Silver Doctor Maribou Spey & Silver Doctor Intruder

These are some of the patterns I have been tying for an upcoming Steelhead trip.

Holiday Fly Swap Completed

Well, the swap is over, and everyone should have received their flies by now. I would like to thank everyone for participating, the results were great.

Purple Bunny Tube

The final entry in the Holiday Fly Swap is the "Purple Bunny Tube", by Preston from Toronto. With that the swap is concluded. I really hope everyone enjoys their flies, I know I will.

Tippet Shrimp

Danny in Amherst, Nova Scotia sent us Bill Hunter's "Tippet Shrimp", a great looking prawn pattern. He added "The fly fishes best in runs with the traditional down and across method where there is active current. The current really makes the fly snake along. Alternately in calmer runs and pools, cas the fly slightly upstream followed by a downstream mend. Then retrieve with slow steady strips."

Hook: TMC 700
Thread: Red
Tag: Oval Gold Tinsel
Tail: Mixed Orange and Red Bucktail with Copper KF
Rear Body: Medium Orange Chenille
Center: Two Golden Pheasant Tippet Feathers w/center cut out, laid on top and bottom
Front Rib: Oval Gold Tinsel
Front Body: Mixed Orange and Red Seal or substitute
Hackle: GP Body Feather, tied in by tip
Head: Red

Orange Heron Variant

Here's Mike's fantastic take on the Syd Glasso classic.

Hook: Alec Jackson 2055
Rib: Gold Oval Tinsel
Body: Rear 2/3 Floss, Front 1/3 Ice Dub
Hackle: Blue Eared Pheasant
Collar: Mallard Flank
Wing: Arctic Fox Tail
Head: Orange

Sauk River Dee

Here are some more of Brian's terrific Dee patterns

How to Win Friends & Influence People

Brian from Issaquah apparently couldn't decide what pattern to submit, so he sent 16 different patterns, all of which are impressive, to say the least. Simply stunning. I picked 4 to post. And now for my toughest job, deciding who get which. I think I'll have my wife draw them out of a hat. Clockwise from upper left: Red Rocks Spey, Green Dragon Spey, Sol Duc, Unnamed Black Dee.