Articulated flies

Got my 2005 catalog from my wholesaler this morning and noticed he had added
articulated flies to his offerings.
they come in size 3/0 to 4 and cost me $1.25 each. Am sure they can be used
for bass, but has anyone tried using them as a streamer for trout?

What size would you use?
Indian Joe

"Joe McIntosh" wrote in message
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Got my 2005 catalog from my wholesaler this morning and noticed he had
added
articulated flies to his offerings.
they come in size 3/0 to 4 and cost me $1.25 each. Am sure they can be
used
for bass, but has anyone tried using them as a streamer for trout?

What size would you use?
Indian Joe

IJ, they are commonly used for Steelhead, which rw made clear is nothing
more than a big trout, so it seems a natural for larger leeches. If
someone were really good with micro-tying, I think they could be good for
nymphs and such.

http://montana-riverboats.com/pages/...octor_Fly.html

http://montana-riverboats.com/pages/..._Streamer.html

The Doctor Fly has a rear-mounted hook, so you have to throw a surgeons
loop over the front end of the foam body to keep it from collapsing
backwards. The end result is a fly that swims like a worm. Same thing
for the Roadkill Streamer.

I was fishing a San Juan worm yesterday. I think I'll make an articulated
version of that. Many of the hits I got were short, on the end of the worm.

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Frank Reid
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