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Madam X

Madam X

Doug Swisher

Hook - Curved dry fly style

Thread - Yellow

Head - Deer hair

Tail - Deer hair

Body - Deer hair

Wings - Deer hair

Legs - White round rubber legs

Tied from a recipe I found on the internet.

Feel free to substitute materials when tying your version of the Madam X.

Stimulator

Stimulator

Hook - Curved dry fly style

Thread - Orange

Tail - Deer or elk hair

Rib - Fine copper wire

Abdomen - Uni-Stretch floss, pumpkin

Hackle - Golden badger

Wing - Deer or elk hair

Front Hackle - Golden badger

Thorax - Peacock Herl

A fly style POPULARIZED (NOT CREATED) by Randall Kauffmann

Note - The recipe above is what I used but this fly can be tied in whatever 

color combination with whatever materials you currently have on hand.

Old Guide Bucktail

Old Guide Bucktail

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tail - Short white bucktail over which short red bucktail

Butt - Two turns red chenille

Body - Bright red wool

Rib - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - White bucktail over which red bucktail

Throat - Red hackle barbs

Head - Red with a center band of very fine oval gold tinsel

Renzetti o-ring and what it does

Protein Buck

Protein Buck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Orange chenille

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Winter 2001

Evening Coachman

Evening Coachman

Hook - Single salmon

Thred - White under body, black head

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tag - Fluorescent orange floss or uni-stretch

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Peacock herl, divided at midpoint by a band of Fluorescent red floss or uni-stretch

Hackle - Grizzly

Author's Note

Walt Johnson of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Same Thing Murray

Same Thing Murray

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body #1 - Fl green uni-stretch (1/3)

Body #2 - Peacock herl (2/3)

Underwing - Peacock green krystal flash

Wing - Moose body hair

Hackle - Black hen neck

Head Band - Chinese red uni-stretch

Head - Black ostrich herl

The Same Thing Murray is an Atlantic salmon fly invented by Doug Hastings of Sydney, Nova Scotia, around 1993, and it got its name from a conversation where he repeatedly told his friend Murray, "Same thing, Murray" when asked what fly he was using as he was catching fish after fish on the Little Southwest Miramichi river. The pattern has since become a popular and effective fly for Atlantic salmon anglers worldwide.

Emerger

Emerger

Hook - Curved style

Thread - Tan or Yellow

Body - Biots, condor substitute, stripped peacock herl etc

Hackle - Ginger, badger, brown etc

Thorax - Hares ear, squirrel etc

Wing - Deer, elk hair etc

River Creature

River Creature

Hook - Bass fly style

Thread - Color your choice

Tail - Rubber legs

Body  - Estaz chenille

Head - Fish skullz

Tying note - Tie in colors of your choice

Dickie

Dickie

Hook - Nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly hen

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