steelheadFlies -Tied by Tom Larimer

Fierce Allegiance

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, nickel, sizes 1.5-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: White polar bear or kid goat
Underwing: Chartreuse Mirage Flashabou
Tail: Natural red golden pheasant body feather
Rid: Extra small silver tinsel
Body: ½ Blue Trilobal dubbing,
½ purple angora goat dubbing
Hackle: Purple guinea
Eyes: Jungle cock (optional)

About the fly: This is a primary searching fly for all conditions. Blue is the most underutilized
color in steelhead angling. It is the most visible color under a variety of water conditions. A few
years ago, I spent a winter in the Bering Sea crab fishing. The Fierce Allegiance was a boat out of
Dutch Harbor, Alaska. I loved that name. I loved what it meant.    While guiding, I almost always
have one of my rods fishing it.

Unconditional

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, nickel, sizes 1.5-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: White polar bear or kid goat
Underwing: Chartreuse Mirage Flashabou
Tail: Natural red golden pheasant body feather
Rid: Extra small silver tinsel
Body: ½ Chartreuse floss, ½ Blue Trilobal dubbing
Hackle: Blue guinea over purple saddle hackle
Eyes: Jungle cock (optional)

About the fly: I fish this fly as a searching pattern though it fishes particularly well in glacially
stained water of the Klickitat or when the White river is puking chuff into the lower Deschutes.
The Unconditional has become a favorite on many summer steelhead rivers.

Irish Car Bomb
(Marabou wing/ hair wing)

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, gold, sizes 1.5-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: Black marabou or black kid goat
Underwing: Copper Krystal Flash
Tail: Natural red golden pheasant body feather
Rid: Extra small gold tinsel
Body: ½ Chartreuse floss, ½ Black angora goat
Hackle: Chartreuse guinea over black saddle
hackle
Eyes: jungle cock (optional)

About the fly: A product of late night fly tying combined with drinking shots of Irish whiskey
dropped into Guinness stout... I fish the marabou wing for low light conditions, and the hair wing
as a general searching pattern.

Purple Green Butt

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, nickel, sizes 1.5-7
Thread: Purple, 8/0
Wing: White polar bear or kid goat
Underwing: Chartreuse Mirage Flashabou
Tail: Natural red golden pheasant body feather
Rid: Small chartreuse wire
Body: ½ Chartreuse floss, ½ Purple angora goat
Hackle: Purple guinea
Eyes: Jungle cock (optional)

About the fly: My version of an old standby.

Brazilian

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, black or gold, sizes 3-7
Thread: Rust, 8/0
Wing: Brown bucktail or kid goat
Underwing: Copper Krystal Flash
Tag: Copper wire
Tail: Natural red golden pheasant body feather
Rid: Copper wire
Body: Claret Trilobal dubbing
Hackle: Claret guinea
Eyes: Jungle cock (optional)

About the fly: The Brazilian is a first choice in low, clear water. She fishes really well when the
sun is up and behind the fish. It also does well as a come back fly or a trailer fly.

Mechanism

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, black, sizes 3-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: Black kid goat, short
Underwing: Copper Krystal Flash
Tag: Silver tinsel
Tail: Purple guinea fibers, short
Rid: Extra small silver tinsel
Body: Black Trilobal dubbing
Hackle: Purple guinea

About the fly: I tie the Mechanism short and buggy. I use it as a “follow up” pattern after a
steelhead comes to the searching fly, though doesn’t commit to eating it.   I also fish them as
searching patterns under tough conditions such as over pressured fish and higher water
temperatures. Steelhead seem to prefer a smaller buggier fly in these conditions. It also works
as a great trailer fly behind a dry fly or a muddler.

South Junction

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, black, sizes 3-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: Brown bear
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet, short
Rid: Extra small copper tinsel
Body: Orange flex floss
Hackle: Brown Indian hen

About the fly: South Junction was designed to be fished during the October Caddis emergence
from late September through mid-November on the Deschutes and other summer run rivers that
host this huge caddis.

North Junction

Hook: Alec Jackson Spey, black, sizes 3-7
Thread: Black, 8/0
Wing: Brown bear
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet, short
Rid: Extra small copper tinsel
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Brown Indian hen

About the fly: North Junction is a great "come back" fly. When a steelie raises to a searching fly,
but won't commit to it. They'll it this one like candy. Also, I often trail it behind a muddler.

Pumpkin Seed Muddler

Hook: Down eye limerick bend 4x, sizes 2-6
Thread: Black, 6/0
Wing: Turkey
Underwing: Natural brown squirrel tale over
orange crystal flash and chartruese Mirage
flashabou
Tail: Orange crystal flash
Body: Gold diamond braid
Collar: Rust Trilobal dubbing
Head: Pumpkin seed deer hair

Olive Muddler

Hook: Down eye limerick bend 4x, sizes 2-6
Thread: Black, 6/0
Wing: Turkey
Underwing: Golden olive squirrel tale over
olive crystal flash and chartruese Mirage
flashabou
Tail: Olive crystal flash
Body: Gold diamond braid
Collar: Rust Trilobal dubbing
Head: Olive deer hair

Purple Muddler

Hook: Down eye limerick bend 4x, sizes 2-6
Thread: Black, 6/0
Wing: Turkey
Underwing: Purple squirrel tale over
purple crystal flash and purple Mirage flashabou
Tail: purple crystal flash
Body: Purple diamond braid
Collar: Rust Trilobal dubbing
Head: Purple deer hair

About the flies: Muddlers kick ass... I fish them hitched in the film, damp or deep on a sink tip.
One of my best mid-day rigs on the Deschutes is to fish a sink-tip with the Pumpkin Seed as my
main fly on a short dropper and a low water pattern like a Mechanism or Brazilian trailing three
feet behind on point. The lighter color and flash of the muddler allows me to watch my client’s
flies swing even at depth.



		LARIMER OUTFITTERS LLC I Phone: #541.490.9446 I email: I tom@larimeroutfitters.com © 2007, All rights reserved