kyler16
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Steelhead Scudds
at work tonite I was checking out our flies for steelhead. Has anyone ever used the reddish colored scud for steelhead? there are alot bigger then the scuds I use for trout and was wondering if they worked at alll?
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jlh42581
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/02 09:18:55
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First...Theres only three color of scuds ever worth throwing. Olive, olive with an orange egg, and orange.
Also, they are usually only found in spring creeks and none of the erie tribs are spring creeks, they are all freestone.
They may work, certainly wouldnt be my first choice, although they may look like larvae theyre used to seeing in the lake.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/02 09:38:14
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Put in in front of their face and they'll eat it. Mysis shrimp are a hot pattern for Erie tribs. Any color will work; just match color with water conditions. You would want to throw red in clear water.
There are actually red shrimp in lake erie, they are small too. Right up your alley.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/02 09:56:57
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/02 22:51:54
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I've had success (steelhead) using the crystal white mysis shrimp pattern sized #16 + #18.
post edited by beerman - 2007/08/02 22:53:23
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/03 14:32:35
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Gentlemen,
I have used a pearl and a very pale sulfer scud (both hard backed) for steel and I have had moderate success. The weird thing is that I seem to catch bigger fish on the scuds and smaller fish on egg patterns. Probably just me.
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kyler16
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/03 15:04:33
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When I was fishing in state college on spring creek with the scuds I was using a bh phesant tail and then the scud would the same work for steelhead?
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/03 17:06:58
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Everything works for steelhead.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/06 15:35:02
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ORIGINAL: dano
Everything works for steelhead.
What Dano said^^^^^ They will eat anything. Sometimes they take certain things better than others, but if it fits in their mouth, they'll eat it at one time or another. When they are tough in low clear water allot of times it pays to try silly things that you don't hear of anyone else fishing with. Chances are if you are fishing something and can't get bit, it's how you're fishing and not what you're fishing with. I try to add one or two new flies/jigs/baits to the arsenal each year (which is probably why my back aches after fishing with all that junk on my back now). Haven't dreamed anything up as of yet to try out this year, but I'm bringing back and oldy that I just forgot about. The yellow banana bugger, it always caught a few fish when I first started fishing for them, I just quit tying them for some reason.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/06 15:56:31
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Green dot, and chicken wing buggers should be killer.
Or maybe a metalic glow frog meth.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/06 16:44:33
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ORIGINAL: spoonchucker
Green dot, and chicken wing buggers should be killer.
Or maybe a metalic glow frog meth.
Duud, I can't believe I never though of that. I'll tie some chicken wings up.
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RE: Steelhead Scudds
2007/08/11 19:09:44
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You just beat out Quaker Steak, for best wings.
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