Sounds like an excellent strategy and similar to what I usually do, depending on what the fish was doing. In my case fly was fairly small #4 Oct Caddis. We also will follow up with a weighted nymph if the surface flies are not successful. I prefer to catch them on the surface but I don't catch enough steelhead to want to leave one that won't take on the surface. Most of the fish I caught on the Ronde this year were on weighted nymphs not skaters. Oh and forgot to mention I am fishing a 10ft 6 wt single hander.


Edited by jam session (10/28/14 07:17 PM)