Irideus 2017 Steelhead Trout and Salmon fly fishing flies will have you full of holiday cheer

Ava's Atom Flash Streamer brings a touch of beauty to the rivers edge. A fish catching work of art that is a must have Irideus steelhead and trophy trout fly fishing fly for 2017. This year will be a good one for everyone who enjoys the Irideus custom fly patterns.

The Irideus Deep End Streamer puts the winter steelhead season in melt down. If you have fresh coastal chrome steelhead lurking this is a fun fly to swing. It will serve you well on fish far up the river systems. Big Brown Trout also enjoy crushing this fly. BOOM

The Irideus Fire Ball Czech Nymph is a solid go to fly or trail fly for any Irideus streamer fly pattern. We really enjoy using Czech Nymph flies in many renditions to meet the natural selection of bugs on the water. One Favorite we are bringing back for 2017 is the Pulaski New York Pink Maggot steelhead fly Pictured below.

The giant Irideus Big Sur Ghost Shrimp Czech Nymph Scud is back in 2017 in a few new variants. This is a well loved pattern named after a place that was a remembered home. Steelhead fly fishers should own a set of these wonderful time tested Irideus flies.

The Irideus Ava's All Star Olive Oil Butte Creek Born Attractor Nymph will wake up any stubborn steelhead or trout hugging the bottom under a bank or stump. Roll this baby by them.

The GPS Caddis tied up into the Mill Creek Morsal. What can we say, this is Northern California staple food for trout and steelhead. We have to tune into the natural selection of bugs. One could say we have a love affair with our local Caddis flies in every form.

The Irideus Blue Dream Assortment offers a bead head rendition of our Blueberry Wooly bugger in Soft hackle form. We all love little effect streamers. These flies have been very effective for us and we are proud to offer them in a mid weight form this year.

The Irideus 2017 Double Team Pheasany Tail Nymph by Timothy Horner. Yes, on some days two are better than one. This is a sexy fly big fish enjoy.

Click on the link below to see the current Irideus fly fishing fly menu. They will all be offered on our website after January 1 2017 for those who enjoy shopping there.

        CLICK HERE TO BUY FLIES  Enjoy building your personal collection of Irideus flies.

We want to send out  some holiday cheer to our loyal customers. We are all ways trying to make that trophy steelhead,trout or salmon come to your hand. May the new year find you well and on the water. Soak up the little things in life worth loving.

                HAPPY 2017 TO THE INTERNATIONAL FLY FISHING COMMUNIY!

Irideus Steelhead Flies for 2016 and using shooting head fly fishing lines to cast them with ease

Some of the 2016 Irideus Steelhead flies used  to catch winter steelhead on shooting heads. If you like the looks of the box in the picture it is a custom Irideus gGeenWater fly fishing box. We are adding this irideus steelhead fly box design to our 2016 product line up. You can request one as a custom order at irideusflyfishing@gmail.com.
When it comes to mastering casting big flies or heavy weighed flies in adverse conditions as fly fishers we have our work cut out for us on the rivers we fish. One way to push these big flies or small flies for that mater is to become familiar with fly fishing shooting head fly fishing lines.
The Irideus shooting head fly fishing line systems for 2016 cover all single hand fly fishing rods, switch fly rods and spey rods. We are passionate about our Zen shooting head designs that assist people in our passion for casting and swinging steelhead flies and trout flies on shooting head fly lines.

It takes a few sessions out on the water fishing to get used to making shooting head casts. But soon it is clear you are casting farther and your fly is in the water longer with false casting to get line out becomes a thing of the past. If for no other reason when your fly rod is not performing because the fly is to big. Some of us will just loop a shooting head onto the end of our single hand fly lines so we can get some extra push on  a windy day or why a big meat fly becomes a big brown trouts dinner bell.

Shooting head fly lines have a great fit on the river yet also the coast and on some of our favorite lakes. Steelhead,,landlocked ,Cutthroat, salmon, redfish,striped bass you name a species and we say you can benefit from fishing a shooting head in some situation if not all.

We try very hard to share our passion for casting our Irideus en shooting Head fly lines with spey casting fly rods and also with fly fishing rods. There is a great feeling about a long rod and casting with no back casting room to fish waiting  in a spot single hand fly fishers can not reach. It can be a technical game some days on the river. Lots of people and boats some days forcing you to adjust. To present your fly in a way the fish are not used to seeing in a heavily pressured river can be key. Spey and switch fly rods and shooting heads will do this for you. Then you will find yourself on the river with lots of room with no other fisher in sight and your symphony will begin. You will practice and become at one with your spey rod. Then you will hook your first steelhead on one. The Irideus spey rods are not stiff stcks. These rods bring great enjoyment into playing your silver bounty.  We suggest the 6/7 Irideus spey rod for steelhead and trout to people looking for one go to fly rod for fly fishing shooting heads. If you check out our facebook page you can see the colorful memories we have had on the river fishing this style.
We hope to inspire people to get out on the water and fly fish. This is one fly fishing style that will get you excited again about the sport you love.
Also be  sure to gear your self up with the 2016 Irideus fly fishing flies, fly boxes, fly lines and other equipment. Thank you for sharing this wonderful sport and fly fishing sttyle with the people in your life.

Irideus Steelhead Flies for 2015 using trout fly fishing tactics proves trout shall be king for the day!

A beautiful Feather River steelhead that fell for a 2015  Irideus Caddis fly fishing fly pattern. Any trout fisher would be proud of this momment. This picture proves your trout fly fishing tactics can be a success on steelhead also. Its part of the sport you do not here much about beyond the glamour of giant coastal chrome fish with giant tube flies and intruder fly patterns hung op in their lips. The light at the end of the tunnel is a finesse game that demands total perfection to master the natural drift and bug selection. What will humble many will become a true fly fishing passion for others. Some of these folks will drive for hours to be here to play the steelhead game. Some days these fish will break your heart and others they will light you up like Time square New York on New Years Eve.

It is a great time of year when your on the coast swinging bright Irideus steelhead flies for chrome fish entering the river systems. The myth these steelhead do not feed is just that. Part of the game is sustenance. Steelhead need to feed to keep on the move to complete the life cycle they live. The array of bug and minnow feasts prove to help them get the most of the spawn. We have seen a fresh steelheads stomach pumped on a small stream to find out it to had been dining on the local Hydropsyche olive caddis. The stomach pumper was not an angler we know and we do not recommend this as an aspect of matching the hatch.

This California steelhead showed approval for this Irideus nymph fly fishing fly. High sticking and roll casting tiny flies on the Irideus 6/7 spey rod has proved to be a great approach to the natural feeding steelhead fly fishing side of the sport. This steelhead would be a trophy for any trout fly fisher. If your interested in this side of the sport the Irideus fly fishing blog has some great information for beginners in our sport.

A big grumpy buck steelhead that was slashing minnows at the bottom of the riffle was after the Irideus epoxy minnows yet was hooked on a #14 Irideus Caddis fly fishing fly. The Irideus Zen shooting heads are now available for single hand fly rods aalso this year. The Irideus zen Shooting Head line up offers some custom line grain weights to balance any fly rod on the market. We enjoy our spey and switch fly rods and have tuned our Zen shooting heads to meet a distance casting approach with a finesse touch.

The nice thing about using trout fly fishing tactics on steelhead is you will hook many small fish you may have missed. These little guys or half pounder steelhead as we call them in California range from 1-3 pounds and prove to acrobatic hard running fish that deserve the respect of international fly fishers around the world. If your a good trout fly caster you will make a great steelheader in any zone.

Steelhead and trout fly fishers share many of the same things in common. This would be a picture we can both agree says a million words. "Read the water like a good book it will serve you well." Well that's 12 words yet very fitting.

It is going to be an early spring! Take sometime to build a collection of Irideus fly fishing boxes when you need some new homes for your bugs. We take pride in being on the forefront of our sport when it comes to fly box designs. Being on world class blue ribbon fly water brings out the best in our buggy fly boxes and designs.

Exploring the Sacramento River for steelhead with a fly box full of streamers. These we a few that got wet. We picked up a bunch of small rainbow trout that made for some big smiles. Yet again trout fly fishing tactics on even big river water work. We hope the fly fishing community takes part in this great side of fly fishing. Thank you to all the wonderful people who stay in touch with us after all these years. Being a small company is not easy but the rewards are a true love for our sport and being on the water.

2013 starts Irideus spey rod designs out with a nice steelhead

The friendship that bring us together as steelhead fly fishers is a special bond. Sharing in the catch and release of wild fresh steelhead makes life rich with all good things. Irideus 2013 spey rods are on the fish early in the new year. Here is a nice real life video that shows off yet one more fine Irideus spey rod catch and release of a wild California steelhead. Enjoy! The flies of the day were Alevin streamers , Iridues Small fry Alevin flies,Mortal trout tube flies,Czech Nymph trail fly in the afternoon.

Irideus 2013 Steelhead flies are inspired from natural selection bugs found while trout fly fishing

Coastal chrome steelhead a few days up river.This magestic steelhead was landed on the 2013 6/7 Irideus Spey rod by Timothy Horner 1-11-2013 photo added 1-12-2013

Irideus #16 Baetis Nymph fly fishing flies are natural feeding steelhead fancy treats. This Irideus Feather River California Baetis nymph fly pattern also serves well as a mosquito larvea rendition.

One more fine 2013 Feather River Steelhead landed on the 6/7 Irideus Spey Rod
Fly fishing steelhead is a true passion that each person finds when in pursuit of these majestic fish for the first time. The best way to begin your steelhead fly fishing journey is with a few well-rounded selections of steelhead fly patterns. people may not think of a #14 Caddis fly pattern for steelhead but there is a time and place. Fresh searun coastal steelhead flies some days are replaced by large stoneflies and smaller articulated steelhead intruder flies. Other days it is streamer flies that we will turn to like wooly bugger flies tied up some and weighted to serve a niche on the steelhead fly menu. It is very important to plan ahead when visiting an area. A steelheader fishing Washington full-time may feel out of place on a small California coastal run using short indicator set ups with nymph trailer flies. One way to take the thinking out is to find Irideus steelhead flies. Most of the flies have now been public for about a year. Some of the Timothy Horner signature series fly patterns are fly fishing industry bests under the Irideus name. These custom flies have proven to success on all western fly water with special regard given to the Chico California area. These are some of the toughest rivers to be consistent on and trusting in your flies in Northern California is a must. Be willing to adjust your approach when steelhead fly fishing. Each specific river,stream and run will hAVE A NEW LESSON TO BE LEARNED AND A NEW APPROACH TO BE MASTERED.
FIND A LINK TO IRIDEUS STEELHEAD FLIES BELOW AND A VIDEO TO SHOW THE FEELING OF HOOKING UP IN CALIFORNIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVnVjyc5PRk

 

New Inovations in the GreenWater Steelhead Fly Box Designs by Timothy Horner

Timothy Horner custom hand cut Greenwater Steelhead fly box designs.Made in California from recycled materials. Irideus is the only company in the world that will hand cut a fly box to meet your specific needs.Steelheaders,trophy trout fly fishers and saltwater flats fans have migrated to this box as a special made in USA product.There is no doubt the unique quality of the Timothy Horner GreenWater steelhead fly boxes is not to be compared to.

Irideus steelhead and boat fly fishing box designs. Drift boat fly holders with a new school touch of class. One of a kind is a good thing!

The Irideus GreenWater fly box is a work horse for Musky flies as seen in this large streamer fly box design.

The Irideus large capacity nymph boxes ready for any drift boat fly angler or backpack wearing steelhead fly fisher.The box will have you coming back for more and also your friends!

Some custom designs for a good friend in Patagonia Argentina. Timothy Horner designs

 

People who know this feeling will find a fly box to keep your steelhead fly fishing journey all it should be.If you drive over your GreenWater fly box with your truck its ok to.It will be picked up to fish another day! Recycled,hand cut and built by Timothy Horner this fly box is great. If steelheaders regarded things as surfers we could say Timothy Horner is the surfboard shaper of the future. Or master steelheader and fly fisherman making truly special things for the entire world to enjoy.Step out side the box and find Irideus fly box designs today! Steelhead flies under the Timothy Horner signature series from Irideus in 2013 will bring the world something very special this year!

Steelheaders supporting Irideus and the steelhead fly fishing journey

Spey casting for steelhead with the Irideus 6/7 using Irideus Steelhead nymph flies worked out!
Steelhead are amazing creatures well beyond the backing burning runs and the prize they offer as a fly fishing gamefish. The life they lead is a tough battle of survival of the fittest. Life for part of the year in the Pacific ocean is a harsh time with 22 foot Aleutian storms churning the sea into surging place to live. Steelhead will feed on shrimp and small fish when at sea and have a way of adapting back into a natural feeding cycle in the river. It seems fitting they show up to harass the King salmon and steal the eggs they have worked so hard to protect and bring to life. These protein rich eggs turn the fish up a notch as they cycle into a diet of caddis, minnows and other aquatic treats. Steelhead flies on the coast can bring a wide array of big bright patterns that trigger the lateral line of these fish new the fresh water river system. We tend to fish tube flies and large steelhead streamers at this time. The flies will become natural as the season moves on.

The Irideus Articulated Hoochovi Tube fly represents an anchovy which is a seafaring steelheads treat. This fly is one all coastal steelhead fly fishers should try out this year on fresh chrome steelhead.

 

Before the sun could rise a large steelhead consumed an Irideus Spice Cake Wooly bugger on the 15ft Irideus 150 grain sink tip. Wooly bugger fly fishing fly patterns and also small articulated flies like the Irideus Articulated stoneflies are a top choice for mid river steelhead. Also be sure to try a few large tube flies that the fish may never have seen yet will trigger the attack mode.

Irideus Timothy Horner Signature Series Royal Flush Soft Hackle Nymph Steelhead flies are a top choice for steelheaders using lead flies. These steelhead flies will bring your smaller trail fly pattern to the fish that are triggered by the sight of the Royal Flush Nymph. This fly has been good to us in California and has also served well as a big trout fly pattern. These Irideus Steelhead flies are pictured on the Rise waterproof flip page fly box. A great option for all fly fishers and a top pick for steelhead nymph fishers.

 

A beautiful JoshHawk hard bodied Feather River California Steelhead that will test the fly fishing skills of any steelhead fly angler. This is a beautiful steelhead landed with the Irideus 7/8 556 Grain Spey rod caught and released in perfect form.

The Irideus Tribute Tube Fly Box is one of the best boxes for storing your heavy tube flies,articulated flies or headvy conehead steelhead fies like moal leech patterns or wooly buggers. The Flex foam will hold your flies in place while bounce down the local steelhead run. Theis tube fly box also has slit foam in the rear to pin hooks or trail hooks from articulated intruder flies.

To see a kid grown up to be a pro steelhead fly fisherman has been a great thing. Micheal has blessed our company with his smile and now true spey casting talent. He has followed the humble approach in life as has our company. To hear he caught another big steelhead seems to be a daily occurrence around here these days. he has also take the time to learn fly tying from some of the best and will be an up and comer on the Irideus signature series flies. Way to go little buddy! The Feather river steelhead that Micheal landed on the 6/7 Irideus switch rod is a trophy people may spend a life time trying to find on this river. As we know around here being a good person is worth it! Good things happen to great people.

At Irideus our friends and spey casters around the world know we are steelheaders and fly fishers also. Our steelhead based fly fishing equipment and flies are build from family dedication and passion from all the great people involved. We bring something special that can be seen in detail in the products. A tough economy meant one thing adjustment and more heart. The times have spread steelhead fishing into a wide river but at the headwaters you will find Irideus standing there. Thank you to all of the wonderful customers and people who have come into our lives. May all of you look down on a steelhead one day soon!

This is the GreenWater fly box fly fishing fly pallet of a dedicated fly fished named Maxwell. He rises to the occasion to tie flies outside the box fitting for this hand cut in USA California custom Timothy Horner steelhead fly box. Each GreenWater box is cut and molded into place by Timothy's hand. The foam is 100% recycled. If it means anything anymore it also was salvaged from dumpsters by hand first. We are committed to continue the owners commitment to his work and hope each fly fisher who reads this will buy a GreenWater box in support of what we are still trying to do.
May each day on the water fill your soul with good things!

One of the best things about the river is Josh.......ya buddy!

In the name of the search for perfect places and fish Rodrigo sets the bar. Passion when shining in full color can stop time. A chrome slab of a sea run brown in the hands of one of the best spey casters in the world.
Link below to the Irideus 2013 Spey rod promotional auction to put spey rods in the worlds hands.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/190754558996?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Irideus Seelhead flies and the California King Salmon Run

Timothy's Twist Rubber Leg Egg Sucking Leech Steelhead flies tied on world class steelhead fly hooks. The orange rubber legs on these steelhead flies have proven to trigger aggressive takes from chrome steelhead and also the fish close to the headwaters. Picking steelhead flies for cold water leaves these Timothy Horner Signature Series steelhead flies at the top of the list.

The California King Salmon run is in full swing. As the egg laden salmon begin the life cycle again, eggs and Caddis Nymphs dug out from the beds are a feeding opportunity for Coastal steelhead on their way up river. The salmon serve as a chiefs for the steelhead we love and think about all year long. The salmon have reached protected areas and the wild steelhead are also protected here which leaves scenes like the one in the picture for steelhead fly fishers willing to go out on foot and search. This beautiful steelhead in the picture is enjoying the morning sun in shallow water. Steelhead will do this if left alone and not overpowered with commercial boats or crowds. Look away from the crowds and find your own perfect place. California steelhead fly fishing is alive and well with hope for a great future. We see the biologist and California Dept of Fish and Game behind the scene working on protecting the fish and the Feather & Sacramento  rivers . Thank you for preserving California's steelhead fly fishing future for generations to come!

Catch and Release Fly Fishing with Irideus steelhead flies and the 6/7 356 Grain Spey Rod

Video of some underwater action of King Salmon on the Redds and three names to follow in the sport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7uRaXIdZy0&list=UUEFr--YWkgXIeDaycLum4ag&feature=plcp

 

Irideus Diver Down Olive Oil Wooly Buggers are top steelhead flies for steelhead

Irideus Drifters Dream Gravel fry Steelhead flies are great for fishing behind spawning salmon. It will also serve as a top steelhead fly fishing fly pattern before and after the spawn. This wonderful soft hackle steelhead fly fishing fly rendition will also pass for an emerging Alevin. Pair this fly behind any streamer fly or steelhead nymph fly pattern for a truly great steelhead fly offering.

 

Irideus now presenting the Chico Streamer & Nymph Flip Page Waterproof Fly Fishing Box

The 2013 Irideus Large Capacity Chico Streamer & Nymph Waterproof Fly Fishing Box
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200822920796?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Utube Live Fly Box Chico Fly Box & Steelhead Flies Demo Video Below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drprJLR-4cM
The new 2013 Irideus Chico Streamer & Nymph large Capacity Waterproof Fly fishing box is the big brother to our popular Rise Flip page fly fishing box design. The Chico Fly Box offers 3 fly fishing fly storage pages with the lower level of the Irideus Chico Fly Box is set up with one modern cut foam pad and enough breathing room for the largest hackled Wooly Bugger Flies,big streamer flies,meaty articulated bunny leeches and any massive floating dry fly or hopper fly fishing fly pattern. The beautiful Irideus Slip proof design is functional yet sets the bar high for an eye pleasing well designed and planned out fly fishing fly box. The Chico Fly Box is a toast to the end of summer steelhead season on the Sacramento River in California. Now its time to welcome in the big fish of fall with a new fly fishing fly box design. All steelhead fly fishers will love the Chico Fly Box. Born from time on the water in steelhead country we pass on what we love. We know it the design brings smiles to us it will bring them to steelhead fly fishers world wide. The Chico fly box is also a work horse of a box for inshore saltwater fly fishers, Mixed bag fly trout fisherman and all bass fly anglers. This special fly fishing box again shows the thought involved in a box will rise above a sea of squares.

The Chico Fly Box Streamer Flip Page Lower level .

The Chico Fly Fishing Box Nymph and Dry Fly Fishing Fly Double Foam Surface Area. This large capacity waterproof flip page design fly box will keep your flies neat and organized. We have found keeping our streamer fly patterns separated we can focus clearly on the small flies used some days. The modern cut partially recycled foam will hold flies tight from size #20 to size 4. The modern cut flex foam in the Chico fly fishing box eliminates the need for several foam sizes and is very diverse fly fishing fly box foam.
Promo Auctions For The Chico Fly Fishing Box Below
http://www.ebay.com/itm/200822920796?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

We are counting on our friends to request Irideus to your local fly shops. Fly shop owners will want to stock The Rise Fly Box and The Chico Large Fly Box in 2013. We can not be everywhere at once and hope to see some emails from fly shop owners this week. Feel free to mail us at irideusflyfishing@gmail.com. Our company has put ourselves out on the line in a bad economy and survived because of our passion for what we do. Now we are looking for like minded shop owners,outfitters and fly clubs to reach out to us. There is only one thing to say about the products this year, they are fly shop opportunities. We look forward to hearing from people.

If your shop has a product hanger, we have products that sell.

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