Winter Steelhead Pattern - tying the Golden Demon

I found this pattern in Dave Hughes' "American Fly Tying Manual" from 1986. In a section titled Winter Steelhead Flies.

If anyone has any idea why winter steelhead patterns feature a lot of orange and red, please let us all know in the comments.

Hook: #2-8 salmon
Thread: Black
Tail: Golden pheasant crest
Rib: Oval gold tinsel
Body: Gold Mylar tinsel
Throat: Bright orange hackle fibers
Wing: Brown bear or red squirrel tail

** Some of the popular books used on this channel: **

Fly Pattern Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/34U0rUe
Mike Valla's "Tying the Founding Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/354oSir
Valla's "Tying and Fishing Bucktails..." 2016, https://amzn.to/3Jg2Mys
Valla's "Tying Catskill-Style Dry Flies," 2020, https://amzn.to/3DmYOjJ
Valla's "Classic Streamer Fly Box," 2020, https://amzn.to/3n3Vakf
Dave Hughes, "Essential Trout Flies," 2017, https://amzn.to/3lbCZYX
Hughes, "Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters," https://amzn.to/3HC2jpc
Hughes, "Wet Flies," 2015, https://amzn.to/33ac3lQ
David Klausmeyer's "Favorite Flies," 2020, https://amzn.to/3oeSNMa
Randle Scott Stetzer's "Flies, the Best One Thousand," https://amzn.to/34Q15mp
Terry Hellekson's "Popular Fly Patterns," 1976, https://amzn.to/2L4IyvS
Dick Stewart's, "Flies for Bass and Panfish," 1992, https://amzn.to/3aGpFs1

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