Purple Preacher Tied By Scott Howell Name Purple Preacher Category Steelhead Hook Alec Jackson Spey (Daiichi #2051) or Partridge CS10/1 Sizes #7 through #1.5 Tip/Tag Fine Oval Silver Tinsel and Bright Yellow UniFloss Tail Natural GP Crest Butt Red Ostrich Herl Body 1/3 Bennechi's Purple Iridescent Thread, 2/3 (blended) Black SLF Dubbing and Purple Haze Hanked Lite-Brite Rib Small Oval Silver Tinsel Collar Purple Hen Wing Asian Squirrel tail accented w/ sparse Purple Ice Angle Hair Head Danville's 6/0 no-wax Black or Purple Flymaster Thread

Purple Preacher is tied by contributing fly tyer, Scott Howell. See Scott's notes about this fly below.

Scott's Notes: This crossover Steelhead pattern is based on the original "Preacher" - an Atlantic Salmon fly tied originally for the Restigouche.

You can see more of Scott Howell's flies at The Flies of Scott Howell.