Barred Matuka Leech on a weighted tube

[SalaR]

Tied this fly on Saturday waiting to go lake fishing for some nice trout...
Big Trout like Big Flies!
Here's' the fly and the trout...have ben sick as a dog fighting off this cold/Flu but had to get out!!

[btree]

Zing...
nice fish, nice fly!
Is that a cuttie or a steelie?

[SalaR]

you tell me...!?? Landed several larger but the pictures didn't turn out too well...

[SalaR]

What I can tell you is that I am very fast becoming a Tube fly fisher...in almost all situations...the only situation I haven't really tried is with dry flies but the conditions will soon be upon us and we shall see.
C
PS...fighting the fish with a small hook has many advantages....and with tubes you can place your hook where you want it.

[11th Warrior]

I must say, those are some nice fish. The one in your 2nd post looks to be about 6lbs? (although it might just be the angle the pic was taken).

[btree]

Sounds like a great day on the water.

It's f-ing snowing right now...so ya, I can't wait to get down to the Island.

[11th Warrior]

It's f-ing snowing right now...so ya, I can't wait to get down to the Island.

Don't rush...it's hailing here in Courtenay.

[SalaR]

Man...what a winter...Spring isn't much better either..However,there are some very nice Sea Run Cutthroat trout pounding on all the Pink Salmon fry leaving the streams...a fellow brought in a picture last week of a cuttie he landed off Nile Creek that measured near 24"...yahoo!
C

[11th Warrior]

I have to make my way down your direction soon. I've been skunked the last 2 times I've been out

[SalaR]

The tides are almost perfect for me to drop along the beaches on the way home from the store and play a bit...we just went through the full moon and that usually means many fish begin to move ...a change in the season/...perhaps
C