None of Your Business

None of Your Business

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tail: Pearl krystal flash

Ribbing: Pearl tinsel

Body: Black wool

Throat: Pearl krystal flash

Wing: Pearl krystal flash under black squirrel tail

Hutchen's Blue Charm

Hutchen's Blue Charm

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Butt: Red floss or uni-stretch

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black wool

Throat: Blue hackle fibers

Wing: Strands of black krystal flash under moose hair

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Laxa Blue

Laxa Blue

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: White (Under body); Black (Head)

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Tip: Fluorescent orange floss or uni-stretch

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Butt: Black ostrich herl

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Light blue floss or uni-stretch

Throat: Light blue hackle

Wing: Light blue dyed gray squirrel tail

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Skunk

Skunk

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tail: Red hackle fibers

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black floss

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Wing: White calf tail

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Atherton Squirrel Tail

Atherton Squirrel Tail

Hook - Salmon style

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - Black wool or seals fur

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Red or fox squirrel tail

Reference - Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Shufelt Special

Shufelt Special

Hook: Streamer style

Thread: Black

Tail: Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing: Silver oval tinsel

Body: Silver flat tinsel

Under wing: Mixed red & yellow bucktail

Over wing: White marabou

Ghost Stonefly

Ghost Stonefly

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Wing post: Seamstress ball point pin

Tag: Silver oval tinsel

Body: Floss, uni-stretch etc

Wing: Black squirrel tail, black bear etc

Hackle: Grizzly, badger etc

Parachute Wing Post

Black Bear (Series)

Black Bear

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Tail: Black hackle fibers

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black uni-stretch

Wing: Black bear or substitute

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Black Bear Green Butt

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Butt: Green uni-stretch

Tail: Black hackle fibers

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black uni-stretch

Wing: Black bear or substitute

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Black Bear Orange Butt

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Butt: Orange uni-stretch

Tail: Black hackle fibers

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black uni-stretch

Wing: Black bear or substitute

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Black Bear Red Butt

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Butt: Red uni-stretch

Tail: Black hackle fibers

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Black uni-stretch

Wing: Black bear or substitute

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Hairy Mary

Hairy Mary

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Body: Black uni-stretch

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Wing: Red fox squirrel tail

Throat: Blue hackle fibers

Tying Note

There are other recipe versions from different books on tying atlantic salmon flies. See below.

Hairy Mary

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval gold tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Body: Black wool

Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel

Wing: Red phase squirrel tail

Throat: Blue hackle fibers

Reference

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Fulsher & Krom

Hairy Mary (Low Water)

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval gold tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Body: Black uni-stretch

Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel

Wing: Siberian squirrel tail

Throat: Blue hackle fibers

Reference

Tying & Fishing Bucktails & Other Hair Wings - Mike Valla

Hairy Mary

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval gold tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Body: Black uni-stretch

Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel

Wing: Grey squirrel tail

Throat: Blue hackle fibers

Reference

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

I used this recipe for the fly above

Patate/Potato

Patate/Potato

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Aqua blue uni-stretch

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Wing: White calf tail

Hackle: Yellow

Reference

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Gather your Hackles

I tie a lot of streamer style fly patterns that require hackle feather fibers for tails and throats and may or may not use up the entire feather in 1 tying session.

When not using the feathers I simply gather them and use an electrical test clip to hold them together.

Thanks for looking.

Bonbon (Series)

Bonbon/Orange

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat gold tinsel

Body: Dark orange swannundaze over flat gold tinsel

Throat: Black hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of black krystal flash

Cheeks Blue kingfisher or substitute

Bonbon/Lime

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat gold tinsel

Body: Dark chartreuce swannundaze over flat gold tinsel

Throat: Black hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of lime krystal flash

Cheeks Blue kingfisher or substitute

Bonbon/Lemon

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat gold tinsel

Body: Yellow swannundaze over flat gold tinsel

Throat: Yellow hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of lime krystal flash

Cheeks Blue kingfisher or substitute

Bonbon/Chocolate

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat gold tinsel

Body: Brown swannundaze over flat gold tinsel

Throat: Black hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of black krystal flash

Cheeks Blue kingfisher or substitute

Bonbon/Cherry

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat silver tinsel

Body: Red swannundaze over flat silver tinsel

Throat: Yellow hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of lime krystal flash

Cheeks Blue kingfisher or substitute

Bonbon/Blueberry

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat peacock tinsel

Body: Chartreuce swannundaze over flat peacock tinsel

Throat: Silver doctor blue hackle

Wing: Black bear hair, over a few strands of green krystal flash

Cheeks: Blue kingfisher or substitute

Acceptable Substitutions

Black squirrel for Black bear

V-Rib for Swannundaze

Blue hackle fibers for Blue Kingfisher

Reference

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Glitter Bear

Glitter Bear

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: Black

Tag: Fine oval silver tinsel

Butt: Fluorescent green floss/uni-stretch

Ribbing: Fine oval silver tinsel

Body: Peacock herl

Throat: Black hackle fibers

Wing: Black bear/squirrel over a few strands of krystal flash