I caught my very first steelhead on an orange Okie drifter with a piece of yarn and a cluster of boraxed eggs. In those neophyte years I thought steelhead were particular about what they would bite. They aren't, but that took a little while to learn.

Collectors want Okie drifters in their collections, not because they are better steelhead lures than others, but because of their place in the evolution of lures used for steelheading. I think Okie drifters were second after the original red Cherry Bobber that was developed specifically for steelhead fishing.