This week’s Throw Back Thursday Fly is the Silver Admiral steelhead fly.
I tied this pin recently for my wife as she left to lead a Casting for Recovery retreat. I thought it appropriate to highlight this Polly Rosborough fly as the first TBT fly in October to bring recognition to breast cancer awareness month. I’m in the process of tying a box of flies for an upcoming auction. I’ll provide more information in the near future.
Ernest H. “Polly” Rosborough (1902 – 1997) lived in Chiloquin, Oregon and his home river was the Williamson River.
Polly tied a large variety of flies but is probably best known as an author of Tying and Fishing the Fuzzy Nymph (1965).
Here is the Silver Admiral steelhead fly as featured in John Shewey’s Classic Steelhead Flies, page 153.
Materials
Hook:
Steelhead iron
Tail:
Pink hackle
Rib:
Silver oval tinsel
Body:
Pink wool or chenille
Hackle:
Pink hackle
Wing:
White bucktail or calf tail
Personal tying notes:
- Tied on a size 3 Alec Jackson 2052 nickel hook.
- Pin wing of polar bear.
- Steelhead fly wing of skunk.
Enjoy…go fish!
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