Wet Flyintermediate

Pacific Northwest

Green Butt Skunk

Name: Green Butt Skunk
Brand: The Woolly Gentleman

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Available Sizes#4 - #1/0

Color Variations

Standard (green/black/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, salmon, 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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Alaska Fly Fishing Goods

Matched on salmon, intruder. Alaska-specific fly shop with fly categories for trout, char, grayling, salmon, and steelhead.

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Fulling Mill Flies

Matched on wet flies, salmon, broad catalog. Large pattern house with broad freshwater and saltwater fly categories.

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If the Intruder is the sports car, the Green Butt Skunk is the vintage pickup that still starts every morning. This classic steelhead pattern has been swung through Northwest rivers since before technical fleece was invented. The fluorescent green butt is visible in the tannic water, and the white wing pulses in the current like a promise. Old-timers still fish nothing else, and their catch rates suggest they know something the rest of us are too busy innovating to notice.

Quick Facts

TypeWet Fly

Difficultyintermediate

SeasonsFall, Winter

Target SpeciesSteelhead, Coho Salmon

Sizes#4 - #1/0

Best LocationsNorth Umpqua River, OR; Deschutes River, OR; Klickitat River, WA

Where to Fish It

North Umpqua River

OR · Freestone River

Deschutes River

OR · Freestone River

Klickitat River

WA · Freestone River

Map unavailable. Locations for Green Butt Skunk: North Umpqua River, OR; Deschutes River, OR; Klickitat River, WA

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