Fly Pattern Survey

[luv2drift]

I would just like a quick survey of your top five fly patterns and hook size for rainbows/steelhead including surface and sub-surface.

[MJL]

After some serious thought, I came up with these

 

My Top 5 producers of 2006

5. Prince nymph - Size 10-12

4. Black stonefly - Size 6-10

3. Purple Austrian variant - Size 4

2. Egg-pattern (any) - various sizes

1. Black woolly bugger - Size 8

 

My 5 most fun to use

5. Bunny Leech - Size 2-4 on a strip/swing retrieve

4. Clouser minnow - Size 1/0 to 2 off the pier or beach (Watch your head)

3. John Valk micro spey on a swing (Watch your shoulder on the take)

2. Black woolly bugger - Size 8 (it's a numbers pattern)

1. Wake N bake surface fly - Only caught 1 steelhead off the top with it but it was pure bliss when it took. Haven't seen them rise since

Edited May 3, 2007 by MJL

[bigfish1965]

I like the metal zipper ones. Plastic wears out too fast.

[danbo]

I agree with MJl ...but my secret weapon is...

A White marabou streamer with krystal flash wound over silver tinsel for body.

Use a lead-weighted belly one for deep/fast water.

Bead-chain eyes & black thread for head, with a red marabou throat. Killer in warmer temps when trout will chase a swung fly. Browns too.

[huntervasili]

HMMM... Definately a

#14-20 BHpheasant tail nymph

#14 Elk heair caddis

8-10 Wooly buggers (black and green)

hendricksons for this time of year and a little later

and a few good zonker like patterns

[BabyHerc]

Streamers and buggers all the way!

[luv2drift]

nice