Steelhead flies

Sucker spawn is a favorite here in Northwestern PA.

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:31:36 -0600, Warren wrote:

I am going steelhead fishing for the first time and was wondering if any
of you could suggest flies. So far I have been looking at several of
the "standards," but there is a lot of flies that I am unaware of and
don't know what sizes I need to tie. I spoke with "someone in the
know" at the local shop and they told me to #6s because sizes change
during the year or some such crap. I don't know **** and so wasn't
ready to argue......

Flies I am thinking of tying a

Green Butt Black Bears
Black Doses
Blue Charms
Coal Cars
Freight Trains
Highlanders
Krystal Eggs
Ponoi Greens and Reds
Signal Lights
Undertakers

Is that a decent selection or are more needed? Do I need more sizes
other than #6s? Having just one size sounds funky to me...... Anybody
have any suggestions on other cool flies I should consider?