Big Bird

Created by Mike St. John

HOOK: 5262, sizes 8-12

THREAD: Brown

TAIL: Grizzly hen hackle fibers

RIB: Fine copper wire

BODY: Tan Haretron blended with small amount of orange Haretron for highlights

HACKLE: Grizzly hen saddle

Uses

Big Bird resembles a caddis pupa and is very useful on rivers such as the upper Rogue where summer steelhead feed on caddis pupa. On the other hand, I've seen this fly catch a lot of winter steelhead, too. In general, it works well anytime steelhead prefer a small, drab fly dead-drifted near the bottom.

How to Fish

Use with an indicator rig and dead-drift the fly near the river bottom.

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