Ben Jewell's Slough Creek Spinner a step-by-step
Ben Jewell's - Slough Creek Spinner Fishing Yellowstone National Park's famous Slough Creek can be a real test of skill and fly fishing knowledge. The Cutthroat trout are tough to catch and by mid-season have seen most every fly available. Knowing a few key flies and how and when to fish them can make all the difference. There are a few flies I would not be without on Slough, this is one of them. That's why my fellow guide Ben named it as such. Anytime you see a fly with a creeks name, and you are going to fish that creek....... Yeah, you're going to want some of those. an average Slough Creek Cutt'y... I enjoy tying this fly even though it has more materials than I like and they can be troublesome to manage. Here you see wing bundles, each made up of white and dark gray Widow's Web and 2 strands of Krystal Flask. Turkey rounds of Gray-olive biots are used to wrap the body and moose body hair is spilt to form the tails. usi...
