here is a video on the pattern I started using when I first took up fly rodding steelhead by jay nicholas and caddis fly. Same concept just isn’t on a jig hook.
And here is one from them on a jig hook, but I don’t set my marabou this way, I always Palmer my
Feathers unless I’m tying one with a full body and tail at the end
Now I've just got to figure out how to get the feather plume closer to the eye for that full pom-pom look. Also, these things are wonky as frick but fun to tie.
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troutdude
@Echskech check out this ODFW article on Steelheading: