Winter Purple (Combs)

Winter Purple is  one of the Trey Combs Winter Series flies that he writes about in his fine book, Steelhead Fly Fishing and as noted to the introduction to the series in Salmonfly.Net. This is the only Winter Series fly in the book that does not have a recipe listed, so I took an educated guess, by following the pattern for the other flies and by looking at the photo in the book. To see more flies in the series, return to Favorite Flies for Steelhead.

Notes: Trey Combs writes in  Fly Fishing for Steelhead that the Winter Series flies are designed to sink well in deep pools, attract well in soft currents, but swim upright, without turning over in heavy tailouts. He ties the slim body with single strand floss over flat silver tinsel that causes it to glow when wet.  Tie the bunches of marabou for the wings in three parts, each shorter then the one before with the butts covered by the collar.