Steelhead are the large ocean going cousins of the Rainbow Trout. The Steelhead are born in fresh water and then migrate to the oceans for 3 to 4 years. To spawn, they return to their birthplace and unlike the Salmon, they do not all die after spawning.

The Steelhead is the ultimate game fish and can be found in the big rivers in the West and the tributaries of the Great Lakes.

The fly patterns that are used to catch Steelhead are usually wet flies, although there are a few dry fly patterns tied to imitate Stone Flies, or Caddis Flies.

Most of the Steelhead Patterns are colorful creations that seem to annoy the fish, causing them to attack the fly.

It is believed by some that the Stone Fly Female is imprinted on the Steelhead when it is young as a food source, and even though the Steelhead does not feed after entering fresh water, it has been caught on Stone Fly Dry Fly Patterns.

Some Steelhead Fishing Fly Patterns are;

image ALBINO MUDDLER image AUTUMN GOLD
image AUTUMN SKIES image AUTUMN SPEY
image BABINE SPECIAL image BADGER SKATER
image BELLA COOLA BOMBER image BLACK AND GOLDEN
image BLACK HERON image BLACK PALMER
image BRAD’S BRAT image BROWN HERON
image BURLAP image COAL CAR
image COURTESAN image CUMMING’S SPECIAL
image DAMSEL FLY image DEL COOPER
image DICOS SKATER image DISCO MOUSE
image DRAGON FLY image FALL BRIGHT
image FALL FAVORITE image FLASHIN PAT
image FLUTTERING TERMITE image FREIGHT TRAIN
image GOLD HERON image GOLDEN DEMON
image GREASE LINER image GREEN BUTT SKUNK
image GREW’S MUDDLER image HARRY KARI BUCKTAIL
image KALAMA SPECIAL image LEMIRE’S BLACK IRRESISTIBLE
image LEMIRE’S FALL CADDIS image MARABOU RED TUBE
image MARABOU SPEY image MAX CANYON
image MAXWELL’S PURPLE MATUKA image MOOSE HAIR CADDIS
image MOOSE TURD image OCTOBER CADDIS
image OCTOBER WULFF image ORANGE GOLDEN EDGE
image ORANGE HERON image ORANGE ROUGHY
image ORANGE SHRIMP image OTTER BAR PURPLE
image PAINT BRUSH image PATRICIA
image PATRIOT image PINK MARABOU SPIDER
image PINK SUNDOWNER image POLAR GIBSON
image POLAR SHRIMP image POLAR SKATER
image >PURPLE MUDDLER image PURPLE PERIL
image QUILLAYUTE image RED ANT
image RED/ORANGE MARABOU SPIDER image REIFF SKUNK
image RICKS REVENGE image RUSTY BOMBER
image RUSTY SPIDER image SHOOTING STAR
image SILVER ADMIRAL image SILVER AND BLACK
image SILVER AND ORANGE image SILVER HILTON
image SKUNK image SKUPADE
image SKYKOMISH SUNRISE image SOL DUC
image SOL DUC DARK image SOL DUC SPEY
image SPAWNING PURPLE SPEY image STEELHEAD BEE
image STEELHEAD CADDIS image STEELHEAD COACHMAN
image STEELHEAD MACINTOSH image STEELHEAD SILVER DOCTOR
image STEWART STONE NYMPH image STREET WALKER
image SUMMER SPEY image SUPER SKUNK
image THOMPSON RIVER CADDIS image UMPQUA RED BRAT
image UMPQUA SPECIAL image VAN LUVEN
image WADDINGTON THUNDER AND LIGHTNING image WAGONER’S STEELHEAD SKATER
image WASHOUGAL OLIVE image WALLER WALKER
image WATER OUZEL image WILLIE GUNN TUBE
image WINTER SPEY image WINTER’S HOPE