Wet FlyintermediatePacific Northwest
Brad's Brat
$6.95
Available Sizes#4 - #8
Color Variations
Orange/White
Enos Bradner was a Seattle outdoor columnist who tied flies the way he wrote columns -- with confidence, clarity, and an understanding that tradition is just innovation that survived. Brad's Brat is a product of the 1930s, an era when steelhead flies were tied with bucktail, tinsel, and the assumption that a good pattern should last a lifetime. Ninety years later, it still catches steelhead with embarrassing regularity, which either validates Bradner's design or proves that steelhead have not evolved since the Depression. Either way, the pattern endures, and so does the lesson: sometimes the old ways work because they always worked.
Quick Facts
TypeWet Fly
Difficultyintermediate
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesSteelhead
Sizes#4 - #8
Best LocationsNorth Umpqua River, OR; Skagit River, WA
Where to Fish It
North Umpqua River
OR · Freestone River
Skagit River
WA · Spey River
Map unavailable. Locations for Brad's Brat: North Umpqua River, OR; Skagit River, WA
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