Matt's Midge

Matt's Midge

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Body - Black thread

Wing - White z-lon

Hackle - Grizzly

Tie this pattern in different colors

Matt’s Midge is named for its originator, Matt Miles of Colorado.

Catnip

Catnip

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Orange dubbing

Hackle - Orange

Wing - Yellow calf tail

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

Ingall's Butterfly

Ingall's Butterfly

Hook: Bronze down-eyed wet fly hook, eg Mustad 3399A, size 2-12 

Thread: Black 

Tail: Stiff red saddle fibers 

Body: Rusty peacock herl 

Wing: White goat hair, sparse, slightly longer than the body, divided, set slightly above the body and slanted at an angle of 45 degrees 

Hackle: Brown hackle wound on as a collar, two turns, one behind and one in front of the wing 

Reference: Ingall's Butterfly and W. W. Doak

Admiral

Admiral

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red or black

Tail - Red hackle fibers or red bucktail

Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel

Body - Red wool yarn

Collar - Red hackle

Wing - White bucktail/calf tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Green and Red Ants

Green Ant

Hook: Salmon/steelhead style

Thread: Black

Tag: Silver tinsel (optional)

Tail: Golden pheasant tippet in strands

Butt: Peacock herl

Rib: Silver tinsel (optional)

Body: Fluorescent green floss

Collar: Black hackle

Wing: Gray squirrel tail

Reference: http://www.johnkreft...erns/green-ant/

Red Ant

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver flat tinsel

Tail - golden pheasant tippets

Butt - Peacock herl

Body - Red floss

Collar - Brown hackle

Wing - Brown bucktail

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle tips

Body - Green oval tinsel

Throat - Red hackle tips

Wing - 4 black hackles

Cheek - Jungle cock

Topping - 2 peacock herls

Reference - Forgotten Flies

Tying note - I used medium size oval silver tinsel colored with a green marker and coated with uv resin

Rusty Rat

Rusty Rat

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red/orange

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - A few peacock sword herl

Body - Rear half, Orange-Yellow Floss (UNI-Floss rust orange), veiled above by one strand of same floss (You can either tie this part in before the herl or after, as I have done) extending to the middle of the tail, Front half, Peacock herl

Rib - Oval gold tinsel.

Wing - Grey Fox guard hairs

Collar - Soft grizzly hackle

Cheeks - Jungle Cock (optional)