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Wet Fly fly patterns.

Traditional and modern soft-hackle patterns fished below the surface. Open a guide to identify the fly, see photos and variations, and learn when and how to fish it.

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01
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Brindle Bug showing compact body, mottled brindle colors, swept hackle, low-water wet profileIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Brindle Bug

A compact classic steelhead wet fly with a mottled dark body, contrasting hackle, and simple low-water profile.Open guide
02
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Comet showing long flowing tail, bright chenille body, swept hackle, prominent eye headIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Comet

A bright West Coast salmon and shad fly built around a long tail, chenille body, palmered or collared hackle, and prominent eyes.Open guide
03
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Freight Train showing two bright butt sections, dark peacock-toned body, silver rib, short white hairwingIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Freight Train

A classic Pacific Northwest steelhead hairwing with fluorescent butt sections, a dark body, and a sparse pale wing.Open guide
04
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Green Butt Skunk showing fluorescent green butt, dark ribbed body, black hackle collar, sparse pale hairwingIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Green Butt Skunk

A classic steelhead hairwing built around a fluorescent-green butt, dark body, silver rib, dark hackle, and pale wing.Open guide
05
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Hoh Bo Spey showing short shank, separate trailing hook, brushed dubbing station, flowing marabou collarIllustrated view

Wet Fly · Approximately two inches in the reviewed Orvis recipe; hook and shank vary

Hoh Bo Spey

Charles St. Pierre's sparse Intruder-style steelhead fly with a compact shank, dubbing station, flash, and marabou collar.Open guide
06
Side photograph of a source-labeled pink and red Intruder fly held against a black backgroundReal fly photo

Pattern family · No universal size; match the exact form, target, line, casting room, and regulations

Intruder-Style Steelhead Flies

Ed Ward's large-profile, sparsely dressed swing-fly concept for salmon and steelhead, now tied on shanks and tubes in many colors and material systems.Open guide
07
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Montreal Wet Fly showing red hackle-fiber tail, dark ribbed body, swept throat hackle, paired mottled feather wingIllustrated view

Wet Fly · Traditional wet-fly sizes vary

Montreal Wet Fly

A historic Canadian winged wet fly with a red tail, dark ribbed body, dark hackle, and mottled light-and-dark wing.Open guide
08
Large side photograph of a classic Partridge and Orange soft-hackle wet fly with a slim orange body and sparse mottled collarReal fly photo

Wet Fly · FFI and Orvis references: #12–18; match observed insects and water

Partridge and Orange

A traditional North Country-style soft hackle built from a slim orange body and sparse partridge collar, presented with two named comparison flies so users can identify it by construction instead of by collar feather alone.Open guide
09
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Polar Shrimp showing bright orange-red body, contrasting collar, pale swept hairwing, classic wet-fly profileIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Polar Shrimp

A classic salmon and steelhead hairwing whose orange-red body and pale wing suggest—but do not literally copy—a shrimp.Open guide
10
Technical comparison for Shad Fly and Dart Patterns with three labeled representative formsIllustrated view

Pattern family · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Shad Fly and Dart Patterns

A small bright migratory-shad family covering weighted darts, compact Comet-style flies, and sparse pink or chartreuse wets.Open guide
11
Technical reviewed side profile illustration of Silver Hilton showing bright silver body, dark tail and collar, dark swept wing, compact wet-fly profileIllustrated view

Wet Fly · No universal size; match the target species, legal hook rules, tackle, and local forage

Silver Hilton

A classic dark steelhead wet fly distinguished by a silver body and dark feather or hair wing.Open guide
12
Macro side photograph of a Partridge and Orange soft-hackle wet flyReal fly photo

Pattern family · #10–20

Soft-Hackle Wet Flies

A family of sparse wet flies whose mobile feather collar suggests legs, wings, or an emerging insect.Open guide
13
Display board of twenty-five individually labeled salmon flies described by the tyer as traditional Spey and mostly hairwing stylesReal fly photo

Pattern family · No universal size; choose the exact named pattern, water, tackle, target, hook rules, and presentation

Steelhead Wet, Spey, and Hairwing Patterns

An orientation guide to classic swung steelhead flies, keeping compact hairwings, long-hackled Spey styles, sparse low-water wets, and marabou attractors separate from modern Intruder and tube constructions.Open guide
14
Large close photograph of a blue and black tube fly with the round blue tube opening visible at the frontReal fly photo

Pattern family · No universal size; match the exact pattern, target, tackle, prey, and regulations

Tube Fly Patterns

A construction-first guide to flies tied on a hollow tube rather than directly on a hook shank, with the body, leader path, junction system, replaceable hook, tube material, and exact fly pattern kept as separate decisions.Open guide

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