I wanted to take a second before Steelhead season gets into full gear and thank the guys who helped me with my streamer questions.  And let you know I put the info to use.  I made two o/n trips and had some success both trips.  Tradional swinging even with an unweighted fly and Int sink tip was only marginally successful.  I didn't snag alot of fish but could not get many to eat it either. But using that short quartering swing to visible and holding fish was effective. My son managed several hookups each morning with that method.  I have to say i was surprised by the lack ok HEAVY pressure and the few below us on any day were pretty co-operative and friendly, a nice experience.  I'll probably do it again next season.
 
Thanks for the help.

This is the place to get real advise on real fishing.
 
Glad it helped.

I probably had 300 flies with me while fishing the SR.  When it came down to it, the streamers didn't get nearly as many takes as the egg patterns.  I am not going to buy any streamers next year, egg patterns only.  Pink and black estaz eggs were my best flies, both in size 1/0.

Buy?  Egg patterns are so easy to tie.  Get a vise, materials and learn.  You'll get added pleasure from landing something on your own creation.  In the long run you will save a lot of money too.

TB21,
 
You forget, Chartist would happily pay $150 a day to fish DSR, so paying $1.50 for a yarn fly that it cost you and me $0.15 to make is no skin off his back.  And fishing 1/0 "eggs", I have to wonder about "technique."   But certainly, if you want to swing flies, streamers are going to outfish eggs, because eggs don't swing, they drift, and there is not a lot to show action or movement in an egg on the swing, but if you are C+Ding, or high sticking, streamers won't do as much because they have little action on dead drift, and it is the movement of the fly across and down on the swing that enlivens the hair or maribou or rabbit and brings it to life.  Basically a comparison of apples and oranges because where it is a best for one presentation, the other is not going to work as well.  I refer you to HT's discussion of different flytypes and presentations in relation to water levels and season in one of the other active threads here.  Of course, if the material and style is just window dressing for the EN CON's and the real intent is just to place a point somewhere near the head of a fish, the egg pattern will swing just fine, and has less material to interfere with the bend and barb and "true" intent. 
 
IMHO!
 
L13

IMHO also. Nicely said.

chartist
I probably had 300 flies with me while fishing the SR.  When it came down to it, the streamers didn't get nearly as many takes as the egg patterns.  I am not going to buy any streamers next year, egg patterns only.  Pink and black estaz eggs were my best flies, both in size 1/0.

SNAGGER is what you are,use a grappling hook for more "success".
Then you'll have something to brag about when you' re drinking at the Riverhouse.

Here! Here!

great post lucky! See you this week Jack

Neaphyte,
 
Sorry for the hijack!  Glad you and your son had some success!  Keep observing  and thinking and trying and it gets better and better!  You have to pay the dues, but it's a gas paying them!
 
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