Ally's Shrimp

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Ally's Shrimp is probably the most used salmon fly in the World. Does well at any time of year

Ally's Shrimp Cascade

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Cascade was reputedly originally tied as a joke; however, it has turned out to be the supreme fly on several rivers over the past few years.

Boxcar

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Bulkley Mouse

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The Bulkley Mouse is an outstanding searching pattern any time the water is between 50 and 60 degrees. Originating in British Columbia on the world famous Bulkley River, the "mouse" has migrated a little south.

Coal Car

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It is reputed that Randall Kaufmann designed the Coal Car as a darker variation of his Freight Train It's most effective on dark and overcast days

Dunkeld JC

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Dunkeld was reputedly named because it was inspired by the trout version of the Dunkeld. This black hairwing with its hot orange collar is a deadly fly for salmon and steelheed. The Jungle Cock certainly adds to its attraction

Farrar Marabuo

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It is reputed that this fly, originated by Seattle guide and fly tier. John Farrar was inspired by Poul Jorgensen's method of dubbing rabbit fur as hackle with a dubbing loop

Flat Car

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Frieght Train

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Favourite summer steelhead fly.

Garry Dog

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You can use this versatile fly for salmon, steelhead and sea trout. It combines movement and suitable colours that works well in stained water.

Genera Practitionerl

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An interesting varient that will attract the attention of steelhead in cloudy water.

General Practicioner

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An interesting purple varient that will attract the attention of steelhead in cloudy water.

Green Butt Skunk

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The Green Butt Skunk is the most popular summer steelhead fly in the Northwest. It is a prolific fish killer.

Green Steelhead Bomber

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Waking flies such as this one are intended to ride on the surface and create enough fuss so that a summer steelhead will be goaded into a strike. Can be used in tandem with a traditional wet fly, steelhead may be attracted first by the waking fly, but are more likely to strike the wet fly, which is more invasive of their turf. White wings provide easy visibility for the fish and angler.

Hairwing Spectrum Spey

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This fly is an vibrant hairwing 'effective' pattern

Hairwing Spectrum Spey

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This fly is a hairwing effective pattern

Hairy Mary

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This not a very complementory named pattern has proved to be a real winner, since 1960's. Its' movement stimulates salmon and steelhead into action.

Jungle Cock Cohoe

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September and October are the salmon months on most western rivers and streams. For the dedicated angler, cohoe salmon are upper most in their minds at this time of year. I recently made a trip to the Skeena River, west of Smithers, BC, to fish for fall runs of both steelhead and cohoe. Although I took both drift and fly rod equipment, I ended up fly fishing exclusively for cohoe and a successful fly for me on that trip was the Jungle Cock Cohoe.

Kispiox Special

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Colourful exciting pattern that triggers breath taking hits.

Munro Killer

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Originating on the Spey, Munro's Killer is a widely known and enormously successful Salmon and Steelhead fly. It combines four of the favourite colours for taking steelhead.

Orange Dean River Lantern

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The Dean River Lantern was originated for steelhead. However, in Alaska it many experienced fly fishers use it for sockeyes and Silver salmon.

Orange Krystal Bullet

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A good fly for Silvers, Kings, or Chum.

Popsicle

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The Popsicle works well in for Steelheads in heavy and coloured waters of the Northwest. Alaskan Salmon are attracted to this electrifyingly bright fly

Purple Peril

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Purple Peril is a traditional Northwest proven wet fly.

Purple Peril

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Purple Spey Fly

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Red Butt Skunk

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The Red Butt Skunk is a very popular summer steelhead fly in the Northwest. It is a prolific fish killer.

Sackfly

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It was late morning on the Morice River. I had been diligently casting for steelhead since dawn. Even though it was only early September, at day break ice crystals had formed in my rod guides. Now it was approaching 11:00 am and the sun was beginning to get very warm. I knew there were a few early run steelies in the river but up to that point, not a nibble for all of my hard efforts! I decided to change to a sack fly as I worked my way down to the tail of a long run not too far up from the confluence of the Bulkley River. The sack fly swung into fairly deep water as it straighten out from my long cast across the river. Then it happened! A silver bright steelhead was leaping clear of the water hardly a fraction of a second after I felt a savage strike! The sack fly was solidly hooked in the corner of the steelie's mouth and held for the duration of a short but violent battle.

Silver Doctor

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A popular steelhead pattern that is fished the world over, it's original design dates back to 1885. A true classic, the Silver Doctor is effective on many waters. This hairwing version has great movement and colours that are proven.

Silver Stoats Tail

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Silver Stoats Tail is a simple yet deadly fly, specially with the eye catching Jungle Cock This is a great low water fly salmon and steelhead it will take fish anytime during late spring and summer.

Squamish Poacher

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While living in Prince George a few years ago, I frequently made steelheading trips to the Morice, Bulkley, Skeena and Babine Rivers. Joe Friesen, then of Telkwa, gave me a recipe for a steelhead fly that has a tremendous attraction for Bulkley River sea going rainbows! Using this fly, an early October trip that I made to a run just below the Morice - Bulkley junction, yielded bright, wild steelhead on two successive casts! Joe's fly is a variation of the original fly invented for the Squamish River by a Lower Mainland steelheader but it has proven itself many times over in the gorgeous Bulkley River waters!

Steelhead Black Dry Fly

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Although the summer runs of steelhead are not what they once were, there are still a few streams in British Columbia where a summer run steelie will rise to a floating fly. I have found that on bright days, a large dark fly will often be the best way to entice a steelhead to rise from its bottom holding point to wildly slash at your fly floating overhead! In fact, an all black deer hair fly will sometimes do the trick when all else fails. I can recall an early September day just east of Telkwa on the Bulkley River when dozens of casts with a variety of both wet and dry flies had failed to get any response from a good stretch of steelhead holding water. I finally switched to an all black deer hair fly, well coated with floatant to ride high on the rippled current. The first long cast had just reached a spot behind a large underwater rock when a flash of silver exploded the surface in a savage strike at the deer hair fly.

Tan Steelhead Bomber

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Waking flies such as this one are intended to ride on the surface and create enough fuss so that a summer steelhead will be goaded into a strike. Can be used in tandem with a traditional wet fly, steelhead may be attracted first by the waking fly, but are more likely to strike the wet fly, which is more invasive of their turf. White wings provide easy visibility for the fish and angler.