Winter.

I've been trying to get out and fish for steelhead, but the single digit temps coupled with two feet of snow and a river frozen over hasn't helped me out.

So I've been tying...



Working on some steelhead patterns for the spey...



Of course, daydreaming of salmon flies and June...



My favorite fly last summer - the "summer special" - a cross between a Madam X and a Stimulator. Caught almost all of my trout last summer on this pattern...