Blackville

Blackville

Atlantic Salmon

Bert Miner of Doaktown, New Brunswick, originated this pattern in the 1940s.

Hook - Single Salmon

Tip - Lower half, fine silver wire; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down; 

then a small bunch of guinea fowl barbs are tied in at the throat

*Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

*The original pattern had barred mallard sections for the wings

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson