Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's Steelhead Muddlers
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.
You can find all your fly tying material at our On-Lie fly shop, SteelheadBum.com
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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's 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.
Larimer's Steelhead Muddlers
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.
You can find all your fly tying material at our On-Lie fly shop, SteelheadBum.com
More effective summer run flies:
Sizes #4-#8
Purple Magic
Freight Train
Green-butt Skunk,
Princeton Tiger
Macks Canyon
Street Walker
Purple Peril
Bulkley Mouse -Black, purple, rust & natural.
Grease Liner -
Foam Skaters
Sizes #4-#8
Purple Magic
Freight Train
Green-butt Skunk,
Princeton Tiger
Macks Canyon
Street Walker
Purple Peril
Bulkley Mouse -Black, purple, rust & natural.
Grease Liner -
Foam Skaters
Larimer's Summer Steelhead Flies
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