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Cuttie classic flies
Hey any one have some classic spey or dee flies that work for cutties or classic wet flies
cant beat a mickey finn,
"the steelhead i fish for can have any colour fly they want... as long as it's black" - Trey Combs
Lady Caroline is a beauty.
"Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish." ~ Roderick Haig-Brown
Will they go after,the,same,spey as steelhead just smaller size?
Same size or smaller, mind you, I've had a cuttie intercept a big #2 black & purple wooly bugger while sight fishing steelies on a west side flow. A nice steelie was slowly rising to check out my offering when an 18" cuttie darted in and stole the show. Not exactly what I was expecting, but fun nonetheless. So cutties are pretty agressive when in the mood and will some pretty big flies. This time of year, I like a black and blue bunny leech, or an egg sucking sculpin pattern.
"Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish." ~ Roderick Haig-Brown
I usually fish rolled muddlers or mikkey fin but I want to catch a fish on spey fly
Well, any spey type pattern than looks like a fry or minnow pattern will work. Cutties are quite agressive. In the winter, I like the coquihalla orange, or something like that - sparse orange shrimp fly of some kind. In the early spring, you can switch over to alevin patterns - ie. a spey fly (bronze mallard wing) with a red, orange or purple body tied super sparse as far as hackling. Go with a red or orange throat and you should have fish galore if they are around.
I hope those that tied these beauties don't mind me posting them, but I think they are killer for both cutties and steelies:
I'm likely to tie up a dozen of these as soon as I get some more bronze mallard!
Ok, so I tied this one, but it works - replace the hair wing with bronze mallard and you got something that looks a little more like a spey.
Something like this would work too.
Any who, that should give you some ammunition
Last edited by btree; December 16th, 2011 at 07:29 PM.
"Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish." ~ Roderick Haig-Brown
Not a Spey or Dee but a great little fly I use on SRC
Great looking ties you two. Lost those hairwing patterns for sure.
"It's a curious fact that estimated lengths and weights tend to make a fish larger than it really is!" Mike Maxwell, 'The Gilly'
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