Silver Surgeon

Silver Surgeon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tag- Oval silver tinsel and yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Red wool

Body - Silver Bill's body braid

Wing - Gray fox

Collar - Blue hen hackle

Thunder And Lightning

Thunder & Lightning

Salmon Fly

Hook – Single salmon fly hook

Thread - White and black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Butt - Bright yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Blue hackle over orange

Wing - Dark moose hair

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Thunder & Lightning Variant 

Frank Walsh 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - White and black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel, marigold floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl or wool

Rib - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss or wool

Throat - Orange schlappen under blue Guinea hackle fibers

Wing - White goat hair or substitute

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Editor

Editor

Sea Trout

Sandy Leventon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread – Black

Ribbing - Fluorescent yellow/green nylon for the rib

Body - White floss under, pearl tinsel over

Hackle - Blue cock wound, or beard style in smaller sizes

Wing - Black hair (twice the hook length)

Cheeks – Jungle cock

 

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Steelhead

Jeff Weltz 

Hook - Mustad 90240 or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tail - Dark green saddle hackle flue or dark green marabou

Tag/Rib - Gold wire.

Body - Red metallic tape or red holographic tinsel

Beard - Dark green saddle hackle fibers

Wing - Red bucktail or calf tail under red flashabou or krystal flash

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Undertakers' Wife

The Undertakers’ Wife

Atlantic Salmon

Robert Lanzara

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold holographic flat tinsel

Butt - Danville Flat Wax Nylon or floss (total 1/3 body length) ½ Fl. Green, ½ Fl. Fire Orange

Body - Highlander Green seal fur dubbing or Uni Yarn

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Underwing - Copper krystal flash

Wing - Grey Fox

Throat - Yellow hen hackle

Station

Station 

Atlantic Salmon

Alain Champagne 

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Rib - Oval silver tinsel over rear body 

Body rear - Flat silver tinsel

Joint - Fluorescent green uni stretch

Hackle - Blue, over front body

Body front - Emerald green wool

Wing - Dyed green, grey squirrel tail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Weezy's Weevil

Weezy's Weevil

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent

Bead - Black or black nickel brass or tungsten

Thread - Olive

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Purple/wine color wire

Shell back - Pearl tinsel

Body - Pink/shrimp pink ice dubbing

Wing case - Pearl tinsel

Thorax - Purple ice dubbing

Legs - Gray goose or turkey biots

Fly Fusion Magazine Article

BWO Killer

BWO Killer

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent

Bead - Gold brass or tungsten

Thread - Olive

Tail - Brown or olive floss or uni stretch

Ribbing - Gold wire 

Body - Olive thread

Thorax - Olive sybai spectra dubbing

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Kegler's Sin City

Sin City

Russell Kegler Originator

Hook – Mustad 3906B or equivalent, sizes 12-16

Bead – Your favorite color

Thread - Black

Tail - Mallard

Abdomen- Wire in your favorite color

Thorax – Peacock herl

Wing case – Silver lined glass bead or similar

Legs – Krystal flash

Rolled Muddler

Rolled Muddler

Bead - Gold

Tail - Mallard flank dyed wood duck color

Body - Gold braid 

Wing - Deer hair over mallard flank dyed wood duck color over krystal flash

Head - Trimmed deer hair

Honey

Honey

Winged Wet Fly

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Butt - Red ostrich herl*

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Wing - Yellow neck or saddle hackles 

*I have no red ostrich herl so I used red wool. The fish will never know!

Flies - J Edson Leonard

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Steelhead

Walt Balek

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Underbody of purple floss overwound with pearl mylar tinsel or pearl flasabou

Wing - White calf tail with purple krystal flash over

Collar - Blue and purple saddle hackles wound together

Head - Black

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Myers Buck

Myers Buck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel (Optional)

Tail - Yellow duck quill segments or yellow hair

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or wool yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White bucktail

Classic Steelhead flies - John Shewey

Herl and Pheasant Bugger

Herl and Pheasant Bugger

Rear Hook

Hook – Mustad 3906B, size 14

Thread – Black

Tail – Olive marabou and olive krystal flash

Rib - Copper wire

Body – Peacock herl twisted with olive krystal flash

Connection - Beadalon wire or monofilament

Front Hook

Hook – Mustad 3906B, size 8

Bead – Gold

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread – Black

Rear Hackle - Pheasant rump

Rib – Copper wire

Body – Peacock herl twisted with olive krystal flash

Front Hackle - Pheasant rump

Head – Several wraps of olive hairs ear dubbing

" Articulated Woolly Buggers" - FAOL (flyanglersonline.com)

Bluenose & Bluenose Squirrel Tail

Bluenose

Hook - Mustad 3906B, size 10

Thread - Black

Tail - Red feather fibers

Body - Olive floss

Rib - Copper wire

Hackle - One olive over one blue hen hackle

Bluenose Squirrel Tail

Hook - Mustad 3906B, size 10

Thread - Black

Tail - Red feather fibers

Body - Olive floss

Rib - Copper wire

Wing - Grey Squirrel tail

Hackle - One olive over one blue hen hackle

Bluenose Squirrel Tail #6" - FAOL (flyanglersonline.com)

Silver Hilton

Silver Hilton

Hook – Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail – Mallard flank

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black chenille (originally black goat dubbing)

Wings - Grizzly hackle tips flared

Throat – Grizzly hen

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Silver Hilton

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail – Mallard flank

Body - Black chenille ribbed with silver tinsel

Wings - Grizzly hackle tips, flared out and extending to the end of the tail

Hackle – Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Sanders Special

Sanders Special

Hook - Umpqua U301 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - 2 grizzly hackles over white bucktail

Cheek - Jungle Cock

Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon - Dick Stewart and Bob Leeman

City Connect

City Connect

Boston Red Sox Jersey Colors

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Yellow

Ribbing - Blue wire

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Blue hen

Speck

Speck

Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Guinea hen feather fibers

Body - Black ostrich

Hackle - Black hen

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

Swiftwater

Swiftwater A

Swiftwater B

Swiftwater C

Swiftwater D

Swiftwater E

The Fisherman’s Handbook of Trout Flies – Donald DuBois