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It really is fun to share - got another email were
a gent tailed 6 in a couple hours with the "crappy
little fly". It really is an awesome feeling to be
helpful - Really needed the encouragement to continue
with a very important project. Have a real goal to
help others enjoy some serious fun!
Westfly.com
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Oh Please Clay - your gonna make me puke !
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Ah, what Stephen said!
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Clay,
My experience tells me that your technique is more important than your fly, but who am I too say. I sure haven't had comparable results to you in my fishing. I haven't as yet given your fly a good test, but I will in the future.
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Clay R U tying it in BROWN now. 
Hey chin up and keep that pole Bent. I must be one of the few who enjoy your pictures. You Da MAN.
P.S. I jumped on the kid's bike the other day to get the mail. After a couple of Hip-Chucks, I was exhausted!
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Verne, catch a bunch for me. I've always started with
the fly and worked backwords. I just catch a lot of fish,
a lot of big fish, and have plenty of fun doing it - but
what do I know.
see ya
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Well I am going to give the Sharp Steelie fly a go my next time out, need something to change my luck, AGAIN !
It better work too ! LOL
 
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Apparently the steelhead haven't attended the latest Spey Clave to find out what acceptable (i.e. "non-crappy") patterns they "should" be taking.
The last time I checked, sharing information, helping others succeed, and being enthusiastic about your own and other's success are what websites like this are supposed to be about.
Keep up the good work Clay, - I know you're on to something, and I'm not alone!
BTW, maybe some people would identify with the SS pattern better if you added jungle cock to the recipe. 
Tight(er) lines.
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Yes jungle cock would be a nice addition to the SS and if you find some cheap JC capes let me know. LOL Might even want to add some JC to my egg patterns if its cheap enough.
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Jungle Cock ? ... I don't think so, I mean I guess you could if you wanted to (snicker) If you got Clay to tie more than two materials together your doing pretty good. Hey Clay went to the NFL yesterday and Caught a 25 lb King. she was pretty black though thru her back and caught a 15 lb silver. no Steelies spotted though ! and NO I wasn't using your Fly. I was using one of my flies. Havent got a name for it yet. But it is a variation on a Welch Shrimp pattern dated from the 1800's. I clipped one steelhead/Salmon hook and put a loop of 20lb backing on it and tied another Steelhead hook behind it to give it more life. Works like a charm.
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Actually my comment had nothing to do with fly materials, but was really intended as a subtle reference to a particular "personality type" commonly associated with arrogant, condescending attitudes. To be specific, the slang term I had in mind can also be used to describe a slight piercing injury as you might get from a thorn. However in this case, I think the plural form of the personality usage is appropriate.
My apologies if I was being excessively cryptic.
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Silverfly,
Good One ! thanks for the explanation! LOL. Oh and Clay when I said my Fly works like a Charm, Should I have said works like a "Sharp Steelie" (Hee-hee)?
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Silverfly, I got it. LOL.
But Hal, I can get you "inexpensive" JC capes. But still at my price, they're expensive. But about as cheap as you're gonna find without finding a breeder. LOL.
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I still do not have any JC in my massive fly tying material inventory due to my frugalness in not wanting to spend $ 100 plus for a cape. My fly shop owner does not even carry it. Here I am incomplete fly fisher without JC and at my age too.
I am going to have to do something about this and soon !
I have a poor mans way of imitating JC from pheasant feathers I wonder if that is good enough for the fish ?
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Hal, when you're ready, I can get you a deal on them. I buy them cheaper.
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BG
Go north of the border my son!
JC is cheaper!
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SH69 I will need some for my winter tying objectives and soon.
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Hal, I do have half a JC cape if you're interested. I have plenty still from my original cape (I bought in half of one for an older group order we did so that another member could get a smaller amount since I know I'd use them eventually). But if you're interested in half a cape, let me know. Only be about $35 shipped to your door.
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SOLD, PM me for the details of the transaction etc.
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Denny's first time fly fishing for Steelhead - courteousy
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Hey Isn't the limit on Steelhead on 2 per day? looks like there are 6 there shouldn't there only be 4???
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Don't assume someone is breaking the law Ster, obviously summer run fish.....the Cowlitz had a 3 fish limit midway through the summer. 3 + 3 = SIX. The sound of this thread is irritating as is the snotty banter. 
Good job SH86, Silverfly got me into my first Fly fishing steelies last summer using his secret fly pattern. Keep up the good will and never mind the naysayers and snobs.
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Excuse me Musicman but I know Clay personally and he knows when I am kidding with him. So I suggest you keep your Judgements to your self ! as far as me asking the question I did I was serious and wanted to know.
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Actually there were 3 of us fishing that day. The 3rd guy is taking the picture. We put all the fish on a stick to make it easier to carry them up a steep embankment.
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MF, Silverfly, Musicman - thanks! Sterling was just giving
me some smack, no harm done. Finally realized some others
will never be accepting of new ideas just based on human
nature. Oh well - no ones perfect. Yea, a different Steve
came along that day, so we were all able to bring a couple
fish home. I stopped counting after tailing 10! If there
is fish in the river, I really do know how to get them -
a little bit of luck helps too!
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Listening to some WA steelheaders the last three years one would think there were no steelhead left in the state. Guess my conscience may be able to justify a trip out there to bother some of those Brats at least, I will go easy on the wild ones.
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There are steelhead here. LOL. Just depends on where and when you're fishing.
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My apologies Sterling, Didn't know you guys were buds....but, in my defense I wasn't making a judgement, from the outside looking in it would appear to be malicious. Don't mind friendly ribbing amongst SH.net members. Just don't want this site to sound like iFish. Once again, my apologies....keep up the good work guys!
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No problem Clay. A little good natured smack keeps things entertaining.
Black Ghost, There are literally tons of hatchery steelhead out here, which is one of the main reasons (if not the reason) our native steelhead are in so much trouble. Ironically, some supposedly "pro-native" flyfishing circles seem to look down on the deliberate targeting of hatchery fish! WTF?!
We could use more attitudes like yours:
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Guess my conscience may be able to justify a trip out there to bother some of those Brats at least, I will go easy on the wild ones.
I will say that "bothering brats" can be a challenge since they tend to be lot less aggressive than the nates.
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No problem Clay. I'll be your WING man anytime.
P.S. Get an Avatar like mine and that will take care of half of your problems.
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I have heard you fellows say that the hatchery brats are not as aggressive out there, does not appear to be the case in GLs the wild and hatchery fish both take the fly readily it appears to me after 25 years of fishing them.
Hatchery fish are placed in the rivers by the state DNRs for the publics recreational enjoyment. So enjoy them and the great outdoors, but be very courteous to the wild strains, they are precious and they are becoming few.
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ALL of the GLs steelies trace their ancestry to hatchery fish initially. Some may reproduce naturally, but they all started that way, so I would guess that fact makes their lineage and wildness "questionable"!
Just being honest.
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Hey no Harm no foul. Me and Clay have been fishing buddies for awhile. If I didn't like the guy I wouldn't pick on him. and you know he deserves it !LOL He is a good fisherman and I would go on any river and fish with him. He is well versed in the ediquette of fly fishing. So I don't ever have to worry bout him overcasting me or hogging the good water. If anything he usually gives way on the Choice water to let you go in first. So he's not such a bad guy. he is just a big goofball ! we have had good and bad luck together.Like the time we were fishing and someone flattened his tires.. what a day that was. and then the one time someone broke into my Van and Stole 400 bucks. at least the fishing was good !
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ALL of the GLs steelies trace their ancestry to hatchery fish initially. Some may reproduce naturally, but they all started that way, so I would guess that fact makes their lineage and wildness "questionable"! Just being honest.
Well what the books say they were brought to Lake Michigan in the 1880s from CA and OR steelhead strains. Wonder if they were taken wild from the rivers and freight trained out here for stocking. Or did they have functioning hatcheries in CA and OR back in the 1880s ?
Research and let me know, you have more freet time than me I am sure these days. LOL
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No, Hal, they weren't brought here in water-filled milk cans. They came as EGGS, and were placed in hatcheries by people like the famous Seth Green at the Caledonia hatchery in NYS. Don't try to dream fantasies up, spread myths, and get your hopes up.
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Really ! I thought most of them came from the Skamania Hatchery on the Washougal. is that wrong?
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Sterling, I think their summerrun stock for certain rivers came from the Skamania. But they did get a variety of fish from different areas from my understanding (I thought the same too at one time lol).
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Sterling, You can add me to the apology list. Something I read on another thread got my hackles up and I thought it was carrying over into this one. Guess I should switch to decaf!
I also thought the same thing about all GL steelhead originating from the Skamania hatchery since I remember hearing the term "Skamania mania" used back there.
Black Ghost, Interesting you don't see a difference in "wild" vs. hatchery feeding aggression. Maybe there just hasn't been enough hatchery generations to select out the "biters" through sport harvest, as I suspect is the problem out here.
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"...Interesting you don't see a difference in "wild" vs. hatchery feeding aggression. Maybe there just hasn't been enough hatchery generations to select out the "biters" through sport harvest, as I suspect is the problem out here."
Good thought there. Had my first (well, actually only my second total) trip to the Deschutes a couple of weeks back. Even though I only released one fish, and missed (God only knows why) there was a major (apparent) difference between the 'takes' of Rogue fish to these.
Nibble, nibble vs. CHOMP!
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Have to agree that overall the nates seem a little more
aggresive than the hatchery fish. However, the most
violent take that I have personally ever had on a fly
rod came from a hatchery fish - it was even more explosive
than a Tarpon!
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Nope don't see a difference out here, some of our rivers are basically all hatchery and they take flys just the same as bait or lures. Sometimes flys are the go to method, go figure ?
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My experience is that there are fish that will move to larger or "standard" size steelhead flys, and those that won't (at least at given time). Those that do tend to be natives. Those that won't tend to be hatchery origin.
However, when using much smaller patterns I find that the the hatchery fish and natives respond about the same, with the natives still being a bit more aggressive. It also seems that fish in this "unaggressive" category tend to be a lot more selective when it comes to fly color and profile. More like trout fishing.
Fred, Are the Rogue fish mostly wild, or are the hatchery fish aggressive as well?
BG, Often times flys are the go to method out here as well, and not just for steelhead. I really think we have bred entire runs of lockjawed fish out here because there is a definite difference.
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I think those true Nates out there are just mean aggressive fish and I need to aggravate them soon. I guess the Hatchery Brats could be docile steelhead. Don't know love them all myself.
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I totally agree with Silverfly. I wish the Brats took the fly as agressivly and the nates did. especially the summer runs. Those guys are totally explosive! especially on a skated fly.
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I tied up a few of these flies in smaller sizes and fished them on the lake I live on. Work great. Even in brown.
I also noticed that when fishing different colors flies the fish act differently. All flies catch fish but one color really sets the fish off. The trout fight harder, come 2' out of the water, and hit so hard that they snap the leader.
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Had four to the fly yesterday on a hatchery river, almost gave the SS fly a try but then found the magic fly for the day, my new go to Caddis Nymph. Its a keeper !
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SF, interesting you should ask. ("Fred, Are the Rogue fish mostly wild, or are the hatchery fish aggressive as well?" The Rogue and Applegate have very large planting programs (hatchery is at the base of Warm Springs Dam .. river mile 152). Majority of fish out this facility are salmon, but a couple hundred thousand summer runs (don't know the winter count) are put into the Rogue every year.
The counting station (vid. taped, then counted) is located at Gold Rae dam about 5'ish miles north of Medford. So from the counter to the hatchery is about 30 river miles. The count is updated every couple of weeks (dependent upon number of moving fish, fewer more often, etc.)and they're now adding in the count of fish actually IN the hatchery. Subtract a from b and you've got a pretty good idea of what's actually kicking around in the river.
So back to your question: appears our run is in excess of 80% native fish vs. plants. As it's catch and release only on the 'nates,' their survival rate is quite good. Summer run this year was over 10,000 into the top 30 miles of river.
Plus a heck of a lot of fall kings and coho.
Are the nate's more agressive? I'd have to say yes. I hook a fair number of fish every year (wish I landed half!! of what I hooked ..) but with the release the native fish bit I haven't had a BBQ'ed steelhead in almost a full year!
Every single fish I've landed this past year has been an un-clipped fish.
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Fred, that was a beautiful response!!
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Thanks Bob: number for river flows/fish counts is:
800 472 2434
I think this is a freebe from anywhere in the US.
Pooie, forgot to add. If you pull up the water flow info (the dams number is on the recorder) on the web for Dodge bridge, Gold Rae, Grants Pass, etc., it's almost a dead giveaway as to where to fish. Almost, but not quite 'illegal' in it's simplistity
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