Physco Siren

The Physco Siren is a adaptation of the Autumn Siren.  The Physco Siren works best in the fall when the water is off color.  Try tieing this fly in several sizes/colors.  If you catch a steelhead this fall on the fly, email me the pictures as this is still in the experimental stage.

Hook: MFC Salmon/Steelhead No. 7099 size 8-4, color to match body
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: black Finn-Raccoon
Body: Diamond Braid
Rib: small silver braid
Wing: black Finn-Raccoon
Colors: orange, chartreuse, pink, blue, red


STEP 1: Place a MFC Salmon/Steelhead No. 7099 into your vise.  The No. 7099 comes in a variety of colors.  You can use a plain black hook or you can use a colored hook to match the color of the diamond braid. 

STEP 2: Attach you 3/0 black thread and wrap back to the tie-in-point.


STEP 3: Cut a small clump of black Finn-Raccoon hair from the skin.  Remove the guard hairs and under fur.  Tie in the clump at the tie-in-point so that the hair extends beyond the hook bend the same length as the hook shank.

STEP 4: Tie in a length of diamond braid and silver braid at the tie-in-point.  Advance your thread to the point where the metal used to form the eye ends.

STEP 5: Wrap the diamond braid forward to your thread. Secure with thread and cut off.

STEP 6: Rib the diamond braid with the small silver braid. Trim off the excess braid.

STEP 7: Take a second clump of black Finn-Raccoon, remove the guard hairs and under fur, for the wing. Tie the wing on the top of the hook shank so the hair extends back 1/2 the length of the tail.  Build a small head and whip finish.

Experiment with different diamond braid and hook color combinations. I fish Physco Siren on a wet fly swing when the water is to high/dirty to use a Autumn Siren.  Tie the Siren to a 9 ft. 2x leader and add varying amounts of split shot above the tippet knot to achieve the proper depth.  When working a stretch of steelhead water, position yourself above a pod of steelhead so your fly swings just in front of them on the cast.  Cast out across the current directly at a 90 degree angle (90 degrees is directly in front of you, downstream shore is 0, and the upstream bank is 180). Follow the rod tip downstream as the fly swings through the current.  The take of a steelhead feel like some flicked your rod tip, almost exactly like a leaf hitting your fly (ironically this fly works best during the "Leaf Hatch").  When your fly stops moving downstream, leave it for 2-3 seconds.  A steelhead may be following your fly and strike when it stops. If you are a right-handed caster, ideally you should be on the left side of the river (facing downstream).  If you are a left-handed caster, do the opposite. 

Steelie Blue

Pink

Red

Chartreuse

 

  

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