We are now a sponsor here on PP. I have been around for a few years hanging out but finally had the means to sponsor here. I just want to talk a little bit about our company and products here.
We make three main products along with custom rods and scent. Our Steelhead Stalkers UV Yarn, 4.5 inch and 6 inch Dragon Tail Steelhead Worms and our 3 inch Micro Worms are our main products. Almost all of our raw materials as well as our manufacturing is done in the US. I will go into a little bit of detail on each product we make below.
Our most popular product is our UV Yarn. It is made from a blend of natural fibers that comes from the UK. We have these fibers blended and carted for us locally in Oregon. The micron count of our yarn is similar to cashmere and is extremely soft. We also use dyes that are made here in the US and all but one of them are organic. Our color dyes along with our UV enhancement are non toxic and are manufactured in the US. Our yarn manufacturing process includes us handling it 8 different times from our pre-soak process to remove oil and dirt to the dying, rinsing and drying process. We hand dye every color of yarn we make here in Harrisburg Oregon. Our dye process includes steps to keep our yarn from fading or leeching. You will notice most artificial yarns in the stores fade just from the lights in the store, ours will not fade. When making multi-color yarn balls you do not have to worry about our yarn colors leeching onto other colors. Another advantage of using natural fibers is they actually absorb and hold scent. All other yarns on the market are made form plastic/polyester. They do not actually hold scent. Our fibers are extremely buoyant and float higher in the water without any added flotation. Because the yarn is so fluffy you can use less dense of a yarnie and it will fluff out once it hits the water. Also because of how soft it is you can cut it easy without extremely sharp scissors.
Works great for yarnies, egg patterns and rags!
The next product we make is our Dragon Tail UV Steelhead Worms. All of the raw material we use is made in the US. The plastic is extremely high quality and clear. It costs about twice as much as any other plastic available but we believe that the clarity and bright/vibrant qualities are worth the extra cost. The colorants are also very bright. Both are made in the US. All of the molds we use along with our injectors/injecting machine are made in the US. The UV enhancement is non toxic and our plastic is considered green. The dragon tail on these worms have a unique multifaceted tail that moves water off four surfaces creating erratic movement steelhead can't resist. We make 6 colors of these worms in two sizes. Three of the colors are transparent and allow light to reflect off of them and go through. Three of the colors are opaque. We offer a shrimp pink and steelhead orange that are deadly and no other company offers colors that look like these. Our Cerise is one of a kind as well. We offer a 6 inch and 4.5 inch length.
Our third product is our 3 Micro Worms. We have been using small 3 inch worms under a float for about 6 or 7 years and started manufacturing our own about three years ago. I would say that in the right conditions there is nothing as effective as these little worms. Both winter and summer steelhead love them. We fish them wacky rigged under a float. Some people think they are to small but steelhead have no problem hitting beads and yarnies and the profile of these worms is large than both. These smaller worms use the same plastic, colorant and UV enhancement as our larger steelhead worms.
These are a special batch of holographic ones we made last summer but its a good example of how bright these worms are.
We also sell a special oil scent. It is 100% pure oil. Its a blend of 80% krill and 20% anise. This oil is a pure as you can get, it does not get thick in cold weather and absorbs into our yarn and stays there for hours. We do not add any UV to it because krill is naturally UV reflective at around 360 nanometers. We use it with our trout worms and it permeates into the plastic. We have it blended for us here in the US. The anise you see in the store for $20 for 2 oz, this is the same quality but blended with more expensive krill and is more affordable.
Lastly, we build custom fishing rods using Gary Loomis North Fork Composites rod blanks. They are made entirely in the US! We build special carbon fiber grips for all of our rods from the ground up. These grips are lighter than cork, the core absorbs and holds heat in the winter, they are tacky when wet and are extremely strong. We pour the composite core, shape them, add the graphite, sand them by hand and add a tough urethane top coat all here in our shop. They are more dense than even the highest quality cork and that allows them to transmit more vibrations from the blank. Here are a few images of customers rods.
St 741 (HM) side drifting rod. 7'4", 4-8 lb. Extra large butt section the same diameter as my Chinook float rod. Extreme amount of backbone for huge winter steelhead!
Chinook float rod. St 1065 (HM) with a full carbon fiber grip and special shaped fore grip that up locks to cover any exposed threads.
Custom 10'0" 8 wt fly rod. It is the lightest 8 wt fly rod in the world! The reel seat is made just outside of Roseburg Oregon by Joel Lemke. He worked for Struble for 25+ years and makes these fly reel seats exclusively for us.
We manufacture products of the highest quality that we would want to buy in the stores and hope you feel the same way after trying them. Our products might be a little more expensive but we support many US companies and manufacture everything in Oregon using very high quality materials. We hope this gives you a little more insight into our company and products.
We are offering member of Piscatorial Pursuits a discount of 10% off everything we make other than custom rods. Just enter the discount code "PP10" when checking out to get your discount. Thanks for your support and if you have any questions just ask.
Steelhead Stalkers Website 
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