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Glad you enjoyed the video. It is an easy fly to tie and I think you will like it.

Glad you enjoyed the video! There are a couple of nice paddling spots in that area.

my ears are open feel free to let me know where else because I'll be going back there this spring to doing some more paddling. Thank you!

@@BrianB1963I would suggest heading north of Speculator and paddling the Jessup River. Good spot!

I miss them. My favorite band!

Thanks for watching the video. Give the fly a try, it is not difficult at all to tie.

@robstreeteroutdoors8912 Will do. Thank you.

I usually use a 9-10 foot leader with a heavy butt section (saltwater redfish leaders work well but I also tie my own) and put a small barrel swivel on the end. From that I use 6 pound fluorocarbon tippet. Thanks for watching the video!

I use both. For the stream that I wade, usually a floater but I use multi-tip lines so I can switch to a sink tip for deeper pools.

Glad you liked the video and thanks for your observations. I think the leader stretch is a factor with smallmouths for a couple of reasons. Our smallmouths get hit pretty hard both in the river and the creek by tournament angling and spin fishermen. Up here they are leader shy and I use only 6 pound tippet in clear water. I think with the light tippet eliminating any other stretch helps, I've seen the difference. The tournament anglers typically spool their spinning rigs with braided line and use a mono leader about 4 feet long to eliminate stretch as well.

I had a couple of great days on steelhead with that fly. I have a bunch of them in the fly box.

@ It looks like a good wildcard fly, definitely gonna whip some out

@@tomt5176 Good luck!

That one is an odd fly. I think it looks like the aquatic worms that feed on rotting salmon carcasses in the Salmon River. I have seen Jimmy catch some monster steelhead with it, so I always have them in my fly box.

@ good info. I have small red midge flies, but none with a black tail.

@@tomt5176 I think what he was shooting for was a tubifex worm for this fly. Give it a try!

Definitely a fly you need in your steelhead box! Glad you liked the video.

Thanks! The tying desk was an anniversary gift from my wife. It is a great tying desk.

Glad you enjoyed the article and the video. Have a Happy Holiday season!

I hope the fly works for your steelhead trip. Please send me a picture if it does!

@ That would be a real good thing 👍

@@tomt5176 Steelhead for me are something that I have to drive to get to. If you hit the right day it is awesome, if not it is a learning experience. Hopefully you will hit it on a good day!

Hi Tom, glad you like the bug. I am going to develop something similar for smallmouths so stay tuned. Hope you and your family have a great Holiday Season! Don't forget to go and enter the giveaway (look for the post I made with my two dogs watching Rudolph.)

@ Thanks Rob, I’ll be sure to check it out. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and the best of health, happiness and good fishing in the New Year.

Thanks. Mousing is trending lately and I hope this pattern works for you! It’s an easy fly to tie.

It is called Edge Bright, it comes as a sheet and you cut a strip for the body. Most fly tying suppliers will have it.

My wife got me the desk for our 20th anniversary. It is an American Lifestyles (Amish Built) that came from a furniture store in Glens Falls, New York. It is a great fly tying setup.

On a heavy salmon hook it should ride point down. The IBalz are light for their size. Great question! Hope this helps.

Glad you liked it. The soft hackles are fun to make and you can get a classic steelhead fly look that makes for an effective fly, plus they are not hard to make. You may like the video on the "Smurf" soft hackle. I had a double-digit catch and release day on steelies with it.

Thanks! It is my favorite attractor dry fly of all time. I've caught trout in a number of states with it, including Alaska.

The sockeye is a reproduction mount I had made from a photo. Colors are perfect. Taxidermist does a great job. Caught that fish and several more on that fly. We didn’t get to Maine this year. Sorry the conditions were off when you were there. Maybe next year!

Thanks! Had fun putting it together. I have been checking out your videos as well, looks like we fish similar types of water in the Adirondacks.

Glad you enjoyed the video!

I will post a photo of the bluegill . I will shoot a video of it sometime in the next couple of months for you. Little different color scheme on it.

Usually in the deeper pools, but like a lot of wild trout streams, they get smaller the further you get upstream. Glad you liked the video!

For Ed Bendl, the man who taught me these flies, he trolled with a motor boat with a sinking line in the Spring and Fall. He was in his older years and could still fly fish this way. For me, I go out in a boat in the springtime and fish them with a sinking, shooting head fly line. The water is about 4-6 feet deep on the flats in the lake that are off of the spawning streams where the smelt are running. It is an early morning/late evening fishery.

@@brianfeeney9493 You get a brief window of time that goes by way too quickly!

I could do 6 months of Autumn 🍂

@@brianfeeney9493 You are welcome. I hope you enjoyed the video.

It is an odd fly I will give you that. It can also be made in orange like a newt . I have a photo if it will help, construction is the same. Good luck with your fall fishing!

@@robstreeteroutdoors8912Please feel free to post a pic of the newt version so we can see them both side by side

@@tomt5176 I'll post a photo today.

I usually use an interchangeable sink tip system that I made myself, but lately I fish multi tip fly lines with sink tips. Usually a mid rate sinking section. You don’t need to go to deep in the Spring and Fall.

You are welcome. Had fun on the creek this season.

Steelhead are a lot of fun. I've never fished in PA for them, have to try that at some point. Good luck! You should try smallmouths, probably can find them on some of your steelhead streams during the summer.

Best of luck and have fun!

Tom- I too spent the summer working on a deck. Painting and replacing boards. Thankfully, it is done and I can fish! Good luck to you as well.

I did fish with a guy this year who was catching panfish on Tenkara. I haven't given it a try.

Glad you liked the video. Should be getting out in the fog again this week as the river is starting to turn on. The only problem with the fog is that you have to be careful you don't get ran over by a 40 foot yacht!

Thanks! That spot is where I taught myself to fly fish as a kid.

It is a simple style of fly to tie. Shouldn't take too long. I've caught a bunch of trout in lakes with Ed's flies.