Making sucker spawn with jig heads

If your using 1/32 oz jig heads don't see why it wouldn't work. Might need a heavier head for swifter currents. One advantage is you willn't need to add split shot unless it isn't down to where you want it to.
 
Years ago I tied up some woolybuggers using 1/32 jig heads for a coworker. Never did find out how they worked since the closed the shop that same year.

Unless you tie the sucker spawn loops facing away from the hook eye and point i think your going to have trouble with the loops of thread tangling on the hook point and it might cause you to miss or lose a few fish.

Last year i tyed some crystal meth white, with a silver bead as a head.  In stained water on elk worked very good for me.

It work's

is that still considered molded?

Guys,
I must say, honestly I am moving toward a simplistic approach to tying flies of any kind. I have given these fish too much credit for way to long. Simply put, my best patter to catch trout is nothing more then a hook,dubbing and thread. I own **** near every material available to a fly tyer. Fly tying is fun, but 99% of the time the practicality for tying complex patterns just is not worth the hassle. I cant tell you how many patterns that I have fished, tyed, bought that are completely worthless. Sure you can tie a sucker spawn with a jig head, but why? Why would you want to put flies that cost so much to tie in the rocks, trees...everywhere. If you tell me you dont end up in trees and such, your a liar.

This is what it has come to for me, for all trout fishing including steelhead. With nymphs/eggs, of course those **** dry flies are a different story.

1: Sowbugs - 2 colors(gray, water olive) 3 sizes(16,20,24)
2: Pheasant Tails - 3 main colors(not including flash backs) (natural,olive,black)(14->20)
3: Hares Ear Nymphs - Wide range of browns, black, olive - same sizes as pheasant tails
4: SIMPLE Stone Flies - Brown, Black  size 10->18
5: Scuds - same as sowbugs, only green and orange
6: Sucker Spawn(bead and no bead) size 14 and 18 - pink,yellow,white,blue,green
7: Crystal Meth - size 14 and 18 - pink, green
8: globugs - orange,white,chartruse - size 14 and 20
9: larvae - green, cream - 14 and 20


9 PATTERNS! Fished nymph style, I am convinced you dont need anything else. With those 9 you have matched **** near everything floating subsurface. If I cant catch fish on those 9 in multiple colors or sizes, Im going home.

Dont spend all your time focusing on details. Trust me, I did it, its not worth it. Ive got hordes of materials I may never use.

From time to time I get a little creative... I can tell you its only ever pan'd out once! My skien fly, ahh notice I didnt mention that , only a select few know that pattern!

I mostly agree with you and the general idea of keeping it simple.  I'd probably choose a different group of flies, not that I don't agree with your choices, I'm sure that's probably all you need. I'd choose differently just out of personal preference, not necessity.    Like T.T. posted, woolybuggers would definitely be in there. It's an extremely rare day when you can't catch at least a few on them, whether steelhead fishing, stocked trout fishing, or wild trout fishing. Also, short of watching a fish take a floating dry fly, watching a fish chase down a bugger and slam it is probably the most fun to me.
 
I tie other stuff just for kicks, and I still say when fishing over pressured fish, especially steelhead in clear water, it pays to have something, or some technique that they haven't seen before.

some technique

thats the kicker.... may be a right angle dropper, no strike indicator, tuck cast, smaller tippet... flies usually dont matter much when it comes to slight variations in pattern. Everyone should have one secret fly though.

see Im new to the fly tying world. I mean hell the other day I just learned how to tie a Estaz egg. So doing some experimenting is fun. but I like the advice on simple is much easier and better. I was always worried that I didnt make it look exactly like the picture or how some said to do it. like lastnite I left my girl pick the colors for my bugger. Hot pink and black, who knows it might scare the hell out of fish or they might destory it. but I can say I enjoyed tying that. I dont even want to begin describing some of the flies I tied recently only because Im using them as an experiment to say hey this might work or wont even come close to getting a look. and sucker spawns are bout the easiest thing to tie next to a glow bug. 

...and your's is?

I thought I gave you and skip the skien fly.