fish_4_all-
Among NW fly fishers for steelhead, the skunk, green butted and otherwise, is about the most famous, and most fish catching, steelhead fly ever. If you are an Oregon fly person, you know that it was invented on the north Umpqua about 60 years ago, by Clarence Gordon. (some confused folks in Washington think it was invented up there).
They usually have a black and white wing of bucktail, which is where the "skunk" comes from.
I'll bet a jig head version of your uncles version of a skunk (or any version), would work.
Michael