My Steelhead Flymphs

[Old Hat]

Here are my standard steelhead patterns.

I may have posted one or two of these before. I rephotographed them and added some friends. These are the standard patterns I carry in my steelhead box. I always have these plus a couple experimentals.

Black hen Coq de Leon hackle, teal tail, silver rib and blue dyed wool

woolworthy flymph blue.jpg (190.28 KiB) Viewed 3969 times

English grouse hackle, Chukar flank tail, gold rib and Hare dubbing

Gamebird Flymph.jpg (183.57 KiB) Viewed 3969 times

Coq de Leon hackle, matching Coq de Leon tail, pearl shrimp foil rib and hare dubbing

Woolworthy flymph ginger.jpg (227.23 KiB) Viewed 3967 times

[Old Hat]

Coq de Leon hackle, matching Coq de Leon tail, gold rib, wool dyed claret

woolworthy flymph cabernet.jpg (191.9 KiB) Viewed 3973 times

Coq de Leon hackle, matching Coq de Leon tail, gold ribbing and hare dubbing

woolworthy flymph purple thorax.jpg (205.09 KiB) Viewed 3974 times

[hankaye]

Old hat, Howdy;

Niffty gathering you have there... I take it that being in Salt water
creates a fondness for Golf pants coloring for flies ... ???

hank

[Old Hat]

Yep, and my Golf pants are blue by the way....Levi's

These are actually quite reserved for most steelhead pattern colors.

[Mataura mayfly]

Reserved, but in a heck of a nice way.
But got to ask..... no Purple Peril? OK it has a bit of a deer hair wing happening, but I believe it is meant to be one of the Steelhead flies to have? I tried tying some a while ago without the deer hair and with a Pukeko spey through the thorax area, we have no steelhead here, but it was fun.

[Old Hat]

Jeff,

Didn't you hear? .... Blue is the new purple. Purple is yesterday.

Purple Peril is a great pattern though.

[Mataura mayfly]

Ah that is me- always 20 years behind the times down here at the bottom of the World!
That blue is striking, but why Woolworths? Is it to do with the rib?

[Old Hat]

Woolworthy. I have tweaked the patterns just a bit over time. Most were simply wool bodies of different color.

[Mataura mayfly]

So Woolworthy is your name for the pattern and not a play on the British based (now closed) chain of stores. All is clear now, thank you Master- Grasshopper may sign off and go fishing now.

[CreationBear]

All great ties, but I've been hating on the "Gamebird Flymph" for years now.