Frost's Blue Smelt

Frost's Blue Smelt

Hook - Mustad 3399, size 6
Thread - Blue
Connector - .024 diameter Beadalon wire

Body - Braided silver mylar piping secured at both ends with blue thread

Wing - Blue bucktail over 4 strands of peacock herl over white bucktail

Eyes - Painted black over white

Tying Notes

I ran out of silver mylar piping and substituted pearl mylar piping

Reference - Tandem Streamers - Donald A Wilson

Bucktail Shad

Bucktail Shad

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Gray chenille

Wing - Black over white bucktail

Throat - Yellow marabou

Silver Smelt

Silver Smelt

Hook: Mustad 3665A

Thread: Black 8/0

Body: Oval silver tinsel

Wing: Four light grey saddle hackles

Throat: Red hackle fibers tied in beard style

Head: Painted silver with black eye with white pupil with red center

Reference - Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon - Dick Stewart & Bob Leeman

Wormfly Tandem

Wormfly Tandem

Aft fly

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red antron yarn

Body - Peacock herl rope

Hackle - Brown hen

Connector - 20 lb Maxima monofilament

Front fly

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red antron yarn

Body - Peacock herl rope

Hackle - Brown hen

Reference - http://www.flymailflies.co.uk/categories/53-tandems/wormfly-tandem/prod_1069.html

Red Sky

Red Sky

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Red

Tag - Gulff Red Alert uv resin

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Red wire

Throat - Dyed red hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed red squirrel tail

Sundowner

Sundowner

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Orange/hot orange

Tip - Copper oval tinsel

Tag - Orange uni-stretch or floss

Body - 1 strand each of copper and copper brown ultra wire twisted into a rope

Throat - Dyed orange hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail

Roadside Diner

Roadside Diner

Hook - Mustad 3995A, #6-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss

Wing - American oppossum or bucktail

Topping - Small clump of black skunk or bucktail

Arnold

Arnold

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Inner Wing - Red and white bucktail, mixed

Outer Wing - Grizzly saddle, one on each side of bucktail wing

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

American Coachman

American Coachman

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black or yellow

Tail - Red calf or red bucktail

Body - Yellow floss or wool yarn

Wing - White bucktail or white calf tail

Hackle - Brown, tied in front of wing

Reference - Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Barber Pole

Barber Pole

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black or green

Body - Green floss 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey