Juno
Hook - Straight eye bass
Thread - Red
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red over white goose or duck quill fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Pale green chenille
Hackle - Scarlet
Wings - Scarlet and jungle cock
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Beeman
Winged Wet Fly
Body - Light green chenille
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Gray mottled turkey
Trout - Ray Bergman
Light Fox
Hook – Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tag – Flat gold tinsel
Tail/tag - Yellow wool *
Ribbing – Flat gold tinsel
Body - White wool
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Slate
* A tail-tag is generally cut off even with the hook bend.
Trout – Ray Bergman
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Plymouth Rock
Hook - Straight eye bass
Thread - Red
Tail - Mallard flank
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle and wings - Grizzly
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
 Mather Hook - Straight eye bass Thread - Red Tag - Oval god tinsel and red floss Body - Black ostrich herl with a waist of pale green floss Wing - Brown speckled hen, partridge or pheasant Hackle - Brown speckled hen, partridge or pheasant The Mather was created by Charles Orvis and named by his friend and fishing companion, Mr. A. N. Cheney. The fly itself was named after Fred Mather, fishing editor of "The Forest and Stream" magazine. Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury |
Ondawa
Hook – Straight eye bass
Thread - Red
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Black goose
Body - Read 2/3 pale green floss, front 1/3 orange seal
Rib - Oval gold tinsel
Wing - Matched Ringneck Pheasant body feathers
Hackle - Brown hen
According to Marbury; "The Ondawa is a bass fly, to
which has been given an old Indian name belonging to a little river in a valley
of the Green Mountains."
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Heckham Peckham
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Reddish seals fur, SLF or substitute
Hackle - Black hen
Wing - Slips of blue wing feathers from a mallard wing
Davie McPhail video
Blue Sunoco
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Glo-Brite #14 blue
Tag - Blue wire
Tail - Dyed blue guinea fowl
Ribbing - Blue wire
Body - Tying thread
Wing - Dye blue squirrel tail
Collar - Yellow hen
My grandfather owned a small restaurant in the mill town of Taftville, Connecticut serving the best damn cheeseburgers around. In the basement of his restaurant, he used to make his own liquor/moonshine (1920's 30's) and serve it to his patrons. As my father told me years ago, it got to be known as "Blue Sunoco". Hence the tribute to my grandfather (he passed away long before I was born).
Spruce Variant
Steelhead
Hook – Single Salmon
Thread – Wine/red
Abdomen - Copper
tinsel tip & red tinsel
Tailing - Golden
pheasant tippet
Thorax - Peacock herl
Wing - Yellow-dyed
squirrel tail
Hackle – Brown brahma
hen
Swedish Killer
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Butt - Yellow chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Wing - Black or gray squirrel tail
Hackle - Blue
Head - Deer hair, trimmed
From an internet photo
Butcher
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Originally Ibis, few strands of red dyed Goose work well.
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire
Body - Silver tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - Slips of blue wing feathers from a mallard wing
The Bloody Butcher comes from a family of flies called Butcher's. The Bloody Butcher was invented over 150 years ago, around 1836 in Tunbridge Wells, England. It was originally named Moon’s Fly, named after its originator, Mr. Moon. He was a local butcher and designed and tied the fly to represent his trade. The fact that this pattern is still in use for sea trout in the UK as well as on still waters and rivers all over is a testament to its effectiveness.
Kingfisher Butcher
The butcher range of flies have been around for years, and account for many fish throughout the season. Great for browns, rainbows and works well for sea trout and even salmon in low water conditions. The Hardy's Gold Butcher is the only one in the series that abandons the mallard blue wings.
Leven Butcher
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Fluorescent scarlet floss (Glo-Brite #4)
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Black marabou with a single strip of holographic tinsel on each side
Cheeks - Fluorescent scarlet floss (Glo-Brite #4)
Trout & Salmon Flies of Scotland - Stan Headley
Teal Winged Butcher
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Bunch of scarlet or red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Black hen
Wing - Strip of teal flank; rolled
Trout & Salmon Flies of Scotland - Stan Headley
Woodworth Butterfly
Atlantic Salmon
Wilfred “Woody” Woodworth
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Silver tinsel & fluorescent green wool
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - Yellow calf tail, divided & slanting back
Collar - Brown hen
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Prince of Darkness
Witherwox Special
Steelhead
Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat sliver tinsel
Tail - Mallard flank
Butt - Green chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Red floss or yarn
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White bucktail
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
High & Dirty Nashwaak
Atlantic Salmon
Cliff Brown
Hook - Double Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Orange calf tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Collar - Brown hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Canada
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Red under the body; black head
Tail - Scarlet wool as a short tag
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Red
Wing - Mottled gray turkey
* The written recipe for the Canada lists a tip of ‘scarlet tag’ but it is more accurately a tail.
By standard definition this fly has no ‘tip.’
Trout - Ray Bergman
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Red goose quill fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel followed by black floss
Body - Yellow floss
Wing - Mix of white and light brown bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Collar - Brown hen hackle
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Sunset
Atlantic Salmon
Daryl Peter Burry
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel, orange seal merging into red seal or substitute
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black seal fur or substitute
Wing - Grey squirrel tail
Collar - Hot orange hackle
*I substituted Ice dubbing for seal's fur
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Funfly
Atlantic Salmon
Peter Dunne
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Red
Tag - Copper wire
Tail - Fluorescent red marabou
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Fluorescent yellow chenille
Wing - Gray squirrel tail
Collar - Black hen
Throat - Eurasian jay or dyed blue guinea fowl
UV Resin coated head
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Black Hackle
Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Hot Spot - #3 Fluorescent red Glo-Brite floss
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Black tying thread
Thorax - White ostrich herl
Hackle - Black hen
Wet Wasp
Hook - Mustad Heritage C46XSAP
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Tag end of body thread colored with a black sharpie marker
Body - #9 Glo-Brite Chrome yellow floss coated with uv resin
Wings - Brown, ginger, furnace hackle tips
Hackle - Black hen
From a Spirit of the River video
