Bottomfish Flies

Thinking these might just get some use off a full sinking line.

Should work.  Blacks aren't very picky, and lings are just hungry.  Trolling flies picks up lots of blacks too.

Good looking flies.  I might have to bring my 7wt to the jetty and try some clousers.  Heck I might have to try to tie some other big baits while waiting for my back to heal.  I think the blacks would be fun on the fly!!!  Can't imagine trying to hoist a 10lb ling up from the bottom on the fly....might be a challenge to check out!

Nice sculpin patterns.

those will hunt.

don't forget the simple chartreuse and white clouser though for the rockfish

Very nice work. All my flies get thrashed by rockies (admitted, I suck at tying) so have recently switched to all plastic flashabou wrapped and heavily epoxied.

Thanks Zee. I had plenty of hackle and rabbit. Once I've gotten mine thrashed I'll go more durable. As of yet, I've not caught any rockfish. Hopefully that will soon change.

I usually stay away from a lot of rabbit and go with more synthetics and yak hair. Rabbit is buoyant and slow sinking.

Well Blake, if I say...owned a fly shop...I'd have pick of my materials.  I had a lot of rabbit, and weighted it plenty to get it to sink like a rock!  I had some tied with all synthetics too.  Now I'm geared up for my bottomfishing with flies.  I've also found that my hands still fit my gear rods pretty well!

After reading Zee's article in the recent Northwest Sportman's Mag about kayak fly fishing for Sea-run Cutthroat, I decided one of my new goals for 2013 is to get back into tying flies, but now focus more on rockfish flies. Since I am currently visiting family in Redding, CA, I stopped by "The Flyshop" to checkout what "fishy" saltwater flies i could find. These saltwater flies are expensive, so just grabbed 5 of the sexiest flies I could find and try and mimic these patterns when I get back to Portland. I guess my question is, should I focus on using only synthetic materials(so the rockies don't tear the hell out of it) or is there a better more natural material that could still hold up to the abuse and teeth of a rockfish? Any thoughts on these fly's? The Squid pattern will be tough to mimic, but thought it looked fishy non the less. I'm sure these patterns would fish well tied above my bottom weighted jig, but more in shallower water using a fast sinking line. The top left two are going to be the tough ones. The end result may look a little different on those two. Does anyone have any advice on tying these types of flies?
Jammer

I've been tying them for about a year & use mostly synthetics. lost several of them last season, so I'm tying more. Gonna take a bunch with me when we go to GS-7 down in Shelter Cove. They were fairly popular last year. These worked really well tied about 12" above a jig.
. Got a few more pics in my gallery & will take more pics of the new ones.

Paul,
Those flies are awesome. Very fishy. I often wonder what a pink, green or even blue fly looks like at 40-60 feet deep. Is there any color appearance left in them at that depth or does the minimal light make them appear almost gray or whitish? Either-way, they look great.
Thanks for sharing.

Found some salt water fly's in my Christmas stocking.

Paul where did you get those eye's?

Paul where did you get those eye's?

Paul gets his eyes from his mother. Dana, doesn't cabelas have them in Eugene?