotty day....4 hours of rain and snow but no wind. Paid off with the one and only fish. 25"-26" at close to 5lbs. Pretty psyched, one of the better river browns in recent years
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That looks so much like one of our Sea Trout that we have over here

 

[Hem]

Nobody fishing???

 

[MTLabrador]

Nobody fishing???

I’m working today, but that brown of yours might have convinced me to give it a go next week. Streamer?

 

[Salmonchaser]

Not one of my flies. You should have seen the one that got away!
My favorites for silver salmon

 

[Hem]

I’m working today, but that brown of yours might have convinced me to give it a go next week. Streamer?

I'm not having much action.with streamers, fishing more stone flies, midge patterns, and in this case, previously discussed in this thread, using my go to crayfish pattern. This fish was lying in a pretty slack deep pool.

 

[Ought Six]

Small tungsten beaded jig nymphs in prep for the Bighorn this weekend. Haven’t fished sow bugs/scuds on a jig hook with a tungsten bead before. Prefer a streamers from the boat between holes, not much of a bobber from the boat kind of guy

 

[MTLabrador]

Small tungsten beaded jig nymphs in prep for the Bighorn this weekend. Haven’t fished sow bugs/scuds on a jig hook with a tungsten bead before. Prefer a streamers from the boat between holes, not much of a bobber from the boat kind of guyView attachment 313986

Those little pink ones will be your huckleberry, with an 18-20 midge dropped behind.

 

[KB_]

I see you are local. Plenty of options, just have do it. The warm weather has really brought people out though.

Yea I've noticed a lot of guys out there still fishing last few weeks. I'll be out there soon.

 

[Ought Six]

Cream and brown Peanut Envy type variation today, don’t mind my crappy old vice…

 

[Hem]

I'm tying a few of my basic streamer patterns tonight. Playing with some color combinations.
I sometimes run them under the faucet to see what they look like wet.
You can hold me to it....this fly will catch me some fish.

 

[R.K.]

Brood XIX cicada hatch coming this summer. I will not be caught unprepared.