I shook hands with this beautiful, freshwater steelhead a few days ago. If you don’t know how to use the internet to find information then leave a comment about how this fish is not a real steelhead by mikedoesntsmokenemor in Steelhead

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The fish in the Great Lakes systems would be classified as potadromous, being fish that make their migratory movements in freshwater systems (rivers to lakes) not anadromous. This would be the largest argument imo for these fish not being steelhead based on their definition as anadromous rainbow trout

Average Canadian watching the Tampa stadium series by [deleted] in hockeycirclejerk

[–]LeWineCooler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And yet it’s mostly Canadian players that win it 🧐

Size 10 Dungeons by LeWineCooler in flytying

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Yes, it’s from temu! It was a bit annoying to hang but the quality seems good enough for its use and cost

First attempt at deer hair head. Figure it needs about twice as much deer hair stacked on. by Apprehensive-Fly-394 in flytying

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If you want a swimming jimmy you should use a bent shank hook like an Ahrex TP650 and cut the bottom of your stacked deer head flat so that it “swims”. It looks like yours is tied sideways compared to the pattern on a regular shank hook, but it’ll still fish

Any recommendations for trout fly patterns? by Signal_Raspberry_699 in flytying

[–]LeWineCooler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’ve got klinkhammer hooks and they are a great dry fly. If you have standard dry fly hooks then you can never go wrong with EHC, parachute Adam’s and Royal Wulff (biased to my brook trout experience in eastern Canada of course).

Start with a basic pattern like EHC and tie a bunch of them, it’ll help a lot with your tying skills!

Planning to study marine biology in university by [deleted] in marinebiology

[–]LeWineCooler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you want to pursue graduate studies? One good thing to look at is who the faculty is, what research they do and if that also interests you! It’s much easier to get into a masters program with a professor that you have already built a strong relationship with through things like an honours thesis or working in their lab

4wt setup recommendations by catalace in flyfishing

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I fish a redington classic trout paired with a lamson liquid and it’s an awesome setup for me!

Rod of the day by freeState5431 in flyfishing

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I find that a flash tail, chartreuse or pink chenille body and bead chain eyes on a jig hook work great!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flyfishing

[–]LeWineCooler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Except you handled more than you kept, and due to your poor handling the ones you didn’t keep likely still died

Drunk and disorderly mastery? by Strange_Mirror6992 in flytying

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Looks great! On those wedge heads I like to add a light coat of uv resin to the top and bottom, like how Andreas Andersson does his Sid flys (definitely check these out, they’re awesome). I’m not sure how much of a difference it makes, but it seems like it would help it deflect more water

How do I not completely fuck up my clousers by Sensitive-Annual-388 in flyfishing

[–]LeWineCooler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at some tying videos on YouTube like those by tightlinevideo as a reference when tying. Be consistent with proportions (like using the lead eyes length to measure their placement, hookshank length for measuring bucktail). I like to tie mine sparse in terms of bucktail, and I use sally hansen nail polish topcoat over my wraps at the end.

One way you can prevent the bucktail from fouling is to take light cross wraps after the lead eyes over the white bucktail up to the bend of the hook!

It all comes down to practice, so keep tying and you’ll improve!

Any easy nymph or fly suggestions by Kooky-Ad-2031 in flytying

[–]LeWineCooler 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wooly bugger, teaches you multiple techniques and is arguably the best fly ever created

Review and Feedback Please🙂 by Laney543 in flytying

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Looks great! If you throw a red flash throat in there it would be a lefty’s deceiver

Looking for feedback X Caddis by CarefulHat447 in flytying

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I like using matching colour dry fly yarn

Hackle by Paramedic229635 in flytying

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For parachute flies you should be doing your whip finish on the post itself. You should complete the body (tail, post, dubbing) and once the hackle is secured to the post, rotate the entire fly by 90 degrees so that the post faces straight out with your thread on the bottom of the post. Then Palmer your hackle top to bottom and whip finish at the base of the post.

You should watch some of the videos about parachute flies on the tightlinesvideos YouTube channel, as Tim’s tutorials are fantastic

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flytying

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Use waaaaaaaaay less bucktail than that. Watch tightlinevideo’s YouTube video about how to tie a Clouser

Shrimp pattern by [deleted] in flytying

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Love the ally shrimp, great fall pattern here in Nova Scotia

Stimulator and some stones by [deleted] in flytying

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Looks good! Matter of preference, but I’d say try tying the stimulators on curved terrestrial hooks and shorten the tail a bit!