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Steelhead Bug — Fly Tying Pattern & Recipe

Steelhead Bug

May 27, 2025

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Simple bug using a heavy wire hook. Great during high water on Vancouver Island rivers when the fish are a few feet from shore

Where I fish it

rivers

Target species

Recipe

5 minutes

Yellow Or Green Dub
Black Ice Dub
Jungle Cock
Red Polar Bear

Step 1

Wrap in your yellow or green dubbing pretty generously and don't worry about it being tight as it frays out it will almost become a tail. Add the black Ice dub maintaining the body profile.

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