The Austin

The Austin

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Orange bucktail/calf tail

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Orange yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Peter Charles Video

Little White Streamer

Little White Streamer

Hook - Straight eye streamer hook, size 8

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Pearl flat braid

Wing - White polar bear, calf tail (pictured) or goat hair under a small amount of gold and green flash

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Head - White with a small black dot on the sides to represent an eye

Twist of Lemon

Twist of Lemon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Yellow/white and Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Oval silver tinsel and yellow floss twisted

Thorax - Red flash dubbing

Hackle - Dyed yellow hen hackle

Poodle Dog

Poodle Dog

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille divided by flst silver tinsel

Hackle - White

Wing - White bucktail

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Scarlet Ibis (Bucktail)

Scarlet Ibis [Bucktail]

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Hackle - Red

Wing - Red bucktail

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs

Spring Favorite

Spring Favorite

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - White

Tail - Red calf tail

Butt - Green wool

Body - Red chenille

Hackle - Red

Wing - Orange calf tail over strands of orange crystal flash

Head - Red (color white thread with red marker)

UV Resin

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Willow

Willow (Variant)

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread -Black

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – White wool yarn

Throat – Grizzly hen hackle fibers (original = badger hackle)

Wing – Gray squirrel tail

Reference – Fish Flies Volume Two – Terry Hellekson

Schweitzer's Wateck

Schweitzer's Wateck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent green

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – Olive hares ear

Throat – Brown hen hackle fibers

Wing – Dyed yellow squirrel tail

Reference – Fish Flies Volume Two – Terry Hellekson

Wood Pussy

Wood Pussy
(Skunk)

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed black bucktail

Body - Silver wire

Wing - Dyed black bucktail over white bucktail, angled up to approximately 45 degrees

UV Resin

Reference - Fishing Flies & Fly Tying - William F Blades

Queen Bess

Queen Bess

(Silver Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Queen Bess

(Copper Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Fishing Flies & Fly Tying - William F Blades

Queen Bess

(Flat Silver Tinsel Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs

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

Optic Flies

Red Optic

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Red

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and red pupil

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Bucktail

Black Optic

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Black

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and black pupil

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Black bucktail

Nite Owl Optic

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR
Thread - Red
Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and red pupil
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Butt - Red chenille

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Bucktail

Hackle collar - Orange

Cock Robin Variation #1

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Black

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and black pupil

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Bucktail

Hackle collar - Orange

Cock Robin Variation #2

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Black

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and black pupil

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Red & Yellow

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Black

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and red pupil

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Yellow over red bucktail

Fall Favorite

Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 7970-BR

Thread - Red

Bead - 1/4" crimp cover, painted black with white eyes and red pupil

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Orange bucktail

Hackle collar - Red

Originated by Jim Pray

Crimp Cover

Patty Green

Patty Green

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel wrapped closely

Body - Chartreuse yarn

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Hellekson

Sicilian Gold

Sicilian Gold

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Orange thread

Tip - Embossed tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Embossed tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni-stretch

Wing - Orange under white bucktail 

Head - Orange thread 

UV Resin

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs & Trout Flies Volume Two - Terry Hellekson

Tying note - The Trey Combs book has the tip/tail in reverse order while the Terry Hellekson book omits the white bucktail in the wing, I tied the above fly usin the Trey Combs recipe and I reversed the tip/tail.

Silly Stilly

Silly Stilly

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Butt - 3 turns orange chenille

Body - Orange yarn

Wing - Orange over white bucktail

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Skpade

Skpade

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown bucktail

Body - Black crystal chenille

Wing - White bucktail

Hackle - Black

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Nite Owl

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Butt - 2 turns of red chenille

Body - Silver oval tinsel

Hackle - Orange

Wing - White bucktail

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Protein Buck

Protein Buck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Orange chenille

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Winter 2001

Bellamy

Bellamy

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tail - Red calf tail

Body - Copper wire over an underbody of brown floss

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of dyed yellow natural bucktail

Eyes - Red painted eyes

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils