Wet FlyadvancedPacific Northwest
Aqua Veil
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Available Sizes#2 - #6
Color Variations
Blue/TealPurple/BlackGreen/Black
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Regional shopStrong match
Pacific Fly Fishers
Matched on Pacific Northwest, wet flies, steelhead. Pacific Northwest shop with a large online catalog and steelhead/trout regional relevance.
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Schultz Outfitters
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, steelhead. Michigan and Great Lakes shop lead for steelhead, trout, and smallmouth patterns.
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Fulling Mill Flies
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, broad catalog. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.
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Orvis Fly Catalog
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, broad catalog. Broad retail catalog for standard trout, warmwater, salmon/steelhead, and saltwater patterns.
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Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, broad catalog. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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Visit sourceJerry French designed the Aqua Veil to move through the water with the unhurried grace of something that knows it is being watched. Long hackle fibers trail behind the hook like a veil in slow current, and the profile is more suggestion than statement. Where other steelhead flies shout, the Aqua Veil whispers, and it turns out that whispering catches steelhead too -- particularly summer-run fish in clear water that have seen every loud pattern in the catalog. It is the fly for the angler who has graduated from brute force to finesse, which in steelhead fishing is a journey that takes years.
Quick Facts
TypeWet Fly
Difficultyadvanced
SeasonsSummer, Fall
Target SpeciesSteelhead
Sizes#2 - #6
Best LocationsNorth Umpqua River, OR; Deschutes River, OR
Where to Fish It
North Umpqua River
OR · Freestone River
Deschutes River
OR · Freestone River
Map unavailable. Locations for Aqua Veil: North Umpqua River, OR; Deschutes River, OR
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