Steelhead flies

Check out some of the best flies to use in the Clearwater river. Additionally, follow our tutorial on how to tie the lady caroline fly.

A top river guide tells you the 5 best steelhead flies which are the Stonefly Nymph, the Mayfly nymph, the worm fly, the yarn egg, and the woolly bugger

Favorite patterns for catching steelhead throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Every once in a while we like to run step by step tying instructions for some of our favorite patterns at our lodges, and judging by your comments, you like them too! Because of this, we ran a post…

Chilly winter weather brings a lot of excitement for fishermen around the Pacific Northwest. Winter Steelhead fishing is one of the favorite targets for anglers from December through April. Here ar…

The Intruder has become more of a style of Steelhead fly than a specific pattern.The original was tied by legendary Washington Steelhead guide Ed Ward. This variation of an Intruder is tied on a wadington shank with a small octopus style hook rigged in a loop of slickshooter. This set up enables one to change the hook so as to be always be fishing with a sharp hook. This flashy blue intruder is a great pattern for covering the water quickly as it's large profile and bright colouring are…

Dark Max Canyon Steelhead Fly The Dark Max Canyon fly had its origin on the Deschutes River because of a chance meeting with an angler who wasn’t catching any Steelhead. I was fishing the west side of the river and having good success. In less than two hours I had landed and released five Steelhead. During that time the angler on the east side wasn’t having any luck, but I could tell that he was a good fly caster and was covering the water very well. When the sun finally danced across the…

Step by step instructions on how to tie a tube fly leech for salmon and steelhead