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Mojo Fly Company - Top producing Steelhead flies for Michigan & Great Lakes Steelhead & Salmon. Our flies are tied on Daichii hooks! We offer top quality Steelhead guide patterns guaranteed to get you into more fish. Perfectly tied Stone flies, nymphs, and egg patterns at great low prices. Our flies are developed by top professionally endorsed fly fishing guides in the Great Lakes and Western Michigan rivers for Steelhead, Salmon, Trout and Smallmouth Bass.

If you would like a personal order or Steelhead assortment please give us a call at (231) 519-7348.
We can set up a Spring Steelhead box just for you and your exact river conditions pattern selection!

Daichii & Tiemco Hooks: We offer anglers a wide spectrum of fly patterns for Great Lakes Steelhead tied on premium Daichii and Tiemco hooks. These hooks are strong and will not bend out when you have a Trophy Steelhead of a life time!


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These flies also work great on Lake Erie's "Steelhead Alley" and Lake Erie Tributaries for Steelhead. We're coming out with a "Steelhead Alley" series of flies that include the Erie Sucker Spawn patterns, Erie Stones
and other down sized patterns for lake Erie Steelhead. Spring Steelhead patterns for the Great Lakes!

Clown eggs for Michigan Steelhead - For many years, Mojo Clown eggs have out produce all other fly patterns for Steelhead during the Fall and Winter months! Clown eggs imitate traditional egg flies with a twist... an array of colors! Inspired by the sherbet corkie, the Clown egg catches Steelhead in a variety of water conditions. This fly shines in high or murky water conditions. Smaller sizes are fantastic in clear or heavily pressured water by showing the fish something different!



Muskegon River Fishing Report: Why do Steelhead key in on Winter Stoneflies?
Great Lakes Steelhead are perhaps the most opportunistic member of the salmonid family. While Chinook and Coho salmon require large schools of baitfish like smelt and alewives to support their numbers, steelhead take a substantial amount of their forage from insect sources, supplementing with baitfish, crayfish, gobies, and whatever else strikes their fancy. This fact leads some experts to believe that steelhead "residentize" back to their stream-trout roots when they spend any length of time in a river environment. When February and March roll around, the winter stonefly hatches begin in the cold river environments in Michigan.
It has been my experience as a fly fishing guide that Stone flies begin to emerge and become active in late morning through the afternoon, usually when water temperatures are at the warmest. Steelhead also tend to key on them during the warmest part of day when they are the most abundant and moving.

The steelhead holding in river pools, waiting for spawning time to begin, may revert to feeding behavior that worked well during the early stages of life. When you're winter flyfishing and you notice tiny black specks (they look like carpenter ants with gray wings) on the snow around you, study them closely. You'll find that these are adult Stoneflies, possibly ringing the dinner bell for whatever lurks in the depths of that hole in front of you. Fish accordingly, as your luck may have just turned.

There are a variety of nymph flies that imitate the Winter Stonefly.
Most of these patterns are simple, from a hare's ear nymph or pheasant-tail nymph colored dark brown or black with marker, to more involved patterns such as the Egg Sucking Stone, black Viagra caddis, Mojo Dark Knight, Rubber Legged Stone, etc. Remember that these flies should be dead-drifted the same way you'd fish glo-bugs or egg flies, under an indicator or bottom-bounced through holes that look promising. No vigorous stripping is needed with these - keep in mind that while the weather is warmer than usual, the water is a few degrees above freezing. Deep and slow wins the race here - make sure that your flies drift along current breaks and bubble-lines, to ensure that any fish present has time to take a shot at them. Strike back when the strike comes, snub that fish before it can get loose, and then enjoy the music of your reel underscoring the winter sunlight dancing on rippled waters...

February and March are the two biggest months for fishing Stone Flies for Steelhead. Both Muskegon River Steelhead and Brown Trout feed heavily on these tiny size 16 Stone Flies. Making for excellent chuck & duck fly fishing in March while drifting Stone flies. Spring Steelhead gorge on Stone flies in March and at times, only key in on this fly.