This page features our best steelhead fly patterns. These links take you to a page with a YouTube fly tying videos demonstrating how to tie the fly, a high resolution image of the finished steelhead fly, and a fly pattern recipe. Click on the steelhead fly pattern link (not the photo!).
Traditional style steelhead flies:
These are unweighted, typically summer steelhead fly patterns, used in Oregon’s great summer steelhead waters like the Willamette, Umpqua, Rogue and Deschutes Rivers.
Silver Hilton Spider
Garden Hackle
Blue Fox
Red Ant
Anadromous Royal Coachman
Green Butt Skunk
Steelhead October Caddis Wet
Micro Polar Peril
Super Polar Shrimp
Brad’s Brat (Winter)
Purple Slip Knot
Shedlock Spider
Foam Top Steelhead Skater
Mack’s Canyon
Purple Peril
Jay’s Steelhead Simplicity
Cummings Steelhead Pattern
Dec Hogan Summer Bug
Alec Jackson Spade Skunk
Purple Skunk
Sparse Muddler Minnow
Jay Nicholas’ Summer Steelhead fly
Jay Nicholas’ Summer Steelhead Chenille
Muddler Minnow
Signal Light
Purple Western Soft Hackle
Freight Train
Syd Glasso Quillayute
Ally’s Shrimp
The Editor
Tube Fly Patterns, Leeches, Intruders
Steelhead love big slimy, articulated, freaky, purplish, feathery weird ass shit. Tie some, and hang on.
Articulated Starlight Leech
Hot head summer tube fly
Hickman’s Flash Taco
Barrett’s Egg-sucking Tarantula
Pro Tube Spey Prawn
ProTube Popsicle
Pro Tube Bunny Leech
Copper Miner Tube Fly
Blue Hoochie: Inspired by Howell’s Prom Dress
Pro Tube Green Butt Skunk
Pro Tube Winter’s Hope
Marabou Tube Fly
Tony’s Shrimpinator Tube Fly
Tony’s Coppinator Tube Fly
Steelhead Zonker Leech
Purple Tube Leech
Tony’s Temple Tube
MOAL Leech
Egg-sucking leech
Steelhead Wooly Bugger
Jay’s Shorty dubbed head egg-sucking leech
Shank-style Intruder
Steelhead Egg Patterns, Dead Drift Flies:
For when swinging just doesn’t work. Or when you’re just feeling dirty. Get out the Bobbinator and lay some winter steelhead waste with these beauties.
The Real Deal
Pearly Pink Egg Dart
Jay’s Best Steelhead Egg Ever
Low water wiggle egg
Frizzle Chenille Steelhead Prawn
UV Yarn Steelhead Egg Pattern
Steelhead Ugly Bug
Kaufmann’s Dredger
Winter Steelhead Cocktail Shrimp
The Glo-bug
The Lowly Glowly
Marabou Steelhead Jig
Parachute Egg Cluster
Hidden Bead Steelhead Jig
Hot legs steelhead Nymph
Bead-head Lifter
Fox’s Fertilizer
Jay’s Total Domination Steelhead Egg
I line in Michigan and we are hoping for some rain soon to get the steelhead running. I will try out some of these patterns and hope they work well for the Great Lakes Steelies!!!
‘m looking for some help tying some steelhead fly’s for the clearwater and salmon river’s of Idaho. I’d appreciate some help with pattern’s and tying techniques. Thank’s.
I would appreciate some suggestion’s with fly pattern’s for the clearwater and salmon river’s of Idaho.
Like to see Pick yer Pocket pattern instructions/video.
Good job on the intruder!
A tutorial/vedio of “Morrish’s Deep October Caddis” would be great!
Would like to see tutorial on “morrish’s medusa”!!! The popsicle version. Keep up the good work on you tube Jay!
My daughter wants to comment…
I like your beautiful flies, they are colorful.
bye!
Neva /Age 6
Any chance on a vid of how to tie a Pic Yer Pocket?
Many thanks
Thanks for updating the patterns-especially since it’s the beginning of winter steelhead.
Great collection of Steelhead Flies! “The Best” — Alaska to Idaho, Michigan to the Northwest!