Fly #31: Steelhead Hairwing

After a trip to the local fly fishing shop, I loaded up on some material and hooks to tie some hairwing steelhead flies. Using a small size 10 salmon/steelhead hook, I began a tying frenzy.

This is one of my first attempts. Using a Tiemco 7999 hook, this fly is decorated with a silver tinsel butt, a red guinea tail and hackle, and a red bucktail wing. I added a little flash upfront with a gold tinsel nose. The dubbing is black with wire ribbing.

I've heard that the Trinity River steelhead prefer smaller hairwing flies. That will explain why I chose the rather small sized hook.