Southern Oregon Fly Tyers January 13th, 2026 Meeting

 Southern Oregon Fly Tyers      

                          Meeting on Tuesday Jan 13, 2026      

                                                 6:00 PM

                         Madrone Hill Mobile Home Park

                          8401 Old Stage Road, Gold Hill

                                       This evenings tyer:

                                                         David Haight

I am going to demonstrate a pattern that I use for winter steelhead.  It is a heavily-weighted Woolly Bugger that I tie in colors suitable for steelhead.  I especially like to use it on small coastal streams, like the Winchuck River, where I need a fly that will sink quickly into the pockets around boulders.  I dead-drift the fly through the pockets, and then let it swing across the tail-out.

My favorite color is the pink and purple version . This is the one which I will demonstrate.

I also tie it in a variety of colors . 

                                                  The material list is as follows:

                                                   Steelhead Bugger

                                                   Hook:      Eagle Claw 1197B size 4

                                                  Bead:      1/4" hot pink

                                                  Weight:  .035 lead wire

                                                 Thread: 6/0 purple   

                                                 Tail:          purple marabou

                                                  Rib:          medium silver tinsel

                                                 Hackle:  blue-dyed grizzly saddle

                                                 Body:      medium purple chenille