Spring Steelhead & Trout

STEP-BY-STEP of the "Michigan Alevin"

Spring Steelhead and Trout Fly Pattern

Michigan Alevin Material List

TMC 2457 #6-10
Olive Thread 6/0
Dark Olive Ultra Chenille Med.
Pearl Flashabou
Copper Wire (small)
Pearl Ice Dub
Egg Sac: personal Ice Dub Blend
Small Black Mono Eyes
Olive Ice Dub


Step 1:Insert TMC 2457	Step 2: Turn the hook, tie in your thread

Step 3: Tie in your Chenille size Medium	Step 4: Secure your copper wire and flashabou

Step 5: Wrap the flashabou arond the hook and lay the chenille forward	Step 6:Bring the copper wire through the chenille body

Step 7: Tie in your buggy mono eyes	Step 8: Tie in your Pearl Ice Dub for some flash

Step 9: Now for the all important egg sac!	Step 10: Ice Dub for the Head

Spring Steelhead and Trout Fly Pattern

Use black marker to finish this fly!

Salmon eggs start hatching after about 90 days in the gravel, this small pattern is a great bug to fish in late January and all of February. It will match the hatch for the small salmon "Alevin's" that are very abundant and an excellent food source for steelhead. Matching the color and size of alevins, this pattern also is a decent green caddis pattern as well. That gives spring steelhead and trout two reasons to eat this imitation.