Id like to see a picture of yours. Thank you, Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gerich77 Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: steelhead flies
Hi Deborah, There is a picture of the pattern in Trey Combs book Steelhead Fly Fishing. It is pictured on plate #6. Pretty simple tie, you'll get the idea when you see the pattern. It's kinda like tying a big EHC, except with a deerhair tail and a deerhair body that is crisscross wrapped. I can send you a picture of one that is slightly chewed on if you don't have the book. I like to tie them kind of low water style on the front half of the hook. They ride low in the water and really wake well and float forever because of all the deerhair. Don't forget to put the hitch behind the collar, and in front of the wing.--Gerry On 10/28/05, Deborah Duran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gerry Do you have a pattern for the Bulkey Mouse? Maybe just the book you found it in would help. Thanks, Deb -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of gerich77 Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [VFB] Re: steelhead flies Hi, I don't post very often but this post caught my eye, since I just got back from a steelhead trip to the Grande Ronde River in Washington, and have a new favorite steelhead fly--a dry fly that works very well there. I had originally tied these flies to use in BC but never did and they were still in my steelhead box. The fly is a small (size 6) Bulkley Mouse. When hitched in the proper place (behind the collar) they float and wake like a champ. On this trip I caught my first dry fly steelies with a spey rod, what a thrill to see the fly disappear in a swirl. I used a natural color one during the day and a black one in the evening. I'm going to tie them with a small tuft of pink on top, so I can track the fly better in choppy water. In my book this fly is a definite winner!--Gerry Ichikawa
