All Steelhead Flies

Nice summer and fall Steelhead tube fly. Also works great in low or clear water winter conditions.

Easy to cast.

Comes with hook and junction tubing

Overall wing length: 2.5 inches long.

Easy to cast.

Also see Black and Blue (click here)

Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well.

The tried and True Mother of all Leeches. The classic Strung Out MOAL (Mother of all Leeches) is the one thst started it all. Invented by Derek Fergus is is one heck of a pattern. These really are a pattern you need if you hunt Steelhead. Because we use a Octopus hook the short shank holds fish far better allowing more fish to hand. Because it is tied on a string (gel spun) the fly tends to wiggle and swim in the current. Specially swinging them.

Size 2 trailing hook - 2.5 - 3" long  (custom flies tied with bead heads)

Also see Summer Moal Leeches, 2 1/4 inches (Click Here)

The Moal Leech catches Steelhead in all conditions. Add it to your fly box. You will never look back.

"I wanted to thank you for your fast service and a great product.  I have
been fly fishing for over forty years and have caught hundreds of trout and
salmon and even a few bonefish but I had never caught a steelhead on a fly
before last weekend.  With my fifth cast of your black and purple MOAL into
a nice Clackamas riffle I hooked and landed a small hatchery summer hen.  I
attached a picture although it doesn't show the fly too well (my hands were
still shaking)." - Paul Boucher

Small Moal Leech with trailing eggs.

Great Flesh Flies for Alaska.

This flesh version of the moal leech is great early and late season. Try him on the swing, dead drift. The added attraction of the bead makes a big difference.

A great fly for any Alaska - fishing for rainbows, chinook, coho or sockeye. This fly is also a great coastal winter steelhead fly, particularly in small streams.

Good Alaska Rainbows, Sea Run Cutthroat Trout, and Dolly Varden, Bull Trout, Pink Salmon and summer Steelhead Leech Pattern as well.

Size: 2- 2.5 inches, number 2 SSW Owner hook.

Caught by Dave Robinson

Low water bright pattern for Steelhead

Size: 4

Steelhead Guinea Spider, Orange tied by Spirit River

Size: 4

The Hybrid, A very serious Steelhead Fly (Solid colors good for Salmon too).

(NEW Design, Fall 2015)

I have designed similar Steelhead flies like this pattern. It is a refinement. The Hybrid also comes articulated (more movement) if you choose that option. Also this pattern comes with the new tip dyed Ostrich Plumes that really add movement, plus with the added Ostrich Spey Plumes tied in under the larger tip dyed plumes gives the fly more silhouette but without much water absorption so it is pretty easy to cast for a big fly. When the black dyed tips of the Ostrich move the fly appears more lively in the water.

Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well.

The combination of rabbit fur which has incredible life in the water and flashabou creates an illuminated attraction for fish. A real winner!

Two Toned Flash Moal Leech - Flashabou and rabbit wrapped around a string go together. Moal Leeches have great movement in the water. They wiggle and undulate, which moves the flashabou in wave like motion reflecting colorful light waves as the fly swings across the river. Two Toned (color) Flash Moals have two different colors of flashabou tied in. The tail color is tied in after half the fly is wrapped with rabbit. The head flashabou is tied with a length of 2/3's the fly length. This works much better that two colors of flashabou tied in together at the cone.

Purple/Red Two Toned Flash Moal with Red Hot Bead in photo

A unique Squid/Shrimp pattern.

Size 4 hook

Spirit River continues to lead the way in UV2 technology. We have used a double dye process to give all our unique UV2 materials and flies the added UVF/UVR ultraviolet wave lengths. We all know UV Florescence which is so common on everything from street signs to bass lures. UV Reflectance is a spectrum of wave lengths humans can not perceive yet is extremely common in the animal and insect world. UVR allows mayflies to find mates, and bees to find flowers. Many male birds and bugs have a strong natural UVR signature.

Greg's Kriller

Constructed on the banks of the Kanektok River the killer krill, or Kriller, was designed for maximum castabilty as well as its flaring motion when swinging across hydraulic “fences” in the water column. With the weight of the dumbbell eyes at the back of the shank, the Kriller swings deep with more of a downward-diagonal profile than most traditional patterns. A devouring size for both chrome Chinook and Steelhead, having the eyes closer to the hook attracts some of the most aggressive eats you can find near tidewater!

Woolly Buggers are a great catch all fly pattern. If you had to choose one color for catching steelhead, black or purple would be your best bet. This is a nice small bugger for Steelhead and Trout.

Size 6

Add some pink and rubber legs to a nymph with a natural bug like appearance - bobber down.

Size: 6

Rob Crandall lives in Portland, Oregon, where he operates Water Time Outfitters, which offers guided fishing trips on the Deschutes River for trout and steelhead, as well as guided fly fishing for steelhead on the Clackamas, NF Nehalem, Trask and Oregon Coast rivers in the winter. It is on these rivers that Rob designed and developed his fish-catching patterns. He grew up on the banks of the Clackamas River and has been a licensed Oregon fishing guide since 1992. Rob is also the past editor of Flyfishing & Tying Journal magazine.

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A Moal Leech as good as it gets. Tied with hook holder to help prevent hook fouling, and natural Micro Barred Voodoo Fibers for legs.

Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well.

Custom Moal Leeches are tied by Grabflies.com in the good old USA. Moal's are tied using the best materials on the market and are tied to last (super glue, Braid Line 20 LB (double over for 40 LB strength) and, quality Owner size 2 hook.

A very good low water summer Steelhead fly. A good Deschutes River, Oregon fly. Size 6

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Black Magic Muddler a custom tie by Grabflies.

A very good summer/fall Steelhead Muddler Minnow pattern. Design for rivers like the Klickitat and Deschutes... This muddler is tied on a shank with a trailing #2 Owner hook. Trailing hooks are much better for tail nipping takes and help  barbless hook stay hooked much better, plus do much less damage to wild fish for releasing.

Tied with a rabbit wing.

Fly is 1.5 to 2 inches longer. Fishes very high in the water column on a dryline. This muddler has lots of action.

Works great summer into fall for Steelhead.

HoBo Spey - custom tied by Grabflies using quality (best) materials:

• # 2 SSW Owner Hook
• Senyos Articulated Shank, 25 mm
• Micro Barred Voodoo Fibers
  
• Guinea Hackle
  

A great time tested and proven Steelhead pattern. Black and blue is money for Steelhead. HoBo has lots of movement in soft water because of the Marabou. Grabflies ties this pattern with a dubbing ball before Intruder Prop hackle and then black Marabou. This stops the Marabou from collapsing flat, but instead gives the fly shape and movement.

Also see Fish Taco (click here)

A great summer Steelhead fly. Very effective on the Deschutes, Grande Ronde, and low water conditions anywhere.

So much steelheading with a fly takes place at first light.  That grab you get will jolt you awake like a thunder clap on a camping trip.  There's something about Kingfisher blue that steelhead love.  Tied on the sleek looking Alec Jackson Steelhead Iron for added weight and beauty.

Size #5

Made in the USA by Jeff Layton

Mykiss Muddler tied by Rio

Everyone who swings flies for steelhead needs muddlers in their boxes.  RIO’s Mykiss Muddler is a beautiful version you will want to add to your collection.  It will also be the one you reach for first on your next outing.  The flat head causes this muddler to dive into fishing position quickly.  This fly’s happy place is being swung on a floating line just slightly below the surface.  Tied on a #5 Black Alec Jackson Steelhead Iron.

Steel Plow, Black/Chartreuse

Hooking a steelhead on a skated fly is one of the most rewarding experiences in fly fishing.  As we sought out to develop a “top-shelf” steelhead skater we turned to an unlikely source for inspiration - blacksmith John Deere’s original walking steel plow.  Our #4 short-shanked hook acts as a rudder and helps keep the fly in the surface tension even during violent grabs, while the plow handles act as outriggers, giving the fly balance and the simulation of wings. The flash and hackles catch water and light to give indication of movement and life and an orange sighter helps you track this fly across the early morning slicks.

Size 4

When the salmon are spawning trout and steelhead are happy to scoop up loose eggs that tumble down the river.  Try this painted lead eye egg imitation  to help your offering get into the zone.

Size: 6

A very good skating and popular pattern for fishing for  Steelhead on the surface.

Great traditional fly for late summer run Steelhead and Sea Run Cutthroat. Caddis Fly imitation/attractor. First day on the water (Cowlitz River) during an evening session this fly produced 24 Cutthroats, and one nice summer Steelhead.

Size: 6 hook

This is a top producing steelhead fly, and tied on the sleek looking Alec Jackson Steelhead Iron for added weight and beauty.

Size: 5 Hook

Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well.

The tried and True Mother of all Leeches. The classic Strung Out MOAL (Mother of all Leeches) is the one thst started it all. Invented by Derek Fergus is is one heck of a pattern. These really are a pattern you need if you hunt Steelhead. Because we use a Octopus hook the short shank holds fish far better allowing more fish to hand. Because it is tied on a string (braid, 20 lb, doubled over) the fly tends to wiggle and swim in the current. Specially swinging them.

Size 2 trailing Owner hook - 2.5" - 3" long (custom flies tied with bead heads)

The traditional summer steelhead flies were developed on the fabled rivers of the Pacific Northwest, such as the Umpqua, Deschutes, and the Rogue. Our traditional summer steelhead flies are tied on a black nickel, up-turned eye, salmon hook. Special orders can be tied on Gamakatsu, Daiichi, or Maruto hooks.

A very nice tie.

A great Steelhead Pattern for Summer and Fall.

Size: 5 hook

Marabou Spey, a single stage Leech.

A non-weighted Marabou fly with lots of movement. The Marabou is propped up with a diamond braid ball with Prop hackle in front then followed by Marabou and then finished with Schlappen Hackle, Flashabou, and Micro Barred Voodoo Fibers. Trailing #2 Owner hook is held in place with hook junction tubing and red tinsel wrap for color and stiffness so it doesn’t foul when casting.

• Great Summer and Fall Steelhead colors.
• Size: 2.5 inches 
• Easy to cast

A great skater - palmered hackle, rubber legs, deer hair wind, foam for float and wake. This Steelhead Skater has it all.

Good October Caddis Imitation.  

Size 4 

The Flashabou (Flash) Tail is tied onto a poly tube hook holder that holds hook in place. Then cross cut rabbit with Blue Flashabou, and Pink Bead. 

Good low water/Clear Water Winter Steelhead Fly, Olympic Peninsula, British Columbia, Great Lakes Steelhead Fly. 

Moal leeches are tied entirely on a string with a trailer hook at the back. This gives the fly greater action than a fly tied on a rigid hook. More fish are landed with the Moal fly as well.

Custom Moal Leeches are tied by Grabflies.com in the good old USA. Moal's are tied using the best materials on the market and are tied to last (super glue, Braid Line 20 LB (double over for 40 LB strength) and, quality Owner size 2 hook.

Size: 2.5 inches | Size: 2 Owner SSW Hook

Want larger - see Flash Tail Moal Supreme, Blue/Pink (CLICK HERE)  

A Grabflies custom design. Sculpin are bait fish and found almost in all fresh water fisheries. Swinging Sculpin patterns are very popular in the Great Lakes for Steelhead and Alaska fishery, plus good for Trout and Bass...

This pattern is unique in that it has cupped Guinea hackle tail over a size 2, trailing SSW Owner hook.

Fly is 2.25 - 2.5 inches long. Tied on 20 lb doubled over braid line, like a Moal Leech.

Sculpin with Guinea Tail (Out of Stock)

CCFCCP = "Coo Coo For Cocoa Puffs"

Four Colors Available: Purple/Pink, Pink/Orange, Black/Purple, Olive

Designed to fish like a mini Squidro, this fly has more movement than just about any pattern. Designed for steelhead, this fly works exceptionally well on salmon and trout as well.

Fly is 2 inches long, easy to cast and gets down quickly.

Good for Steelhead, Great Lakes Steelhead, Salmon, Bass... 

• Fast Sinking with painted lead eyes
• Tied on a short shank with a long cable loop
• Can change hooks
• Very durable design
• Very compact and easy to cast
• Can be swung with a Skagit line, or drifted under a strike indicator
• Can be fished year around
• Perfect colors for winter or summer

Grabflies' RabTaco or Rabbit Taco is like a Fish Taco fly but tied with a Rabbit collar.

Great movement. Size 2 SSW Owner Hook

Fly is 2.5 - 3 inches long. Tied with shank and with SSW Owner hook held in hook holder tubing, wrapped with Veevus Tinsel that has been super glued to add stiffness. Next a large prop ball with weighted wire, 10 grain, .023 ounces about the weight of a .25 nickle bead, wrapped with Diamond Braid, then Spun Ostrich Plume Tail/Wing, followed by Furry Band Crosscut Rabbit  (very long clean rabbit hairs) - finished with Purple Flashabou.

Grabflies RMO Sculpin Intruder tied with Rabbit (Brown), Marabou (Olive), and Ostrich (Olive) on a shank with trailing braid line to number 2 SSW Owner hook, thru hook holder tubing - Glow in the dark. 

Fly Size: 2.25 inches 

A Grabflies custom design. Sculpin are bait fish and found almost in all fresh water fisheries. Swinging Sculpin patterns are very popular in the Great Lakes for Steelhead and Alaska fishery, plus good for Trout and Bass...

A Woolly Bugger but with an enticingly colored tungsten beadhead for added weight and attraction. When it doubt cast a Woolly Bugger.

Swing it, Strip it = works! 

Size: 8 

Purple Peril tied by Grabflies with Purple Flashabou Tail.

A famous Summer and Fall Steelhead fly. Ofter fished in the famous Steelhead rivers in the Pacific North West: Deschutes Rouge River , North Umpqua Rouge River, and Rouge River...

Purple Peril: Developed by Ken McLeod, Pacific Northwest Steelhead man of great acclaim. This pattern works best in clear water situations where its subtle contrasting colors work their magic best. 

Hook Size and Tied on a 2050 Alec Jackson Black Spey Hook, Size 5 

Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last.  

The OO-Leech = Olive and Orange Spey Leech. Materials MMO = Mallard, Marabou, and Ostrich + Tied on a Senyos Articulated Shank, 25mm, Black, with Prop ball to keep Ostrich and Marabou from collapsing - for movement.

Non weighted fly - easy to cast.

Olive and Orange - good low water and Sculpin colors. Good for large Trout, Steelhead and Salmon.

Size 2 - 2.5 inches

Hook: Size 2 SSW Owner

A custom design by Grabflies. A good Steelhead fly with lots of movement with the two rubber worm tails.

Length: 2 – 2.5 inches  

Size 2 Owner barbless - no escape hook

Fly is tied and glued in every step of it's construction - tied to last.

A Steelhead Skater tied on an Ahrex NS110 Nordic Salt Streamer Hook, size 6.

Brown Elk Hair Tail - a two layers of foam for float and waking the water.

Made in the USA by Jeff Layton

A custom tied skating surface pattern that floats and wakes across the river for Steelhead fishing on the surface.

Fly is tied with Golden Brown Deer hair for tail with orange flashabou underneath, then spun Elk hair for body with Deer collar and wing, finished with foam wing case.

Choice of hooks that come with this fly - see selection below.

Two sizes:

Medium - for most occasions

Large - Off color water and heavier ripples.

(Tube Flies - leader/tippet goes thru the tube and is tied to the eye of the hook, then inserted into orange hook holder on tube. For surface flies this is an advantage as tubes float and helps the waking of the fly. Plus hooks can be changed.) 

Made in the USA by Jeff Layton

A custom tie and design by Grabflies. The name: Caddis-O-Muddler: A Muddler that can imitate a Sculpin, Grass Hopper, and in this case also an October Caddis too. Fish this fly on top, or moving in and out of surface film, or with a sinking tip deep. It catches Steelhead.

Size 6 hook

Tail: Flor Orange Flashabou

Body: Flor Orange Dubbing with Black Saltwater hackle ribbing

Wing: Golden Pheasant Tail

Collar - Head: Orange Elk Hair Spun

Made in the USA by Jeff LaytonMade by a fisherman for fishermen

A good trout spey and/or steelhead pattern, the Scorpion has a stinger hook to ensure easy hook sets.

Some natural colors with a white wing for visibility and chartreuse butt that says bite me.

Good in PNW rivers like the Deschutes, North Umpqua, Grande Ronde... 

Easy to cast

Size: 6

A good swinging fly with lots of dancing leg movement, Great in late summer and fall when October Caddis are present.

Swing up Searun Cutthroat, Steelhead, Rainbow Trout, and even a King Salmon occasionally.

Tied on a number 6 AHREX NS11o Streamer S/E Hook.

Fly is weighted with heavy wire under body. 

See photos of Dave and Erik Robinson Trout Speying these fish up. 

When fly fishing for Coho look for backwater with slow current, particularly in Alaska . Cast RIO's Hare Snare into the mix, let it sink into the zone, then retrieve the fly so it jigs up and down on the way back to you -  Don't overlook this fly for winter steelhead or for the big boys in Tierra Del Fuego.

Size 1 hook 

(2) in Stock 

A good low water Coho Salmon and Steelhead fly.

 Size 4 hook 

Hexagenia Nymph's are a favorite snack for steelhead no matter what time of year. 

Work Great For: Great lakes Steelhead, Tierra Del Fuego Browns, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout...

Swing them, dead drift them, retrieve them...

Hex nymphs are important to Michigan fly fishers because their distribution density is vast, the physical size is easy to see and calorie-rich, and the realistic swimming movement all contribute to its success. Steelhead anglers know this pattern to work extremely well fall through spring just as trout anglers know its importance come June when the nymphs get active just prior to the celebrated hex hatch.

Tied on a Daiichi #1760 Size 6 Nymph/Wet Fly Hook 

Tierra Del Fuego  Bead Head Miller's Electric Leech

Size: 4 

Design for big trout in Tierra Del Fuego but works great for big trout in almost all rivers and lakes. Also great for Steelhead.

Swing it, Strip it... 

A Grablies original - a cross between a Bugger Leech and a Montana Nymph.

I like to swing flies - always have. Even when I trout fish, I would swing nymphs and or do a full swing with a mend when the fly was a cross from me.

Grabflies Muskegon Leech inspired for the Muskegon River, Michigan. A good bait fish pattern.

Fly is three inches long. Tied like a Moal Leech for movement. Three colors of rabbit - Olive, Yellow, Tan. Mallard Collar with Olive dubbing head and Barbell eyes.

Fly is good for Greak Lakes Steelhead, Migratory Brown Trout, Native Brown Trout, Tierra del Fuego, Lake trout, Big Hungry Rainbow trout, Bass...

Hook: Size 2 SSW Owner 

Hook Holder tubing allows hook to be positioned, rotated.

Using nymphs for steelhead and sea run-brown trout in Tierra del Fuego can be a very effective technique. In the rivers of the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest, nymphing is quickly becoming the go-to method for many anglers fishing for steelhead. The hooks used for our nymphs are stout enough to hold the heaviest steelhead or the sea run browns of Tierra del Fuego.

Nymph it, or Swing it = works! 

A Grabflies original custom tie. Design for the Great Lakes but good for Steelhead and Browns anytime where you like to use nature colors that get highlighted for higher and off color water and/or winter conditions.

Fly is tied like a Moal Leech with Brown Rabbit, Brown Pheasant collar + Flashabou and Dubbing. 

Fly is 2.5 - 3 inches long

Hook: Size 2 SSW Owner Hook