Double Bead Hot Stone- Orange or Chartreuse Sz 4-6
Yep, it's summer Steelhead season on the Klickitat. A lot of guys from the shop have been making the two hour, one way, trip down to this world famous Columbia River tributary and fishing the heck out of the upper water. Speaking of the Columbia, the Sockeye fishery will be hot this year, with fish numbers expected to be very good. The same story goes for Shad, which are running strong right now and fun to fight on a fly rod.
Steelhead love beads and a lot of people fish them. I have to admit to having a friend in the bead business and the shop carries his beads. The beads work, love them or hate them, that's life. I am not apposed to beads since I grew up side drifting corkies back when our rivers had a lot more fish, our watersheds had a lot less pollution, and as a kid, everything was pretty simple. However, nymphing is really quite simple too, and it happens to be a great way to get to those faster and deeper holes fish like. We are not a "this is better than that" sort of shop, so if you swing flies, that's cool, if you nymph or bead, great. We are here to help you get on the water, fish better and learn something along the way. The fly of the week is: The Double Bead Hot Stone and it's a killer pattern to ply the deep, fishy water those salt hardened Rainbow Trout love. Give some a try, nymph the strong water and see what happens. We like the peacock with either an orange double bead or a chartreuse double bead. Other good colors are black body and pink bead(s). Any indicator would work well for Steelhead, as long as it can handle heavily weighted nymph outfits. We have even used an extra bushy New Zealand wool system with success.
WBFC Pro-Staff
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