Pink Steelhead Fly

[BCBound]

Here's one I tied up after being inspired to tie some feather wings. I've been tying so many large, buggy, leachy flies for this winters steelhead season, I thought I'd better tie some smaller, less invassive flies to add to my box. I tied several variations of this fly in a bright blue / black, and orange / yellow. Not the most traditional BC winter colors I know, but sometimes you just have to tie what you feel like fishing.



In the ingredients list, I forgot to add the four strands of Lady Amherst the flow back off the fly. I think it adds a little extra somting.

[btree]

Looks sweet, but for a "fishing fly" rather than a "show fly", I'd make that hackle way way sparser. That way it will sink better and likely have better movement. I really like the pheasant tail feelers sticking out the back. The Glasso Heron style flies are producers for sure. I've yet to land a fish on one, but I lost two beauties last season on a fly like the one you've tied, but in all pink and super sparse. Also, make sure you are using 4 hackle tips and not just 2. Great tie though, should work really well in lots of different colour combo's.

I tie up one with brown hackle tip wings, natural mallard collar, grey hackle, silver body with the front 1/4 orange dubbing for cutties - works very well as a fry pattern. If you have grizzly hackles, they work great for the wing in brown, olive or natural to immitate coho fry and sculpin depending on the size you tie.

[BCBound]

Thanks btree,

I learned quickly about the 4 feathers for wings. LoL. Out of all the ones I tied, some were spares and some were fuller. This being my first steelhead season I tied up 2 of each pattern I decided to put into my fly box. With the exception being leeches (multiple colors), intruders, and GPs.

I then went back through and modified a few of them making them sparser, smaller, or fuller. I plan on experimenting with all of them, watching them swing, watching them sink, and makes some notes for sure. Between what I've tied and the swap I should have more then enough to keep me busy.