Fly Tying Skill Builder #33 | Articulated Streamers | How and When to do it!

[@toxico1152]

I just bought a bunch of shanks in your shop. This skill builder is perfect timing.

[@sethknight5748]

Huzzah! Skill builder is back and it’s streamers!

[@justinmcquaide4862]

This video has just come at a great time for me I’ve just started my first ever articulated streamer I’ve started with a Peanut Envy because it’s a bit easier to tie . I’m gearing up to tackle deer hair for the very first time next 🙏

[@sigurdurmarolafsson4183]

By articulating like that also puts the eye of the trailing hook in line with the front hook. I think ( I don't know but ) it will make the whole rig better. Greetings from ICELAND 🇮🇸 Also, I sometimes put a " lot smaller " hook in the back to make it "wiggle" more.

[@jlsmithii]

great video. curious as to your thoughts about inverting the rear hook to ride point opposite of the front hook? Pros and cons?

[@FlyTyer1948]

I’m glad you tied on the second fly with coated wire. I don’t have any experience with articulated flies but did frequently rig saltwater plugs & with a lead teaser fly for stripers & bluefish. I trust wire but am inexplicably suspicious of using the metal clips most often shown in tying videos. It’s not quite clear what the benefit is for wrapping in the wire so far down the hook bend. Does it reduce fouling? Why not tie in the wire in a straight line between the first & second hook?

[@FlyFishFood]

@@FlyTyer1948 yes. It reduces fouling a lot.

[@ronmatuska133]

Is that a nylon screw holding the material clip on? And if so, does it keep the material clip from loosening?

[@sbjuice622]

We miss you :(

[@NorCalsteelheadbum]

I've been struggling with streamers lately. Do y'all have any advice for this situation? I've been floating a river here in Northern California at least once a week for a year now. I am yet to hook a single brown on a streamer. I usually get 15-25 follows per float but none of them commit. I'm changing my fly color, size, and profile every 10-15 minutes, I'm varying my retrieves and strip lengths, and I'm hitting my fly inches from the bank every time and getting it moving as soon as it hits the water. They'll follow it for 35 feet and then turn away at the oars of my boat. I've talked to Kelly Galloup and he's stumped too. The river is very similar to the green river in Utah in terms of the topography of the river. Is this a common problem?

[@FlyTyer1948]

Do you weight your streamers in any way?

[@NorCalsteelheadbum]

@ If you mean fishing weighted flies, yes. If you mean adding additional weight like shot I’ve also tried that. They don’t like that either.

[@willfortenbaugh]

man that shank method is no good. if it cuts your thread when tieing its going to blow it up from the inside out. yall gonna have some pepole leaving half a fly in some predators. yes there are alot of solitions for making multi hook joints but that is not a good one.

[@FlyFishFood]

@@willfortenbaugh nah. Once it’s on there it will stay forever. It’s glued solidly so the thread and shank become one hard piece.