Steelhead Fly Tying- Estaz Collar Soft Hackle

This fly tying tutorial video shows how to tie one of the flies in my Steelhead/Salmon Fly Tying Series, The Estaz Collar Soft Hackle, a different take on the classic soft hackles for steelhead that is great for fly tying for beginners and experts. I have fished for many years with my friend, Jim Kelso. Jim lives along Lake Ontario and has caught steelhead and salmon on the fly for many years. Jim has also created a number of fly patterns. This series features Jim’s flies, and also some of my flies, for steelhead and salmon. I am also the author of “The Greats of Adirondack Fly Fishing,” and two other books on fly fishing. Learn the steps for fly tying for steelhead with this effective steelhead pattern.

I am an award winning outdoor writer. My fly fishing articles have appeared in national publications including Fly Tyer, American Angler and Outdoor Life. I was also the outdoor columnist for two Upstate, New York newspapers (Albany Times Union and Amsterdam Recorder) for many years. I have produced the photos and illustrations for many of these articles.

I am a lifelong fly fisherman and fly tyer since he started fishing with his first fly rod at age 7. I have fished for saltwater species in Florida, and has fished as far north as Alaska. I have fly fished extensively throughout the Northeast. I have tied flies for the same amount of time and have created fly patterns for trout and warmwater species.

I am the author of three fly fishing books including, “The New York Fly-Fishing Guide (Amato Publications), “Warmwater Fly Fishing- Finding and Catching Warmwater Species), and his new book, “The Greats of Adirondack Fly Fishing.” My new book explores the lives of six anglers who shaped fly fishing in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, including the fly patterns that they developed. The book brings forth tales that need to be told about the way that fly fishing was in the Adirondacks as we strive to return angling to its former glory there.

I have produced two fly fishing DVDs including “Tying. And Fishing for Smallmouth Bass,” and “Tying and Fishing for Panfish.”

My website is available at www.robstreeter.com .

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Gear
Regal Vise, Loon scissors, Dr. Slick scissors, Loon hackle pliers, Dr. Slick hackle pliers, Loon Hair Stacker, Loon UV resin, Loon Tying Mat.

Flies tied by me on video in the Great Flies of the Adirondacks series:

Ed Bendl streamers including Margo Smelt, Ed’s Special, and Lithuanian Prince
William Scripture, Jr. flies including Oriskany Dun, Hinckley Queen, and Scripture Bucktail, Scripture #1 Bucktail, and Scripture Old Reliable Bucktail.
Ray Bergman flies including the Quebec, R.B. Nymph, R.B. Gray Squirrel Silver.
Perry Ehlers, Chambers Fly.
Fran Betters, the Haystack, the Usual, the Ausable Wulff
Lee Wulff, the White Wulff, the Gray Wulff, the Royal Wulff

Flies tied by Rob Streeter on video in the Warmwater Fly Tying series:

Crappy Candy, Conehead Grub (Panfish Version), Panny Popper, Jerk Fly, Generic Bunny Fur Streamer, EZ Worm, River Herring Popper, Smallmouth Panny Popper, Smallmouth Conehead Grub, Dog Crease Fly, Backcountry Frog, Crawdaddy.

Flies in the Steelhead/Salmon Series:

Jim’s Double Egg, Micro Egg, Jim’s Not Much, Steelhead Jelly Egg, Jim’s Wing Dinger, Jim’s Center Pin Envy, Rusher’s Stonefly, Sucker Egg Cluster, The Punk, The Imp, Kelso Bugger, Jim’s Egg Sucking Nymph, Edge Bright Comet, Smurf Soft Hackle, Black and Purple Soft Hackle, Estaz Collar Soft Hackle.

There are a number of other playlists with fly patterns on the channel.

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