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WbranchNovember 6th, 2015, 12:43 pm
York & Starlight PA

Posts: 2733		Here are the emerald shiners I tied yesterday. I'm on a roll so think I'll tie another half a dozen to last me through the steelhead season. I wanted to put a dime in the picture so you could get and idea of the size of the flies but I forgot. The #10 are running about 1.5" and the #8 are no longer than 2". You will note I have a belly on the underside. I also have three upper wing materials on most of them. 4 - 6 strands of Flashabou Mirage #3301 over which is a small clump of UV Gray Ice Dub over which is a small clump of olive Finn Raccoon zonker material.

I caught every steelhead on Monday on this fly fished dead drift. Either under an indicator or fished slightly up and across with one "B" split shot about 15" above the fly.




Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Jmd123November 6th, 2015, 2:53 pm
Oscoda, MI

Posts: 2611		Very nice flies again, Matt. I think I have materials to make a close approximation of them, if not the exact same. Dead drifted, huh? That's very interesting, I would think you would swing them.

Jonathon
No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Kschaefer3November 6th, 2015, 3:04 pm
St. Paul, MN

Posts: 376
Very nice flies again, Matt. I think I have materials to make a close approximation of them, if not the exact same. Dead drifted, huh? That's very interesting, I would think you would swing them.

Jonathon

FWIW, I will dead drift a fly over swinging it 95% of the time. There is a time and a place for a swung streamer, but I think it's rare. I typically dead drift streamers, throw them upstream and "jig" them back down or when the fish are really aggressive, throw them straight across and strip them back.

This is just my methodology. There are a lot of streamer anglers much better than me who may disagree.

Also FWIW, I know quite a few guys who fish spinners (Pather Martin's and Mepp's, not Rusty Spinners :)) for steelhead and catch loads of fish, while fly guys are scratching their heads wondering why their nymphs and eggs didn't catch a thing.


Matt - I love those flies! You sent me one a couple years ago and I have been tying and fishing them with great success on my favorite river for resident trout ever since!

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