Great flies!!

Halleluiah! I saw the light as well but it must have been a different spectrum and I am now an inveterate tip tyer.

Dawn dishwashing soap refills in my Xink container makes an inexpensive degreaser/sinkant for leader and flies. Tested and proven in many oil slicks. As Carl said streamside mud isn't a bad alternative.

I would say that my swing is the same. Like Carl, I fish the swing varying it more for the water fished than the fish. Steelhead are Rainbow trout and take drifted nymphs, eggs, attractors and bait just like resident trout. Whether or not you can feel a subtle take of a Steelhead or other trout on a...

Beautiful fly!

This is the only October Caddis that I fish consistently with a dead drift. http://www.west-fly-fishing.com/photopost/data/500/medium/IMGP1684.JPG And this is done usually in the spring, casting into a riffle washing down into the prime lie of a pool. The rest of these and more are fished in a wide ...

but should use a Jackdaw hackle.

My favorite bug and fly!

Beautiful fly!

Another must try combination, did you tie this forward or back?

Great looking fly, is it going in the cold water soon next year for Steelies?