Skykomish Sunrise

Love this classic beauty that was created as kind of a family team effort, by father and son Ken and George McLeod back in the late 1930's. Famous Steelhead angler, Trey Combs rated this one of the most important steelhead flies of the century, and he told the story in his book Steelhead: Fly Fishing. Here are Combs own words on that tale:
“Ken and his son, George, were driving east to the Skykomish River one January morning in 1936. The sun was coming up over the snowcapped Cascades, a splendor of red, yellow, and white. “Tie me a fly with those colors in it,” Ken told his son. That evening, George used red tying thread to secure a mix of red and yellow hackle, a red wool body, and a white polar bear wing. The completed fly was named the Skykomish Sunrise. George christened the pattern with three winter steelhead from a single pool near Monroe. The day included a seventeen-pounder. The new fly became a sensation.”

I can add, that this fly is great for sea run trout and rainbows in Scandinavia as well. Check out the material and book links below.

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Skykomish Sunrise
Hook: Ahrex NS115, Deep Streamer, #2 (essentially a heavy wire wet fly hook)
Thread: Black - https://amzn.to/3oAI7b1
Tag: Flat mylar tinsel medium, silver - https://amzn.to/38JegI0
Tail: Red and yellow hackle fibres - https://amzn.to/38IV2SM
Rib: Medium oval tinsel, silver - https://amzn.to/3nKMvDj
Body: Red chenille - https://amzn.to/3oPTT1m
Hackle: Yellow and red schlappen wound together
Wing: Calf tail, white (or bucktail, arctic fox etc.) - https://amzn.to/39wsoUl

Books:
Spey Flies How to Tie Them by Bob Veverka - https://amzn.to/3oYwJpy
Clasic Steelhead Flies by John Shewey - https://amzn.to/3oM9Mpv
Flies for Steelhead by Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen - https://amzn.to/3oLBrqF
Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs - https://amzn.to/3oZ8GHr

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