Champlain Special

Champlain Special

Trolling Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9575. size 2-10

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Medium flat gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Throat - Red hackle fibers (Schlappen)

Wing - White bucktail, then yellow bucktail (both sparse), then topped with five or six strands of peacock herl 

REMARKS: This pattern was rediscovered by Rodney Flagg in an old Outdoor Life magazine. It has proven to be one of his most successful streamers. It is also tied in tandem as a trolling streamer.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies – Eric Leiser

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Black Hole Caddis Emerger

Black Hole Caddis Emerger

Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent, size 10-18

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Black

Rib - Copper wire

Abdomen - *Mylar tinsel 

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Black hen or choice 

Head - Black rabbit dubbing

*I used the orange side of peacock/orange tinsel

SOFT~HACKLE JOURNAL: Black Hole Caddis Emerger (soft-hacklejournal.blogspot.com)

Green Gilled Stretch Magic Midge

Green Gilled Stretch Magic Midge

Hook - Mustad C068, size 14-22

Glass Bead - Silver lined glass bead

Thread - Chartreuse

Gills - White hi-vis fibers or equivalent

Head - Brass bead Black/black nickel

Body - Chartreuse stretch magic or equivalent

Orphan

Orphan

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black 

Tail - Mallard flank fibers (or teal)

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel 

Body - Dark olive chenille 

Hackle - Grizzly as a wet fly collar and pulled down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Brown Bomber

Brown Bomber 

Hook - Mustad 3906B. 9671 or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Brown

Tying sequence - From the rear: chenille, hackle, chenille, hackle, chenille, hackle. 

There are three hackles tied into the body of this fly. One at the rear, then the chenille is wrapped to the center and tied off. Another hackle is wrapped in the center, and then the chenille is wrapped to the front where a third hackle is tied in.

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

This is really like a Woolly Worm (which see) except the hackle is not palmered but spotted at precise places on the shank.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Speckled Spider

Speckled Spider 

Hooks - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Body - Well-marked grizzly hackle stem wrapped over a tapered gray floss underbody

Reverse wrapped with fine silver wire. 

Hackle - Hungarian partridge tied on as a collar and tied back. 

*Add a drop of crazy to the under body prior to wrapping the hackle stem body for added durability.

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

Yorkshire Spider

Yorkshire Spider 

Hooks - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Abdomen - Purple floss

Thorax - Dubbed with hare's mask fur

Hackle - Natural black hen hackle tied on as collar. Hackle should reach hook bend

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

Wyatt's Trude

Wyatt's Trude

Salmon/Stone Fly

Cliff Wyatt of Santa Monica, California, tied this pattern to simulate the stonefly hatches found on many western rivers. 

Hook - Mustad 9671, sizes 4-8

Weight (Optional) - Lead free wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Speckled guinea fowl barbs 

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Orange chenille

Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body

Hackle - Speckled guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back in front of the wing

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

Blue Dun

Blue Dun

Winged Wet Fly

Don Martinez originated this pattern and claimed the fly, when moving fast, would almost always bring fish to the landing net.

Hooks - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Gray

Tail - Blue dun hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur

Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back

Wings - Gray squirrel tail hair 

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

Donnelly's Coachman

Donnelly's Coachman

Steelhead

Roy Donnelly originated this variation

Hooks - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Orange floss

Tail - Crimson red hackle barbs

Body - Peacock herl, red floss, peacock herl

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down 

Wing - White over yellow bucktail

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

Clear Creek Special

Clear Creek Special 

Tail - Yellow hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - 1/3rd yellow floss; 1/3rd black floss and 1/3rd red floss

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Bill Kennerly of Happy Camp, California, originated this pattern for the Klamath River

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

Chub

Chub

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - White yarn, with a fluorescent red strand of yarn up the belly

Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Topping - Small bunch of red Flashabou Accent (Krystal flash)

Author's Note

Larry Hicks of Tacoma, Washington, originated this pattern.

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

Minute Midge

Minute Midge

Vince Wilcox

Hook - Curved scud style

Bead - Peacock color glass seed bead

Thread - Black

Body - Midge braid

Flash back - Fushia holographic tinsel 

Thorax - Ice dubbing

Island Full Steel Ahead

Island Full Steel Ahead

Steelhead Fly

Michael Garnier

Hook - Mustad 36890 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Blue floss or Golden pheasant crest dyed blue

Body - Blue floss

Rib - Round or oval gold tinsel and red micro chenille in back of the tinsel

Wing - White calf tail

Collar - Guinea followed by blue hackle 

Fly Anglers OnLine

Patton

 

Patton

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Guinea

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Gary's Assassin

Gary's Assassin

Steelhead Fly

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent red

Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail tied one and one-half half the length of the body

Butt - Narrow band of fluorescent red floss

Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool

Hackle - Black tied on as collar and tied back

Author's Note

This pattern was redesigned for steelhead head from a Canadian pattern.

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

Maverick

Maverick

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippet barbs

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern in 1961 for the Rogue River. 

Today you will see it tied with a black Crystal Chenille body.

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

Maverick

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippet barbs

Body - Black crystal chenille

Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

McReynolds

McReynolds

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle barbs

Ribbing - Heavy black thread

Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Clarence McReynolds of Eureka, California, originated this pattern in 1940

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

Pink Mambo

Pink Mambo

Steelhead Fly

Victor Moore of Smithers, British Columbia, originated this pattern

Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, DA12441 or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Body - Rear halt, dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool: the front half, black chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Pink bucktail tied over the body

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

Purple Angle

Purple Angle

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent fire orange

Tail - Tuft of purple marabou

Butt - Fluorescent fire orange chenille

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Purple chenille

Hackle - Claret tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Bob Strobel originated this pattern

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