Electric Jackson Purple Spade Fly, Steelhead Pattern or Trout, Use Your Imagination  Meet Alec Jackson: The Seattle Fly-Tying Rebel Who Hooked Steelhead on a Wing and a Prayer (and Invented Hooks That Won’t Straighten on a Tantrum Hello there, you intrepid soul scrolling through the endless abyss of fly-fishing bios, probably nursing a lukewarm coffee […]

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Who Tied the Original Golden Comet Steelhead Fly? Oh, Just the Usual Suspects in a Eureka Conspiracy Ah, the Golden Comet Steelhead Fly – that shiny little temptress of the North Coast rivers, the fly that’s been slapping chrome-sided steelhead in the face since before your grandpa traded his wool pants for Gore-Tex. If you’re […]

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Chartreuse Orange Woolly Bugger Chartreuse Orange Woolly Bugger Tying Recipe: Hook: 1-12 4XL Streamer Bead: Metallic Orange on this one. Thread: Hot Orange Semperfli 6/0 Tail: Ewing Hackle Chartreuse Green Chickabou Tail Flash: Semperfli Chartreuse Krinkle Flash Body: Fl. Chartreuse Monster Bush Fur Brush Hackle: Ewing Hackle Chartreuse Green Body Marabou Feather

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Swing into Purple Madness: The Purple Peril Fly Pattern That’ll Make Steelhead and Salmon Beg for Mercy Oh, the Purple Peril – that sneaky little fly pattern that’s basically the purple ninja of the fly fishing world. If you’re knee-deep in searches for “best steelhead flies for Alaska” or “spey fly patterns for Pacific Northwest […]

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Electric Coal Car Spey Tying Recipe:   Hook: #3 Alec Jackson Spey Hook Thread:  

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Signal Light Spey a Steelie’s Favorite Signal Light Spey Screams Collison, a Chrome Hook UP.

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Freight Train Steelhead Swinging Steel swinging a freight train on the Deschutes? Bold choice, my friend. Nothing says “I’m here to humble the river gods” like chucking a glorified doorstop on a Skagit head in water that’s basically a rock polisher with a current. But sure, let’s pretend you’re not just trying to anchor the […]

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Night Walker Swinging the Depths of the House Pool and Other Depths Night Walker Tying Recipe on a Partridge Hook: Hook: Partridge M2 Hook size 1 -8 Tail: Whiting Farms Pardo Dyed Purple Tailing Feather Body: Fl. Steelhead Slammer Monster Bush Fur Rib: Silver wire or Tinsel Hackle: Ewing Hackle Dark Purple Body Marabou Feather Under Wing: Black Crystallized […]

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Clearwater Walker a Rocky Mountain Stalker to Steelhead Alley Our Clearwater version of a Streetwalker. Besides the Clearwater River this has been a good pattern to swing on the Clark Fork River, Madison and Yellowstone River Spring and Fall, heck through the winter as well.   Clearwater Walker Tying Recipe: Hook: Partridge M2 or an […]

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