Wet FlyintermediatePacific Northwest
Brad's Brat
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Available Sizes#4 - #8
Color Variations
Orange/White
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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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Big Y Fly Co.
Matched on wet flies, steelhead, wet. Broad by-type catalog useful for common benchmark patterns and inexpensive backups.
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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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Visit sourceEnos 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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