Via our friends from The Caddis Fly Shop
The effectiveness of this steelhead stonefly nymph is not limited to our backyard, but it is deadly hot on the McKenzie, Deschutes, and Rogue. As such, I would be willing to bet a dozen Squidros to a Dozen parachute Adams that this same fly will be eaten regularly by Great lakes steelhead.
The fly shown here is one of my simplicity style nymphs that captures the essential form, size, and general color impression of stoneflies that are present in stonefly nymphs wherever they occur. And in the event that there are no stonefly nymphs in any unfortunate body of water that also contains steelhead, this fly imitates a brown stick tumbling along the bottom, an item that actual steelhead to eat from time to time.
Jay Nicholas
February 2012