Steelhead Flies

[cdpaul]

Hello
I am going to be doing some steelhead fishing and need your favorite steelhead flies. Recipes would be helpful. I will be fishing before ice out and after ice out. thanks.

[rainbowchaser]

For West michigan streams in the spring I use stonefly nymphs, egg flys, egg sucking leaches ( a wooly bugger with a ball of red chenille at the front) and large fox squirrel nymphs. Skunks and sparrows are other good choices. I think you will find most of these patterns in the fly of the week archives.

[harleybob87]

Polar shrimp, street walker, purple peril, bunny leach in pink, purple, black, egg sucking leach with bunny strips, egg flies, greenbutt, redbutt, and skunk. All these patterns can be found on salmonfly.net

[Mike Ormsby]

Here are some patterns that should work in Michigan for steelhead:
Stone Fly Nymph, Black
P M Wiggler, Blonde
BH Steelie Birds Nest
BH Prince Nymph
A P Nymph, Black
BH RubberLeg Krystal Bugger, Brown
BH RubberLeg Krystal Bugger, Black
BH RubberLeg Krystal Bugget, Olive
BH RubberLeg Krystal Bugger, Purple
Steelhead Scud, Chartreuse
Steelhead Scud, Orange
Steelhead Scud, Red
Egg Sucking Krystal Bugger, Purple
Egg Sucking Krystal Bugger, Black
Steelie Stone, Brown
Steelie Stone, Black
Steelie Stone, Chartreuse
BH Vitamin D, Flourescent Orange
Meth Egg, Pink
Meth Egg, White
Meth Egg, Chartreuse
Quad Egg, Salmon
Single Egg, Salmon
Burnt Egg, Salmon Egg
Burnt Egg, Steelhead Orange
Burnt Egg, Champagne
Burnt Egg, Shrimp Pink
Unreal Egg
Clown Egg
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