WINTER STEELHEAD PATTERNS General Practitioner (Shrimp Fly)
Hook: Partridge CS10/2
Thread: Orange
Tag & Rib: Silver Braid
Tail: Orange Elk
Body: Scintilla/Mohair blend
Wing: Golden Pheasant body feather tied in several stages
Hackle: Golden Pheasant rump

Polar Shrimp
Hook: Partridge CS10/2
Thread: Orange
Tag & Rib: Silver Braid
Tail: Orange saddle hackle & Golden Pheasant tippet
Body: Orange seal substitute (SLF)
Hackle: Orange, with GP tippet & natural guinea beard
Wing: Calf body hair

 SUMMER STEELHEAD PATTERNS Green Butt
Hook: Partridge CS10/2
Thread: Black
Tag: Silver oval tinsel
Butt: Fluorescent green yarn over flat silver tinsel
Tail: Golden Pheasant body feather fibers
Rib: Silver flat tinsel
Body: Black seal substitute (SLF)
Hackle: Black, with natural guinea beard
Wing: Mink

Purple Peril
Hook: Partridge CS10/2
Thread: Black
Tag & Rib: Silver flat tinsel
Tail: Purple
Body: Purple angora & SLF blend
Hackle: Purple spey hackle palmered over front section of fly
Wing: Fox

 LOW WATER/GREASED LINE PATTERNS Lady Caroline
The conventional Lady Caroline uses a golden pheasant hackle and bronze mallard wing. The bucktail+grizzly substitutes are used here to provide a buggier appearance, esp. effective in the fall when October Caddis are available.
Hook: light wire, #8
Thread: Claret
Tail: Golden Pheasant crest
Rib: flat silver tinsel
Body: blended olive & brown
Hackle: soft grizzly hen
Wing: fine brown bucktail

Andrew's Black
Hook: light wire, #8
Thread: Claret
Tail: Claret
Rib: flat silver tinsel
Body: Black
Hackle: Black
Wing: fine brown bucktail

Spider Spade
Follow up with this if fish are rising short to skating or waking flies.
Hook: Partridge CS2 (looped down-eye)
Thread: Black
Tail: fine bucktail
Rib: fine oval silver tinsel
Body: black seal substitute (SLF)
Hackle: teal flank tied spider-style

 
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