Max Canyon (Stewart)- tweaked Tied by Eric Martin     Name Max Canyon Category Steelhead Hook Gamakatsu Traditional Series T10-6H, size 4 or 2 Tail Orange and white saddle hackle, mixed Body Rear 1/3: Orange Antron Yarn, Front 2/3: Black Medium Chenille Rib Size 14 Oval Silver Tinsel Hackle Black Saddle Wing White over Orange Calf Tail with Krystal Flash

This version of Doug Stewart's Max Canyon was tied by Salmonfly.Net Contributing Fly Tyer Eric Martin. Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen write in Flies for Steelhead that this fly was developed in 1972 at Mack's Canyon on the Deschutes River by Doug Stewart. The story goes that the name was purposely misspelled to draw attention away from Mack's Canyon, which was then, and still is a very popular part of the lower Deschutes.

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