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Norm Frechette

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Lady Godiva

Steelhead

Ralph Olson, mid-1940s

Tag - Silver-embossed tinsel
Tail - Red and yellow swan or goose, married
Butt - Red chenille
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Yellow seal dubbing or yellow wool yarn
Wing - Red bucktail over sparse white polar bear (yup, real polar bear)

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
 

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Stillaguamish Sunrise

Steelhead

George McLeod, late 1940s

Tail: Red and yellow hackle fibers
Body - Yellow chenille
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail

Stillaguamish Sunset

Steelhead

George McLeod, late 1940s

Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange chenille
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
 

Dr. Magill

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Stillaguamish Sunrise

Steelhead

George McLeod, late 1940s

Tail: Red and yellow hackle fibers
Body - Yellow chenille
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail

Stillaguamish Sunset

Steelhead

George McLeod, late 1940s

Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange chenille
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Stilly
My home water
Good fly
 

Tom Butler

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Messin' around with different black simiseal blends on sz 12 Doc Spratleys. Black/green and black/red.
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Head cement needs thinning. It's amazing what I don't see, even with my glasses on, until I take a pic.
 
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Buzzy

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Messin' around with different black simiseal blends on sz 12 Doc Spratleys. Black/green and black/red.
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Head cement needs thinning. It's amazing what I don't see, even with my glasses on, until I take a pic.
Killer! Such a great fall pattern for Lenore. Stripped FAST - works best when the Seahawks blow a lead
 

Norm Frechette

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Cassin

Winged Wet Fly

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Peacock sword and scarlet quill sections
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Yellow

Trout - Ray Bergman

Forgotten Flies -Schmookler and Sils
 
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