Published Sep 1. 2015 - 8 years ago
Updated or edited Jan 16. 2019

Steelhead Beetle

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Steelhead Beetle

While looking at steelhead flies with a BC guide, one fly in particular stood out: a somewhat ugly contraption with a deer hair wing and not least an "overhanging" head, in other words tied so that the hook eye was under the fly and not in front.

Meet the Steelhead Beetle

Originator: 
Rob Brown
Pattern type: 
Steelhead fly
Skill level/difficulty: 
Easy
Species: 
atlantic salmon (sea run), brown trout, pacific salmon (sea run), steelhead (sea run)
Materials: 
Hook
Daiichi 1720 Sizes 10, 8, 6, & 4
Thread
Brown Olive
Underbody
Weed trimmer cord extend past eye of hook
Back
Black foam
Tag
Burnt orange dubbing
Body
Medium brown dubbing
Wing
Stiff elk or moose hair
Head
Trimmed wing hair and foam

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