Camasunary Killer, Woolly Bugger Version.

[Donald Nicolson]

Here is a Woolly Bugger version of the Camasunary Killer. I found the picture when clearing up My Pictures file.



It uses bright blue arctic fox for the tail and the underfur is used for the body, the only fluo part is the red thorax.
Size 10 s/e hook.

[Gig]

You tie a very neat fly Donald, thanks for sharing

Cheers

Gig

[peregrines]

Very handsome fly Donald! Hmmmmm, it looks like a great pattern for steelhead...


peregrines

[pspaint]

I agree, looks like a killer steelie fly. I bet it would be great on the SR here in NY. Those fish love blue.

[Donald Nicolson]

The original version was a Sea Trout (sea run brown) fly. It was regarded by several very well known anglers as their favourite
sea trout fly. They are very partial to blue. It has also caught quite a few salmon in its time.
I think I shall have to tie one of the originals.

[JeffHamm]

Very nice Donald! I tied up some (spider versions) the other day using a royal blue and red wool, with the yellow head variation you posted. I think that will be a good pattern in one of the streams I know. I like the look of this wooly bugger version too.

- Jeff

[Donald Nicolson]

Hi Jeff,
With all those Rainbow and Brown trout that emigrated to New Zealand, is there much Sea Run fishing?
Just curious, the sea-run fish are usually larger than the stay at homes.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Donald,

I agree that this is going to be one effective steelhead fly, but in a smaller version will be an excelelnt sea run cutthroat fly as well. Thanks for sharing.

REE

[JeffHamm]

Hi Donald,

There are some sea run browns and rainbows here. However, I think the currents and such in the southern hemisphere, at least near NZ, are a bit odd to them, and the cues that the trout use to migrate back home in the north are not here, so many of the fish that go to sea end up lost and don't return. I think this applies more to sea run rainbows (steelhead) and that sea run browns will not venture so far out to sea and they tend to be the stock that returns (this according to a fellow who gave a talk to our club last year anyway). Also, the rainbows in Taupo seem to use the lake as their ocean, and will live primiarly in the lake for a few years before migrating up river to spawn. The lakes have a lot of freshwater smelt in them, and koura (fresh water crayfish), that the trout feed on and they get to pretty large sizes. 10+ lbs fish are not quite a dime a dozen, but they are certainly not rare. That being said, my personal best is a modest 7.25lbs brown from Lake Rotorua. That year, the average size of the browns being measured in the fish trap going up the Ngongataha stream was 7.5lbs, so mine wasn't even an average sized fish!

- Jeff

P.S. Just read an article last night on fishing sea run browns in the south Island. Perhaps this is not surprsing since the south island fishery is more "brown trout" and the north is more "rainbow" (generally speaking, as there are "both in each", to speak Nova Scotian for a moment). And, I'm not as familear with the south island fishery.