Sawtooth
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Speckled guinea fowl barbs
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Orange chenille
Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Old Master
Soft Hackle
Hook 1 (= size 14)
Wings - Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock’s wing
Body - Ash-colored silk, wrapped over with Heron’s herl
* Certain species of Heron is an illegal tying material in the USA. A substitute is gray goose.
Federal Register :: General Provisions; Revised List of Migratory Birds
I'm not into tying with silk threads or tying for museums. I use thread I have on hand.
Rippa's Revenge
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Stew Wallace of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in 1979 and named it in honor of Bob Rippa.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Silver Orange
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Orange
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Hackle - Orange hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Yellow calf tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Fred A Reed of Nevada City, California, originated this pattern
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Dingbat
Steelhead
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread: Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail 0 Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent orange chenille
Hackle - Furnace tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Drain's 20
Steelhead
Wes Drain of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern. He named the fly after taking a fish over twenty pounds on the Skagit River, setting a Washington state record at that time.
Hook - Alec Jackson
Spey (Daiichi 2051), Size5
Thread - Black
Tip/Tag - Silver tinsel and
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets under yellow hackle
fibers
Body - Chinese Red Uni Wool (or Fl Red Floss)
Collar - Purple hen hackle
Underwing - Red-dyed Golden Pheasant Breast Feather*
Wing - Natural Grey Squirrel accented with sparse
Holographic Silver Lite-Brite**
Cheeks(optional) - Jungle Cock
*I used red schlappen hackle fibers
**I omitted the lite brite, none on hand
https://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/howell72.html
There are other recipes for this fly. This is the one I chose.
Chief
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with brown-gray raccoon fur
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body and extending to the end of tail
Hackle - Natural black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Author's Note
Originator unknown, but the fly popped up in northern California around 1950 and was popular for three or four seasons.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Tailor Nymph
Skarphéðinn Bjarnason
Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent, size 10
Thread - Black or brown
Ribbing - Gold or copper wire
Body - Brown uni yarn
Thorax - Same as body
Theo's Bomber
Hook – Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 8-12
Head - Gold bead
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets and red wool
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Black
Lawson's Caddis Emerger
Mike Lawson
Hook – Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Tan
Body - Hare's ear
Shuck/back/underwing – Tan z-lon, antron yarn, hi-viz etc
Ribbing – Gold or copper wire
Wing – 2 partridge feathers
Head - Peacock herl
Barrington
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tag - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Throat - Brown hackle
Wing - Mallard flank (I used teal)
Trout - Ray Bergman
The Grand Duke Special
Rear Hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8
Thread - Black
Tail – Red hackle
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body - Burnt orange floss
Connecting wire – Beadalon .015, .018 or .024-inch diameter wire
Front hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 6
Thread – Black
Ribbing – Flat silver tinsel
Body - Burnt orange floss
Ribs – Oval silver tinsel
Throat - Red hackle
Wing – Lavender bucktail over mauve krystal flash over white
bucktail
Topping – Peacock herl
Cheeks – Jungle cock
Eyes – Painted black over white (Optional)
Orientation of the rear hook may be pointed
upward or downward as desired
Beadhead Red Fox Squirrel Hair Nymph - Larva
Hook - Mustad Heritage C068XAP or equivalent
Bead - Copper or gold brass or tungsten
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Abdomen - Whitlock SLF Red Fox Squirrel Abdomen dubbing
Thorax - Whitlock SLF Red Fox Squirrel Thorax dubbing
Red Fox Squirrel Hair Nymph - Larva - Dave & Emily Whitlock (davewhitlock.com)
Copper Herniator
Hook - TMC 200R or equivalent, size 4-14
Thread - Black
Abdomen - Copper braid or holographic tinsel
Thorax - Peacock herl
Underwing - Peacock herl tips
Overwing - Copper flashabou or krystal flash
Hackle - Guinea
Deep Dancer
Simon Johannson
Hook - Standard nymph/wet style
Bead - Black tungsten
Thread - Orange
Tail - Pink or UV pearl krystal flash
Hot spot - Orange tying thread
Body - Purple holographic tinsel
Thorax - Bronze ice dub or sybai spectra flash dubbing
David's Tellico Nymph
Golden Stonefly Imitation
Shredge
Caddis Imitation
Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent
Thread - Olive
Tail - Brown hen hackle fibers
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Olive dubbing
Wing - Brown hen hackle fibers
Screaming Viking
Chironomid
Hook - Curved style
Thread - Red and olive
Gills - White uni stretch
Bead - Black (1/8” to 3/32”)
Ribbing - Red wire
Body - Red and olive thread
BC Flyguys Website
Tellico Prince
Hook - Mustad 3906B, 9671 or equivalent
Bead - Gold brass or tungsten
Weight - .015 lead free wire
Thread - Brown or black
Tail - Brown or black goose biots
Rib - Two strands of peacock herl
Body - Yellow dubbing or floss
Wings - Brown or black goose biots
Collar - Brown hen hackle
