justinl8688
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Favorite Steelei flies!
If you only had 5 flies to take to the tribs this steelhead season what would they be?
My Box:
Sucker Spawn
Black stone Fly
Estaz Egg
White Flesh Fly with glue egg
Sharks Caddis (Waxie immitation)
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/25 18:26:16
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In this order: 1. Estaz Egg 2. Salmon River Flea 3. Glo Bug 4. Sucker Spawn 5. Crystal Meth
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/25 19:40:28
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Erie Tribs:
1. Peach Sucker Spawn
2. Cream Sucker Spawn
3. White Sucker Spawn
4. Pink Sucker Spawn
5. Chartreuse Sucker Spawn
Not in any particular order.
Ontario Tribs:
1. Black Wooly Bugger
2. White Wooly Bugger
3. Olive egg sucking leech
4. Cream Sucker Spawn
5. Samon River Flea
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/25 20:17:46
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Where can I find a website with the pattern for the Salmon River Flea. I've never heard of this fly. Thanks.
Mike
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/25 20:53:40
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 10:29:44
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 11:40:56
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emerald green beadtail caddis
small black stonefly nymph
estaz eggs
egg-sucking leeches
glo-bugs
honorable mentions:
sucker spawn
buggers
hex nymphs
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justinl8688
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 13:12:06
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I never knew what that fly was called (the salmon river flea) i got one in a salmon crazy fly swap and I was like what is this?? But it works for steelies on erie??? what are other good colors.. bc those are super easy to tie
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 14:07:23
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Quietman-
I fish mostly the same as you with a nymph trailing an egg pattern. It sounds bad to say that I fish the same way everytime, but I've become confident enough with that setup on all of the tribs that I just rig it up before I go. I can then just make minor changes with the trailer and weight once I get to the stream.
Mike
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 17:04:40
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Cyrstal Meth
Sucker Spawn
Stonefly nymphs
Peacockherl nymph
Flash streamers
Wolly Buggers
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 17:41:14
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ORIGINAL: justinl8688
I never knew what that fly was called (the salmon river flea) i got one in a salmon crazy fly swap and I was like what is this?? But it works for steelies on erie??? what are other good colors.. bc those are super easy to tie
I've had good luck with many of the popular egg colors that are common in the Erie area. This pattern also works well on trout in many waters.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 21:51:49
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ORIGINAL: justinl8688
I never knew what that fly was called (the salmon river flea) i got one in a salmon crazy fly swap and I was like what is this?? But it works for steelies on erie??? what are other good colors.. bc those are super easy to tie
This is my favorite fly on the Erie Tribs.....Chartreuse and Orange is my favorite....I tie it in a couple different color combinations.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/26 23:47:47
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ORIGINAL: justinl8688
If you only had 5 flies to take to the tribs this steelhead season what would they be?
My Box:
Sucker Spawn
Black stone Fly
Estaz Egg
White Flesh Fly with glue egg
Sharks Caddis (Waxie immitation)
Here are my top six:
#10 BH Pink body/Chartruese tail bugger
#14 Peach Sucker Spawn
#16 BH Prince Nymph
#10 Pearl Estaz Bugger
#18 Pale Yellow Blood Dot
#12 Blood Red San Juan Worm
changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes....nothing remains quite the same The Beerman ~ Greg
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/28 07:26:07
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ORIGINAL: justinl8688
If you only had 5 flies to take to the tribs this steelhead season what would they be?
Just five? For the whole season? I've gone through that many flies in one day. I'd probably carry 3 olives woolly buggers and 2 in white.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/28 12:34:03
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/29 14:15:52
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ORIGINAL: dano
ORIGINAL: justinl8688
If you only had 5 flies to take to the tribs this steelhead season what would they be?
Just five? For the whole season?
I've gone through that many flies in one day.
I'd probably carry 3 olives woolly buggers and 2 in white.
P.S. Emerald shinner pattern Black Bugger Soft hackles Bead head PT
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/07/31 09:59:07
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flea 
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/08/01 00:03:44
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Justin,
Normally I carry about 300 flies but I keep going back to:
1. Orange Sucker Spawn #14
2. Olive Wooly Bugger
3. Pearl scud #16/18
4. Black Wooly Bugger
5. One of Bughawks' Copperstonescuds He created it, and it works. (Looks like a scud shape (arched back) with stone tail ( split vee) and a copper wrapped body that lets the dubbing (brown) through.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/08/01 16:42:29
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Sucker Spawn
Minnow Pattern
Comet
Bunny leach
Deer Head Sculpin
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/08/08 02:20:31
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how would u tie the emerald shiner ?
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2007/08/08 11:29:18
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flip hook upside down, tie in a small amount of white hair, rotate hook right side up again, tie in a small amount of crystal flash. Tie in a small clump of olive bucktail, form thread head, stick on prizm eyes and epoxy.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 16:07:25
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Hair's ear
buggers
glow bugs
white w/ flash streamer
sucker spawn
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 16:28:35
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ORIGINAL: dano
Just five? For the whole season?
I've gone through that many flies in one day.
I'd probably carry 3 olives woolly buggers and 2 in white.
Can't go wrong with that.. Wolly Buggers are excellent steelhead flies. Really that's the "universal" fly I think. Catches most fresh water fish.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 16:42:48
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If I could only carry five different types of flies:
Black wooly bugger
"Salmon Roe" orange sucker spawn
Olive wooly bugger
white wooly bugger
pink sucker spawn
I'd probably need at least 300 of each, seeing how I'm probably going to be feeding two sons and two nephews.
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 19:13:04
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sucker spawn
crystal meth
glo bug
woolly bugger/egg sucking leech
soft hackle
and that is about all I ever use. every now and then I pull out a stone or something of that nature, but those 5 (in that order) never leave my box
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 20:48:03
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Egg Sucking Leech - Chartreuse & Black
Sucker Spawn - White, Chartreuse, Pink, Peach
Bead Head Woolly Bugger - Olive and Gold, Black and Gold
Estaz Egg - Chartreuse
Crystal Meth - Orange, Pink, Chartreuse
That's pretty much it for my fly box and I fish the Lake Erie Tribs and the Ontario Tribs for steelhead from now till May
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/16 21:15:35
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sucker spawn
chrystal meth
glo bug
wooly bugger
zonker strip
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/23 22:44:24
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1) Light yellow sucker spawn 2) Lake Erie emeral shiner 3) Rummel's wooly worm 4) Black wooly bugger 5) Pheasant tail nymph I've had my best luck with these five on the Lake Erie Tribs.
post edited by catchnrelease5 - 2008/09/23 22:47:25
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/24 10:11:03
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1. Creme S/S
2. Phesant Tail
3. Light Pink Glo Bug
4. Disco Minnow
5. Pink/Black Clouser Jig
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RE: Favorite Steelei flies!
2008/09/24 11:09:00
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milty eggs
streamers
marabou jigs
woolie buggers
estez egg sucking leach
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