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

Morgantaller

Morgantaller

Atlantic Salmon

Perry Munro 

Hook - Partridge Bomber or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tail - Orange hackle fibers 

Body - Orange crystal chenille

Wing - Orange calf tail under gold krystal flash

Throat - Orange hackle pulled down or swept back

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Joker

Joker 

Atlantic Salmon

Peter Farago 

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel & fluorescent orange uni stretch

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Grey fox

Throat - Dyed orange guinea fowl

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

Fly Fusion Magazine Article

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

Irritator

Irritator

Atlantic Salmon

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Black floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Red squirrel tail with a small bunch of black squirrel tail over

Hackle - White cock

Head - Black

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Myers Buck

Myers Buck

Steelhead

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

Steelhead

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

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

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

Yellow Speck A-D

 

Yellow Speck A

Yellow Speck B

Yellow Spec C

Yellow Spec D

Mosquito Pupa

Mosquito Pupa

Chauncey Lively

Hook - Mustad Heritage C068XAP or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Brown dubbing

Wing bud - Brown foam

Pennsylvania Angler Legacy Issues (fishandboat.com)  October 1987

Copper Body Pupa

Copper Body Pupa

Caddis Imitation

Chauncy Lively Originator

Hook - Mustad Heritage C068XAP or equivalent

Thread - Black

Body - Copper wire

Legs - Peacock herl

Thorax - Peacock herl

Brassie fly variation

Pennsylvania Angler Legacy Issues (fishandboat.com) January 1982

UCONN Huskie Streamer

UCONN Huskie Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9671 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red uni stretch

Ribbing - Red Wire

Body - White floss

Throat - Blue bucktail or hen hackle

Wing - White calf tail

This fly is tied for a sports team themed fly swap

Pete's Rogue River Special

Pete's Rogue River Special

Pete Hiatt Originator

Trout/Steelhead/Salmon Fly

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Tail - Fluff from red dyed chicken feather

Body - Peacock herl and red or orange yarn

Hackle - Dark furnace/brown

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

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Firelight

Firelight

Atlantic Salmon

Bob Baker Originator

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval copper tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval copper tinsel

Body - Black floss

Underwing - Black krystal flash

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Collar - Bright orange

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner

Lady Pink

Lady Pink

Atlantic Salmon

Bob Baker Originator

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers over golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear half: fluorescent pink floss; front half: bronze peacock herl 

Wing - Dyed green squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Collar - Yellow hen

Head - Half red, half black

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner

Dette Yellow Stonefly Nymph

Dette Yellow Stonefly Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size10-14

Thread -Brown

Underbody - Lead free wire

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Brown thread

Abdomen - Pale yellow wool or dubbing

Wing case - Barred lemon wood duck (or imitation wood duck)

Thorax - Pale yellow wool or dubbing (fuller than abdomen)

Legs - Brown partridge hackle

Favorite Flies for the Catskills: Volume 1 – Mike Valla