Wren

Wren

Tail - Gray mallard 

Tip - Yellow silk

Ribbing -Yellow silk

Body - Light gray floss

Hackle - Brown 

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Yellow Dun

Yellow Dun

Ribbing - Yellow silk

Body - Gray fur

Hackle -Yellow

Wings - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Dorset

Dorset

Tail - Furnace hackle tips *

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Light brown furnace

Wing - Teal

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

* Dr. Burke’s detail-oriented paintings reveal that the tail ingredient of ‘furnace hackle’ on the Dorset in the original written recipe listing (normally fibers) is clearly represented as hackle tips on the painting. See the Adirondack, where the tail recipe actually specifies hackle tips, even though Dr. Burke’s painting of that fly shows a tail of hackle fibers. The hackle tip tail adds a unique element and character to both the Adirondack and the Dorset.

Heckham Red

Heckham Red

Tip - White floss 

Tail - Turkey brown 

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Scarlet floss

Hackle - Brown hen

Wings - Bittern or light brown mottled turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Ukraine

Ukraine

Thread - White

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Blue over yellow duck quill

Ribbing - Blue uni stretch

Body - Yellow uni stretch

Throat - Blue over yellow hen hackle

Wing - Blue over yellow duck quill

Head - Blue and yellow sharpie marker

Martin

Martin

Tag - Gold tinsel *

Tail - Yellow and black – married **

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Deep yellow

Wing - Widgeon or gray mallard ***

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Notes

* The gold tinsel tag is not listed in the Trout recipe, but it is visible on the color plate.

** The written recipe for the tail is ‘yellow and black-alternate.’ Differing from the usual listing for a married tail, Dr. Burke’s painting indicates a separation at the end of the tail, revealing a married tail of yellow and black with left and right sides.

*** The wing may also be teal.

Governor Alvord

Governor Alvord

Tail - Dark scarlet

Body - Peacock herl*

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate married to cinnamon*

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

* The Governor Alvord has the unique status of being the only peacock herl-bodied fly in all of Ray Bergman’s books with a married wing. When two colors are listed for a married wing as on the Governor Alvord the sections are normally equal in width.

Golden Girl

Golden Girl

Roderick Haig-Brown, 1940s

Tip - Gold oval tinsel (fine) 

Tag - Orange silk 

Tail - Golden pheasant crest 

Body - Gold flat tinsel

Hackle: Yellow 

Wing - Orange polar bear hair*, two golden pheasant tippet feathers 

Topping - Golden pheasant crest

*I used orange bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

The preeminent British Columbia fly-angling historian, Arthur Lingren, produced two editions of Fly Patterns of British Columbia, one of several titles he has released through Frank Amato Publications. The original edition found a waiting audience in 1996, and then in 2008, Lingren again demonstrated his grasp of historical research methodology in an expanded edition timed to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Roderick Haig-Brown, the pioneering, British-born angler who fell in love with the waters of British Columbia and penned some of fly angling’s most poignant and powerful words. Lingren’s expanded volume was subtitled The Roderick Haig-Brown Centenary Edition and it is replete with captivating details about Haig-Brown and other prominent fly designers of British Columbia. 

Of the Golden Girl, Lingren informs the reader that Haig-Brown devised this fly chiefly for winter steelhead; he wanted a simple fly dressed in shades of red and orange that would bear some resemblance to the ornate feather wing Atlantic salmon flies he knew so well from his British upbringing. “The pattern Haig-Brown developed,” explains Lingren, “was a combination of the slim-bodied Red Sandy and the golden pheasant tippet-winged Durham Ranger without many of the frills.” 

Lingren notes that the original dressing had a tail made from the small red feather of the Indian fruit crow (a South American bird of the Cotinga family), but that eventually Haig-Brown opted instead for a golden pheasant crest feather (a “topping,” to use the Atlantic salmon parlance) for the tail. Indeed, the topping-tailed version is the familiar pattern, though the fly looks nothing short of riveting when the golden pheasant crest tail is itself topped with a layer of fruit crow feathers or substitutes, such as small, scarlet-dyed hen neck feathers or likewise dyed golden pheasant throat feathers. In later versions, Haig-Brown also included a tag of orange silk, which is made all the more lustrous if underlain and tipped with flat tinsel. As evidence to that variation, Walt Johnson (in the 1990s) supplied me with copies of steelhead fly recipes submitted to the Washington Fly Fishing Club in the 1950s and 60s, including a page of patterns submitted by Haig-Brown. 

For the Golden Girl, Haig-Brown specifies a tag of orange silk, and says of the fly, “This is primarily a winter steelhead fly. Have also taken cutthroats and summer steelhead on it in sizes down to No. 8.” The other flies he included are the Quinsam Hackle, Silver Brown, and Stickle-Back.

Loyalsock

 

Loyalsock

Body - Pale yellow floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Black

Trout - Ray Bergman

Widow

 

Widow

Ribbing - White silk

Body - Black silk floss

Hackle - Black 

Wing - Black with white stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Waters

 

Waters

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet tuft

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Black or dark grizzly

Wing - Slate goose

Head - White ostrich herl

Waters (fabri-mouches.ca)

Extended Body Grannom Caddis

Extended Body Grannom Caddis 

Balloon Caddis Variant

Hook - Curved or straight shank

Thread - Gray

Body and Thorax Cover - Grey closed cell foam 

Wing - Deer hair 

Thorax - Grey dubbing

From a Davie McPhail Video

Soo Nipi

Soo Nipi

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Black silk floss

Hackle - Light blue

Wing - White

Trout - Ray Bergman

Lake Green

Lake Green

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - white under floss body, black head

Ribbing - Insect green silk (floss)

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Light ginger

Wing - Teal

Trout - Ray Bergman

Kate

Kate

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White under body floss, black head

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Scarlet and yellow floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Cinnamon "Orpington"

Trout - Ray Bergman

The color plate shows a gold tag, but it is not listed in the recipe

Fish Hawk

Fish Hawk

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown mottled turkey

Ribbing - Brown silk (floss) twisted into a rope

Body - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown mottled turkey, jungle eye

Trout - Ray Bergman

LA ET VOILÀ

LA ET VOILÀ 

(There You Have) Google translation

Bernard Parisien

Rear Hook - Mustad Heritage S80, #6

Thread - Red

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Blue tinsel

Connecting wire - Beadalon .018 diameter

Front hook - Mustad 9672, #2

Thread - Red

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Blue tinsel

Belly - White bucktail over silver colored flashabou

Wing - Dark blue bucktail over strands of blue krystal flash

Topping - Peacock herl

Eyes - Painted black over white

LA ET VOILÀ (fabri-mouches.ca)

The Seductress

The Seductress

Hook - Single or double salmon

Thread - Black

Tip/tag - Oval gold tinsel and fluorescent green silk

Tail - Peacock sword

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Pale green krystal flash or substitute

Hackle - Dyed yellow guinea fowl or substitute*

Wing - Dyed yellow bucktail over dyed green bucktail

Over wing - Peacock herl

Cheek - Jungle cock

*All out of dyed yellow guinea fowl so I used yellow hen hackle

The Seductress (fabri-mouches.ca)

Golden Rod

Golden Rod

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet fibers

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body -- Orange seal’s fur or substitute

Hackle - Orange

Wing - A pair of Jungle cock body feather

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Golden Rod

Tip - None*

Tail - Crimson quill sections

Butt - Peacock herl*

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Hackle: Orange

Wing - Jungle cock eye

Don Bastian Note

*The peacock herl butt is listed under ‘tip’ in the written recipes. There is no tip on the Golden Rod but I believe the appearance of this fly could be enhanced by the addition of a gold tinsel tip.

Trout - Ray Bergman

Silver Invicta

Silver Invicta

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Brown or black

Tail - Golden Pheasant Crest 

Rib - Silver Wire 

Body - Uni- Mylar Silver Body 

Hackle - Natural Red (Brown) Cock 

Throat - Blue Jay Fibers 

Wing - Hen Pheasant Quill

From a Davie McPhail Video

Jock Scott

Jock Scott

Tail - Golden pheasant crest and short scarlet tuft

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Rear ½ yellow floss, front ½ black floss

Hackle - Guinea fowl fibers

Wing - Blue, yellow, scarlet, & white-tipped turkey – married; peacock sword topping, jungle cock eye 

Trout - Ray Bergman

October Caddis Soft Hackle

October Caddis Soft Hackle

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black brass or tungsten

Thread - Orange

Body - Orange swannundaze or substitute

Thorax - Orange ice dubbing

Hackle - Black hen

Head - Black ice dubbing

Feted Green

 

Feted Green

Hook - Mustad heritage

Thread - Black

Tip - Crimson floss

Tail - Medium dark green

Body - Medium dark green floss

Hackle - Green

Wing - Medium dark green

Trout - Ray Bergman

Silver Doctor

Silver Doctor

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Red

Tail - Duck or goose; yellow, blue, green & red – married

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Guinea fowl and blue

Wing - Duck or goose - brown, red, green blue, & yellow - married

How to Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Other Silver Doctors

Silver Doctor per Don Bastian Website

Tag - Red floss

Tail - Yellow, blue, green, red – married

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body: Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Mixed guinea fowl and blue 

Wing - Married sections of duck quill: brown, guinea fowl, red, green blue, & yellow

https://donbastianwetflies.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/silver-doctor-wet-fly-variation-with-six-strip-wing/

Silver Doctor per Trout & Forgotten Flies

             Tip – Scarlet floss and gold tinsel               

                           Tail – Golden pheasant crest, dash of blue                            

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – Silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue & Guinea  

Wing – Brown turkey, teal, blue and yellow

Trout – Ray Bergman

Forgotten Flies – Schmookler and Sils

Silver Doctor From Flies for Trout

Hook - Wet style

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest over which are a few barbs of blue kingfisher or similar

Butt - Red wool

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Pale blue followed by barbs of teal flank

Wing - Married strips of red, blue and yellow duck wing over which are strips of peacock wing or pheasant tail

Flies for Trout - Stewart & Allen

"Silver Doctor Wet Fly - Fly Angler's Online Volumn 12 week 8 (flyanglersonline.com)

Silver Doctor and Golden Doctor – Classic Wet Flies « Don Bastian Wet Flies (wordpress.com)

Mike Boyer 's Fly for Atlantic salmon - – Fly dreamers

Three Rivers

Three Rivers

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tip - Wide silver tinsel

Tail - Teal

Ribbing - Wide silver tinsel

Body - Claret wool

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Grizzly hackle, Jungle eye

Trout - Ray Bergman

Big Lagoon

Big Lagoon

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White underbody, black head

Tail - Mix of red and yellow hackle fibers

Body - White silk floss or other material (uni stretch) built to a proper taper and covered with oval silver tinsel

Hackle - Optional - Sparse red and white tied under (bearded), and not wound on

Wing - White polar bear tied along the hook shank topped with crimson red bucktail or polar bear

Cheek - Jungle cock

Trout - Ray Bergman

Griffen

Griffen

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle

Hackle - Grizzly tied palmer, clipped or use a small sized hackle

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Grizzly hackle fibers

Trout - Ray Bergman

Kinross

Kinross

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred wood duck

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Olive floss

Hackle - Olive

Wing - Dark brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Mighty Mite

Mighty Mite

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black or black nickel

Thread - Chartreuse

Ribbing - Fine red wire

Gills - Pearl white/white nail polish

Tie in a variety of colors.

BCFlyguys

Liquid Lady

Liquid Lady

(Chaoborus Pupa)

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black nickel brass or tungsten

Thread - Light olive

Horns - Black krystal flash

Ribbing - Light olive or clear stretch tubing or v-rib

Body - Tying thread and chirony skin or clear tinsel

BC Flyguys

Holographic Gray Boy

Holographic Gray Boy

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black nickel brass or tungsten

Thread - Gray

Breathers - White uni stretch

Ribbing - Holographic brown flashabou

Thorax - Burnt orange marker

Krazy Glue 

BCFluguys

Hot Chocolate Chironomid

 

Hot Chocolate Chironomid

Hook - Curved

Bead - Brown metallic brass or tungsten

Thread - Brown

Breathers - White uni stretch

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body -Brown holographic tinsel

BCFlyguys

Czech Nymphs

Czech Nymph

Tan

Hook - Curved

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Olive

Ribbing - Gold wire

Shell back - Strip of zip lock bag

Body - Tan and brown dubbing

Czech Nymph

Orange

Hook - Curved

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Olive

Ribbing - Gold wire

Shell back - Strip of zip lock bag

Body - Orange and brown dubbing

Czech Nymph

Olive

Hook - Curved

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Olive

Ribbing - Gold wire

Shell back - Strip of zip lock bag

Body - Olive and brown dubbing

Two Toner BC Chironomid

Two Toner BC Chironomid

Hook - Curved

Bead - Nickel/silver

Breathers - White uni stretch

Thread - Red

Under-Body - Red tying thread and Mirage tinsel

Over-Body - Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill - Transparent Gray

Thorax - Orange ice dubbing

Producer

Producer

Hook - Curved

Bead - Copper brass or tungsten

Breather - White uni stretch

Thread - Red and black

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Red thread transitioning to black thread

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