Smoke Jumper tied by Peter Steen
This is a sweet emerger fly from Peter Steen. Below, Peter briefly explains how he normally fishes this fly and provides the list of materials for us. You can keep up on Pete’s tying on Instagram @fly_fishing_pete
Definitely follow him on Instagram, he is a great up and coming fly tyer!
“I’ve been encountering rising fish in slow moving water above beaver dams on the small streams I fish here in Utah when no bugs are visible on the water. I like to drift this pattern down to the fish behind a small parachute pattern or a tuft of New Zealand strike indicator wool.
I often get strikes on the swing of the fly or even as I strip it in.”
Hook: Umpqua size 16 U201 curved hook
Thread: Sheer 14/0 gray
Body: Olive Polish Quill sealed with 2 coats of Loon Thin UV Clear.
Wing: Light dun CDC
Thorax: Awesome Possum Natural Brown dubbing
I fish something quite similar, a fly given to me by Mas Okui, the Master of Hot Creek. The difference being, Mas uses Elk Hair, tips pointed over the eye of the hook, it’s a little more durable. Mas’ original was a dubbed body, rust, for the PMD hatch, I like biot bodies in various colors with a collar of dubbed CDC. Use floatant on the Elk Hair only, it floats like a cork. Fished downstream with long leaders, it’s deadly. Mas was interned in Manzannzar during WWII, he would escape & fish the streams of the Eastern Sierra.