Spring Wiggler Purple

The Spring Wiggler – Purple brings steelheading's modern favorite shade to the Michigan classic: deep purple chenille and hackle under a dark shellback. Purple holds definition in flat gray light better than black—and Great Lakes skies deliver flat gray light all season.

This is the overcast-day wiggler, and a sleeper for late evenings when the river goes to shadow. Dead-drift it like the rest of the family and let the violet edge do the work black can't.

Best for:

• Overcast days and failing light
  
• The modern purple alternative to black
  
• Great Lakes and West Coast tributaries alike

📌 Pro Tip: Under heavy cloud, choose purple first—its edge survives gray light that flattens every other dark fly into the background.