Trout and Steelhead Patterns

Trout and Steelhead Patterns

Cold water fly patterns for trout and steelhead

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Trout and Steelhead Patterns
  • Bloom's Flying Z Glo Purple - Dave Bloom

    Dave Bloom was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of Montana and
    Idaho. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the
    Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous rivers around
    Ye...

  • Gold Finger - Dan Gard

    Dan Gard spent 18 years as a fishing guide and has been tying flies for 25.
    He began tying flies because back then the selection was limited to what was marketed. He wanted more, so he learned everything he could about aquatic entomology and put it to use on the vice. It
    was natural that he decid...

  • Green Drake Soft Hackle - Rick Wollum

    Rick Wollum has been working in the fly fishing industry for 30 years. He currently manages Anglers West Fly Shop in Emigrant, MT but has fished all types of freshwaters with all types of flies.
    Rick’s been tying flies over 50 years, mentioned in several fly fishing books, and hosted Fly Fishing ...

  • Bloom's Black Peacock Perdigon - Dave Bloom

    Perdigon fly patterns are really popular right now. Mainly, because the are super effective on trout. Spanish and French in origin, these little bead heads will turn trout. Dave gives a great demonstration of how to tie this hot little number.

    Dave Bloom was born and raised in Great Falls and ha...

  • Mirage Nymph - Dan Gard

    The Mirage Nymph pattern will definitely get a trout's attention. A bead head little pattern to make a splash by Dan Gard.

    Dan Gard spent 18 years as a fly fishing guide and has been tying flies for 25.
    He began fly tying because back then the selection was limited to what was marketed. He wante...

  • Baetis Soft Hackle - Rick Wollum

    Rick Wollum has been working in the fly fishing industry for 30 years. He currently manages Anglers West Fly Shop in Emigrant, MT but has fished all types of freshwaters with all types of flies.
    Rick’s been tying flies over 50 years, mentioned in several fly fishing books, and hosted Fly Fishing ...

  • Bloom's Purple Weight Fly - Dave Bloom

    Dave Bloom was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of Montana and Idaho. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous rivers around Ye...

  • Harley Reno: MWB

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Mustad 9672 or 9674 in sizes 2,4,6, 8, or 10
    Thread: Danville's size 3/0 waxed monocord in black, brown, or tan
    Head: Brass or copper cone in appropriate size
    Weight: three inch strand of .20 lead wire (optional)
    Tail: Black or Brown Marabou
    Hackle: Rope made of Two strands ...

  • Rocky Maley: Orange Whorehouse

    RECIPE:

    Hook: AJ 3
    Thread: utc 140 white
    Tip: blue oval tinsel
    Tag: JC orange silk
    Butt: black ostrich hurl
    Rib: flat silver
    Body: burnt orange silk
    Collar: long orange hackle
    Wing: married strips of orange, black and orange turkey tail in order
    Head: orange

  • Rocky Maley: Grey Eagle

    RECIPE:

    Tag: Silver twist
    Tail: Ted breast feather from the golden pheasant
    Body: Yellow, light blue, and scarlet seal's fur
    Ribs: Silver lace and silver tinsel
    Hackle: Gray eagle, from blue fur ( substitute marabou)
    Throat: Widgeon ( teal for large patterns)
    Wings: Two strips of brown m...

  • Randy Flynn: Woven Hair Hackle Dry Fly

    RECIPE:

    Hook - Size 10 Mustad 94840 or similar standard dry fly hook. If and up-eye hook is preferred, Use a Size 10 Daiichi 2421
    Weaving Thread - 6/0 Uni-thread
    Tying Thread - 6/0 in appropriate color
    Tail - Badger Guard Hairs
    Body - Tying thread
    Hackle - Northern Whitetail Deer Hair wov...

  • Randy Flynn: The Hatchmatcher

    RECIPE:

    Hook - Sizes 16-22 Tiemco 500U
    Thread - 8/0 Uni-thread
    Wing, Tail - Mallard Drake Breast Feather
    Body - Small amount of dubbing in appropriate color
    Hackle - Dry fly neck or saddle in appropriate size and color

  • Randy Flynn: Skating Cranefly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1750
    Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
    Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Embroidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the top of the hook shank.
    ...

  • Randy Flynn: Sandy Mite

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1710
    Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
    Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Emboidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the underside of the fly.
    Hackl...

  • Ken Burkholder: Bear Hair Golden Trude

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1260 #6
    Thread: Amber or Antique Gold
    Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
    Body & Tail: Moose hair, stacked.
    Overbody: Alec Jackson’s Peach
    Japanese silk floss.
    Rib: Brown or Java Brown Pearsall’s
    Gossamer silk thread.
    Wing: Brown bear hair.
    Dubbing: Nature’s Spirit ...

  • Ken Burkholder: Bear Back Rider

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 4660 #4
    Thread: Amber Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
    Dubbing: Golden brown ICE-DUB
    Foam: 1mm light brown craft foam; 3mm dark brown craft foam.
    Wing: Brown bear hair.
    Legs: Brown PERFECT RUBBER

  • Jesse Riding: Rainy's Gorilla Stone

    RECIPE:

    Hook: 3X Streamer hook sizes 4-10
    Thread: Orange GSP 100
    Body: Rainy’s Gorilla Body
    Overwing: Natural Dark elk hair (Cow)
    Underwing: Rainy’s Tear-Drop Wing material or Similar.
    Legs: Brown Round Medium Rubber Legs
    Places specifically used a lot: Adult Stoneflies are a very partic...

  • Jerry Criss: TLF Steelhead Magic

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 7989 or any Black Lt wire steelhead hook
    Thread: Black 8/0 or 6/0
    Tail: Red Arctic Fox
    Body: Silver Tinsel
    Thorax: flour orange
    Hackle: Arctic Fox Purple (Make hackle in a dubbing loop)

  • Jerry Criss: Damsel Nymph

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 206 BL #16-#14
    Thread: Lt Olive
    Tail: Lt olive arctic fox tail hairs
    Body: Med-dark Olive arctic fox under fur
    Body Veiling: Lt olive fox tail hair
    eyes: Plastic eye or bead chain eyes, blk or olive

  • Jerry Criss: Beadhead Calibaetis

    RECIPE:

    Bead: One size smaller than normal for hook size
    Hook: Mustad 390613 #18 to #12
    Thread: Rusty Dun 8/0
    Tail: Lemon Duck or Moose Body
    Body: Hare’s ear
    Rib: Fine Brass
    Thorax: Hare’s ear or darker fur wing-case: pheasant tail, flash material, or Moose body
    Legs: Partridge - Light ...

  • Jay Buchner: Jay Dave's Hopper

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Mustad 9671, Dai Riki 280
    Thread: 3/0 mono to match body color
    Tail: Dyed red Elk
    Body: Polypropolene Yarn
    Hackle: Brown or badger
    UnderWing: deer hair
    OverWing: Turkey tail sprayed with urethane
    Legs: Golden pheasant tail fibers knotted
    Head: Deer Hair Spun in 2 bunches

  • Dean Reiner: Land's Pattern

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki #320, #12
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
    Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
    Tail: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
    Body: Rooster Saddle Hackle stem, Saddle Brown
    Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
    Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster, Badger

  • Dean Reiner: Kamikaze Hopper

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki #320 size 8
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
    Butt: Uni-Thread, Red 6/0
    Underwing: CDC, Natural Dun
    Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster Cape
    Wing: Ozark Turkey, Mottled
    Rib: Oval French Tinsel, Gold
    Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Olive

  • Dean Reiner: Hackle Stem Crane Fly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #10 & 12
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
    Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
    Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
    Legs: CDC, Black
    Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun