I like to think of how fly fishing has enriched my life. One of the ways that it has, is the people I have met, fished with and who are my friends because of throwing feathers and fur at fish. It used to be all about the fish and the fishing with me (sometimes, it […]
I don’t know why the color purple has so much appeal to me for steelhead flies. Probably, because I’ve caught so many steelhead on purple flies. There are two flies of this color that I have used the most; Purple Peril and many variations of it and my own Purple Haze. At the time I […]
Original Skunk pattern (from Steelhead Fly Patterns and Flies by Trey Combs): Tail   –   Red hackle fibers Body –   Black chenille ribbed with silver tinsel Hackle – Black, sometimes tied as a beard Wing –   White bucktail or polar bear Skunk Up pattern (Marts pattern): Hook –   AJ 1 ½ , 3 or 5 Tail  […]
I am tying steelhead flies for an upcoming trip (in October). I only have about 4 million steelhead flies dating back to the 80’s, but I could always use a couple hundred more. I tie several dozen to hundreds of flies for major trips (major trips for me are any time I can get on […]