Purple Peril

Rainbow trout · SalmonMid-depth

A purple-bodied, purple-hackled steelhead classic. Purple is the great steelhead colour in low light and tannic water, and the Peril is its simplest expression.

Fish this when

Overcast days, dawn and dusk, and tea-coloured water, swung for summer and autumn steelhead.

Why it works

Purple holds a dark, strong silhouette across the widest range of light and water colour of any steelhead shade — the fish see it when they see nothing else.

Naturals it imitates