Hook – Single salmon
Thread – Black
Tail - Dyed black hackle fibers
Body – Claret dubbing
Hackle – Dyed black tied on as a collar and tied back and down or as a throat
Wing – White bucktail
Cutthroat No. 2
Hook – Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow rabbit fur
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Red bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of white bucktail
Cutthroat, Red
Hook – Single salmon
Thread – Black
Tail - Dyed black hackle fibers
Body – Red dubbing
Hackle – Dyed black tied on as a collar and tied back and down or as a throat
Wing – White bucktail
Cutthroat, Yellow
Hook – Single salmon
Thread - Red.
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs.
Body Hackle - Yellow tied palmer-style over the body.
Body - Dubbed with yellow rabbit fur.
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back.
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body.
The yellow and red Cutthroat patterns are used frequently in the Puget Sound area. Although many were originally tied for sea-run cutthroat, some have been adapted for steelhead and are tied in larger sizes.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
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