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Steelhead
Predator Tubes.
This year I've become a massive proponent of the upturned hook eye for both *properly* hooking and landing fish. After my abysmal showing in both departments last year, practically all of my steelhead flies are being tied to accommodate this. Tying these with a tube allows me to upturn the eye and replace it easy while putting it right where I want it- 2/3 or so down the fly.
Also I'm probably going to strip set my fish this year.

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Scottp

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Golden Sedgehog Bumble

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hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
butt - yarn gold
tail/wing(s) - deer hair
body - Ice Dub golden brown
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott
 

Norm Frechette

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Dean River Special

Steelhead

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail.

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel.

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool.

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back.

Wing - Black marabou tied over the body.

Topping - Purple Flashabou Accent

Every good river has its "specials." British Columbia's Dean River is no exception: in fact, it has several and this is just one of them.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

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Drain's 20

Steelhead

Wes Drain of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern. He named the fly after taking a fish over twenty pounds on the Skagit River, setting a Washington state record at that time.

Hook - Alec Jackson Spey (Daiichi 2051), Size5

Thread - Black

Tip/Tag - Silver tinsel and fluorescent yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets under yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Body - Chinese Red Uni Wool (or Fl Red Floss)

Collar - Purple hen hackle

Underwing - Red-dyed Golden Pheasant Breast Feather*

Wing - Natural Grey Squirrel accented with sparse Holographic Silver Lite-Brite**

Cheeks(optional) - Jungle Cock

*I used red schlappen hackle fibers

**I omitted the lite brite, none on hand

Scott Howell Drain's 20

Recipe and Picture of Drain's 20
www.angelfire.com

There are other recipes for this fly. This is the one I chose.
 

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Dingbat

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread: Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail 0 Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent orange chenille

Hackle - Furnace tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

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Silver Orange

Steelhead

Fred A Reed of Nevada City, California, originated this pattern

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Orange

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Hackle - Orange hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Yellow calf tail tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

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Rippa's Revenge

Steelhead

Stew Wallace of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in 1979 and named it in honor of Bob Rippa.

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel

Body - Rear third, dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

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Old Master

Soft Hackle

Hook 1 (= size 14)

Wings - Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock’s wing

Body - Ash-colored silk, wrapped over with Heron’s herl

* Certain species of Heron is an illegal tying material in the USA. A substitute is gray goose.

Federal Register :: General Provisions; Revised List of Migratory Birds

I'm not into tying with silk threads or tying for museums. I use thread I have on hand.



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