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

Roach River Robber

Roach River Robber

Hook - Daiichi 2340 or equivalent, size 8

Thread - Black

Body - Chinese red uni-stretch

Throat - Natural deer hairs (sparse)

Wing - Gray Squirrel tail hair

Eyes - Painted black over white (optional)

Originated by Dan Legere

Variant - 3 Strands of twisted red ultra-wire for the body

Willow

Willow (Variant)

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread -Black

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – White wool yarn

Throat – Grizzly hen hackle fibers (original = badger hackle)

Wing – Gray squirrel tail

Reference – Fish Flies Volume Two – Terry Hellekson

Royal Squirrel

Royal Squirrel

Hook - Mustad 9671, size 8 (or your favorite streamer style hook)

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock herl

Body – Red uni-stretch

Wing – Gray squirrel tail

Reference – Fly Anglers On Line (FAOL) Archive

Squirrel Tail Streamers

Squirrel Tail Streamer - Copper

Hook – Mustad 9671, #8
Thread - Orange
Tail - Orange marabou fibers
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Ribbing - Oval copper tinsel
Wing: Orange calf tail under orange dyed squirrel tail

Squirrel Tail Streamer - Gold

Hook – Mustad 9671, #8
Thread - Black
Tail - Red marabou fibers
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Wing: Brown calf tail under fox squirrel tail

Squirrel Tail Streamer - Silver

Hook – Mustad 9671, #8

Thread - Black

Tail - Red marabou fibers

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Wing: White calf tail under gray squirrel tail

Queen Bess

Queen Bess

(Silver Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Queen Bess

(Copper Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Fishing Flies & Fly Tying - William F Blades

Queen Bess

(Flat Silver Tinsel Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs

Bob Church's Appetizer

Bob Church's Appetizer

Lure (fry pattern)

Hook - Long nymph/streamer style

Thread - White then finish with black

Tail - Green and orange hackle fibers mixed and topped with mallard flank fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - White chenille

Throat - Same as tail materials

Wing - White marabou, pearl krystal flash and gray squirrel hair

Presbyterian Killer

Presbyterian Killer

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni-stretch

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

UV Resin coated head

Reference - Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Origin of the fly name was not given in the book

Teddy Baseball

Teddy Baseball

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Yellow floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black wool

Throat hackle - Black

Wing - Greyish mottled monkey hair over 2 strands each of red and yellow floss 

Shoulder - Jungle cock

Grey squirrel tail is the closest I have to greyish mottled monkey hair

Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Pat's Invincible

Pat's Invincible

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grey squirrel tail

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

UV Resin

Tying note: The oval silver tinsel is used for the body, is wound on the straight part of the hook shank and the tail is inserted 1/4 of the way up

Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Renegade Rat

Renegade Rat

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tag hackle - Brown

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Hackle - White, tied as a collar

UV Resin

Reference - Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia

Blue Doctor

Blue Doctor

Hook - Salmon style

Thread - White 

Tag - Oval silver tinsel and fluorescent red antron, wool, floss, uni-stretch etc

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - Blue floss or uni-stretch

Throat - Blue hackle

Wing - Gray squirrel

Head - White thread colored with a red sharpie marker

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

Eskimo Nell

Eskimo Nell

Trout Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet 

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire

Body - Blue tinsel 

Throat - Guinea hen feather fiber 

Wing - Gray squirrel tail 

Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies - John Roberts

Laxa Blue

Laxa Blue

Hook: Salmon style

Thread: White (Under body); Black (Head)

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Tip: Fluorescent orange floss or uni-stretch

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Butt: Black ostrich herl

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Light blue floss or uni-stretch

Throat: Light blue hackle

Wing: Light blue dyed gray squirrel tail

Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Orange Puppy

Orange Puppy

Hook - Nymph/streamer

Thread - Black

Tag - Embossed silver tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille

Throat: Orange hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel

Head - Orange ice dub

Pot Scrubber

Pot Scrubber

Hook: Salmon tyoe

Thread: Black

Tag: Oval silver tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body: Flat copper tinsel

Throat hackle: Brown

Wing: Grey squirrel tail

McGinty (Wet)

McGinty

Winged Wet Fly

Don Martinez

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers and mallard flank

Body - Yellow and black chenille

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Reference

Professor

Professor

Hook: Streamer

Thread: Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail: Red duck/goose quill fibers or red hackle fibers (depicted)

Ribbing: Flat gold tinsel

Body: Yellow floss or uni stretch (depicted)

Throat: Brown hackle fibers

Wing: Gray squirrel tail

Bullhead

Bullhead

Hook: Long nymph/streamer style

Thread: Black

Tail: Hen hackle tips or partridge hackle tips

Ribbing: Black uni-stretch

Body: Hares ear dubbing

Wing: Gray squirrel tail

Pectoral fins: Hen hackle tips or partridge hackle tips

Head: Hares ear dubbing