Trout Spey

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Re: Trout Spey

Post by letumgo » Sun May 23, 2021 9:49 pm

Agreed!!!

I find it fascinating that our members love so many different styles of flies, and yet are each drawn to soft hackles/wingless wets/etc. Your passion for fly fishing and fly tying comes thru with every post. It is one of the things I always admired about this site (and it’s members).
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Re: Trout Spey

Post by BrkTrt » Mon May 24, 2021 6:51 am

Roadkill wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 4:29 pm All my Speys are for Steelhead Trout... ;)

ImageRIMG1623 by William Lovelace, on Flickr
That's an awesome example of a spey fly. I love it.

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Re: Trout Spey

Post by Theroe » Mon May 24, 2021 9:57 am

Yup - +1
Soft and wet - the only way....
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Re: Trout Spey

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Re: Trout Spey

Post by letumgo » Thu May 27, 2021 11:52 am

Golly, that is so pretty!
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Re: Trout Spey

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Thu May 27, 2021 6:00 pm

Alan, That's lovely hackle. What are you using?
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Re: Trout Spey

Post by newriverspey » Thu May 27, 2021 6:16 pm

These are two of my favorite trout spey flies. They produced well for me this fall and early winter.
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Re: Trout Spey

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Fri May 28, 2021 7:34 am

Holy Cow!! Those are gorgeous! Great colors. No wonder they fished well.
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Re: Trout Spey

Post by BrkTrt » Fri May 28, 2021 3:54 pm

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 6:00 pm Alan, That's lovely hackle. What are you using?
REE

They are rump feathers from ringneck pheasant. One is natural and the other dyed.

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Re: Trout Spey

Post by Ron Eagle Elk » Sat May 29, 2021 8:19 am

Alan, one of my favorite hackle for the long, wispy look. Have you tried Coot flank feathers? Very Heron looking, though not quite as full.
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