I have been fascinated by the effectiveness of the Big Horn special for years. I have killed with this fly on many occasions working this steamer in the traditional way. This is not my tie but the only one I could find on the internet .



There are versions with yellow rubber legs that work better than this but you get the general idea. The Big Horn special is a baby brown trout imitation. I have been struggling for years to develop a version that will work as a euro - nymph anchor.Sometimes trout hit our larger larger anchor flies because they look like small fish. I caught many fish on patterns similar to this while euro-nymphing. I long line euro nymph these flies casting them either directly upstream or up an across. I fish them dead drift with a wrist flick at the end of the drift. I got this idea from Kelly Galloup's streamer video. He said that bait fish swim with the current 90% of the time . One logical conclusion from that statement is that it is possible to euro nymph large anchors as bait fish imitations in deep fast water . I have been doing that for a couple of years and I am slowly getting better at it.

TRICK OR TREAT


I have several variations to get to the final product but I thought I would share my work up to this point. This particular version looks seasonal so I named it Trick or Treat. I know the silhouette of this fly does not resemble a Brown Trout fry but it has the elements of color , light and motion that provoke strikes and it pushes water. I thought it might be fun to develop a fly on line . So if you are so inclined post your ideas.