Submitted by fish4budz on Sat, 2011-09-17 18:06 Steel Addicts Fly Tying West of The Rockies Vote Up Down -13 + Location Tying a Black and Purple Steelhead Fly This is a black and purple, again very basic, steelhead flies. I see lots of very technical patterns out there, but i would like to start simple and see avoid stress. This is tied with opal tinsel for body, chartues polar bear around the dumbell eyes for extra mass.black marabou, then white ostrich herl long, followed by short purple ostrich spey herls, finished with black saddle hackle. finish the head and go swing!