An ederly friend of mine does a little ice fishing for steelhead in the local waters here in mid-western Ontario.

He usually uses a spawn bag drifted just off the bottom, but he called last night to ask about using stone fly imitations. He said he saw a number of them in the snow.

Anyways, I've never been ice fishing, so I need some advice.

Will a stonefly pattern work through the ice?

If so, how should it be rigged and fished?

Could it be fished tandem with his spawn bag?

Any advice would be appreciated. I'm sure he'd rather ask these questions himself, but I don't know if he has (or is comfortable using) the internet.

Thanks,
Andrew