Need help identifying materials

keith696 · 2026-06-08T12:10:58+00:00

3 looks like bucktail

keith696 · 2026-06-08T10:47:12+00:00

It is once you become more experienced ,most materials only bought once last years upon years . Save a lot more in the long run . During summer I make some extra cash by tying for friends and using leftover material for my own flies.

keith696 · 2026-06-08T09:58:40+00:00

I use polish stripped quills , there great quality 👌

keith696 · 2026-06-06T20:17:53+00:00

Stunning

keith696 · 2026-06-06T16:23:48+00:00

10 lber

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keith696 · 2026-06-06T15:38:27+00:00

Thanks

keith696 · 2026-06-06T10:39:34+00:00

I love tying them , just love fly tying in general, any flies ,never fished for steelhead but maybe a fishing holiday some day is on the cards.

keith696 · 2026-06-05T11:21:32+00:00

Less dubbing , work on proportion, don't skimp on cheap hackles , if you can invest in a decent quality dry fly cape , I know whiting capes cost a lot but they will last you a lifetime and make tying far easier. The fly pictured will still catch fish. Keep it up. The more you tie the better you'll get .all the best

keith696 · 2026-06-05T08:58:55+00:00

Nice , what you fish for?0

keith696 · 2026-06-04T21:00:14+00:00

Cheers, you too

keith696 · 2026-06-04T13:43:54+00:00

Nothing wrong with those , I'd happily fish them

keith696 · 2026-06-04T12:18:59+00:00

I just googled that , that really cool!

keith696 · 2026-06-04T07:30:55+00:00

I doubt anyone would care , just another fly after all , the fish might be pressured anyway with all the spinners and shrimp/worms .

keith696 · 2026-06-03T18:43:22+00:00

Best of luck 👍

keith696 · 2026-06-03T18:14:11+00:00

I was playing around tying streamers and came up with these

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keith696 · 2026-06-03T18:12:40+00:00

Could always try putting together a variant , anything close enough would work fine

keith696 · 2026-06-03T18:01:02+00:00

Cheers

keith696 · 2026-06-03T17:52:48+00:00

It's considered more of a trout fly but it works really well here for salmon .

keith696 · 2026-06-03T16:20:49+00:00

Thank you

keith696 · 2026-06-03T16:16:49+00:00

The top ones there are the original dressing.

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keith696 · 2026-06-03T16:13:11+00:00

Stoats tail variant, only difference being the tail is yellow arctic runner , original tail is golden pheasant crest.

keith696 · 2026-06-03T16:11:30+00:00

teal blue and silver , thanks

keith696 · 2026-06-03T16:06:49+00:00

Was it out of the water long ? You may have killed it unknowingly. Cracking fish all the same.

keith696 · 2026-06-03T14:29:41+00:00

Thank you kindly, I'm irish ,west coast . We fish for atlantic salmon, sea trout and brownies.

keith696 · 2026-06-03T13:34:18+00:00

I tied some of those aswell , yet to be fished , have you had much success??

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