Murray's Betsy Streamer

Murray's Betsy Streamer

Hook - 2xl - 3xl - 4xl streamer style

Thread - Black

Weight - Non lead wire

Body - Peacock herl - reinforced

Wing - White calf tail over rainbow krystal flash

Moby Dick

Moby Dick

Hook - Nymph/streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Mallard flank

Bossano's Stick Caddis

Bossano's Stick Caddis

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3806B

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body/Case - Turkey, pheasant tail fibers

Head - Chartreuse foam strip

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

Thin Mint Wooly Bugger

Thin Mint Wooly Bugger

Hook – Nymph/streamer style

Bead – Tungsten

Thread – Black

Tail – Olive, brown and black marabou; pearl krystal flash

Ribbing – Pearl krystal flash and copper wire

Body – Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Yellow Killer

Yellow Killer

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel.

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Yellow calf tail

Throat - Orange hackle

Cheek - Jungle cock

Stordal’s Killer

Stordal’s Killer

Hook - Partridge CS 42 size 4-6-8

Thread - Black

Tag - Fine silver wire or oval silver tinsel *

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Red fluorescent wool tied much longer than normal

Rib - Oval silver tinsel 

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed fluorescent blue or marabou **

Wing - Dyed blue squirrel tail (bottom)

            Fitch tail or dyed black squirrel tail (middle) ***

            Mallard or teal fibers (top)

* I used oval silver tinsel

** I used a bunch of marabou

*** I used dyed black squirrel tail

Ted Niemeyer Method of Stripping a Mallard Quill

Stewiacke Special

Stewiacke Special

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Rib - Oval gold tinsel 

Body - Black floss or uni-stretch

Throat - Red hackle fibers 

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Yellow Jacket Bucktail/Hairwing

Yellow Jacket Bucktail/Hairwing

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Red floss/uni-stretch

Ribbing - Large black nylon or linen thread, 4 turns

Body - Yellow or cream wool

Wing - Brown squirrel tail, brown bear, brown calf tail etc.

Hackle - Brown

Pacific Northwest Fly Patterns

Wahlflower

Wahlflower

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread – Black

Tip – Flat silver tinsel

Tag – Fluorescent orange floss or uni-stretch

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – Fluorescent green floss or uni-stretch

Throat – Golden pheasant crest or dyed yellow hen hackle

Wing – Gray squirrel tail dyed yellow

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

Will Taylor Special

Will Taylor Special

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat copper tinsel and green followed by red stretch nylon

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Gray squirrel tail a 4-5 moose hairs

Hackle - Dyed yellow

Boyd Dunnett was the originator and William Taylor from Holcomb, NB, a regular on the little Southwest Miramichi and Frank Somers' uncle, popularized the fly, hence its name.

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner

Rat - Series

Rat 

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Black

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Seal's fur or equivalent

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Blue

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear half is blue floss; front half is peacock herl
Veiling - A loose strand of blue floss fron the center of the body

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Copper

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval copper tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Oval copper tinsel

Body - Flat copper tinsel

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Gray

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Gray wool

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Green

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear half is green floss; front half is peacock herl
Veiling - A loose strand of green floss from the center of the body

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Purple

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear half is purple floss; front half is peacock herl
Veiling - A loose strand of purple floss from the center of the body

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Rusty

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear half is rusty orange floss; front half is peacock herl
Veiling - A loose strand of rusty orange floss from the center of the body

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Rat - Silver

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray fox guard hairs or gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Acknowledgement - Roy Angus Thompson

Beady Eyed Minnow

Catskill Cannonball

Catskill Cannonball

Hook – Nymph style

Weight – 1/8 inch brass or tungsten bead & .015 lead/lead free wire

Thread - Red

Tail – Hungarian partridge

Ribbing – Red thread

Body - Hares ear

Wing case - Golden pheasant center tail

Thorax – Hares ear

UV Resin over wing case

Nimbus

Nimbus

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-H6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tag - Fluorescent green floss or uni-stretch

Tail - Dyed red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Purple antron yarn or uni-stretch

Throat - Dyed blue over dyed orange guinea hen

Wing - White calf tail

Reference - Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Black Moisie

Black Moisie

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss or uni-stretch

Wing - Black bear

Rose of New England

Rose of New England

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Tip - Embossed silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Red yarn

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Throat - Red antron yarn, short

Wing - Brown over red over yellow bucktail

Cheek - Jungle cock

Unknown Salmon/Steelhead Flies

I was in the process of doing an inventory of flies I tied but had not bagged and tagged them yet when I came across these flies. I tied these flies sometime between late 2019 and the present. 

I honestly don't remember which of the many books I have on salmon & steelhead flies they came from or if I found them on a website on the world wide web.

It must have been a senior moment or CRS (can't remember shit) syndrome.

Unknown #1

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Orange

Tail - Dyed yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Unknown #2

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black floss or uni-stretch

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

Hackle - Grizzly

Unknown #3

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Wing - Gold crystal flash under dyed black squirrel tail

Unknown #4

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black floss or uni-stretch

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

Topping - Peacock sword fibers

Unknown #5

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Fluorescent green yarn

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel tinsel

Body - Black Yarn

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail

Throat - Dyed yellow hackle fibers

Unknown #6

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail

Throat - Dyed green hackle fibers