What flies?

hey pal, just take your nymphs.

in all seriousness, there is a search feature that will produce an array of threads on the subject... or someone can respond, engage in some conversation, and rehash the same old. 

ORIGINAL: diddle

That would have been a great idea IF the search WORKED! Didn't realize that rehashing hurt so much.

It works.

http://tinyurl.com/2ad6vz7

Just sayin'

Or...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=erie+steelhead+flies

Diddle, not really sure why some people are only discouragers. I believe that were are here to learn from each other, buy helping when we can. If someone doesn't want to answer then thats fine. Just doesn't seem be any need for sarcasim.
This was my first year with a fly rod so not a lot of knowlege myself. Sure had a blast on the creeks this year learning what to do and what NOT to do. I caught my first fly rod steelhead on 20 mile.
I take a backseat to riverbum. Good people like that give more help (about leader and tippet)than asked because they know!

ORIGINAL: Riverbum

You gotta take the comments on this site with a grain of salt. There's as much great information as there is sarcasm and ball bustin.

In no particular order, I like to use:

batman nymph sizes 14 & 16
green caddis sizes 14 & 16
BH prince nymph sizes 14 & 16
black & olive wooly buggers sizes 8, 10 & 12
cream sucker spawn size 14
peach blood dot egg size 14

Also leader & tippet:

a general rule of thumb is to go lighter the lower and clearer the water and when the fish are heavily pressured

I like to use a 2x 9ft mono leader, remove the last 8-12 inches and blood knot a foot of 3x flouro, tie-on fly of choice and sometimes drop another in tandem. I'll go to 4x or even 5x on those low, clear heavy pressure days.

good luck

good man river bum... that is what these forums are for...helping... just don't let the swinger know that you use nymphs and tandems...he might have a heart attack :)

ORIGINAL: thedrake


Your next question should be about techniques with these flies. Without the right drift, it doesn't matter what's on the end of your line.

i'll second that... definitely way more important than the fly you're using. try your best to have a natural drag free drift with any of the flies drake mentioned there. maybe even working shallow riffles and pockets from straight up stream while feeding your line straight downstream can be very effective rather than casting and drifting... good luck... and don't be affraid to change up some of the patterns mentioned above by putting your own twinge on them... if i would add anything to the list i would say wooly worm, green machine with a sparse white calf tail or smurf with a sparse white calf tail.

Don't get discouraged by some! I'm no expert, but get your basic technique down. Re: what flies - they all work at any given time, so have a variety - buggers, nymphs, etc. and don't be afraid to switch - if one fails = try another!

When the water is very clear and low - go lighter and smaller - smaller fly - smaller tippet ( 2 or 4lb test). Observe - if some one is catching fish - observe techniques and don't be afraid to ask - many will share and the few who won't aren't worth your time!

It's a continuing learning process - what may work today, may not tomorrow! Don't get discouraged - Good luck and good fishing!

hey diddle, do you have any experience fly casting???