Stanley Steamer
Jim Stanley
Hook - Standard streamer
Bead - Gold tungsten
Thread - Black
Tail - Peacock sword fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - Peacock herl fiber from the tip of an eye feather
Beard - Mallard/teal feather fibers
Rick's Revenge
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Single strand of fluorescent pink floss
Rear Body - Fluorescent pink floss
Trailer - Single strand of fluorescent pink floss tied over rear half of body and extending to tip
Front Body - Dubbed with purple rabbit fur
Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back and down, then dyed purple/blue guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with a sparse over wing of purple bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
Author's Note
John Shewey and Rick Wren originated this pattern in 1986
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pogonie
Atlantic Salmon
Claude BΓ©dard
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - Light green krystal flash
Rib - Fine oval gold tinsel
Body - Light green, fluorescent nylon
Wing - Black Capra goat*
Collar - Yellow hen saddle hackle
*I used black calf tail
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Margarita
Hook - Jig style
Bead – Gritty silver brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Chartreuse
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body – Tying thread and hollow tubing
Collar – UV Pearl ice dubbing
Any resemblance to a previously tied fly pattern is purely
coincidental
Olive
Hook - Jig style
Bead – Mottled Olive brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body – Veevus Iris I11 thread
Collar – Black Sybai spectra flash dubbing
Any resemblance to a previously tied fly pattern is purely coincidental
Magic Mary
Hook - Jig style
Bead - Copper
Thread - Wood duck
Tail: Coq de Leon (or any barred feather fibers_
Underbody - Tying thread
Body - Hends Perdigon 1/69 Black Copper Shine PBF45*
Thorax - Hends Pearl Round Ribbing PRR30**
UV resin to finish
*I used Heddon 6972
**I used Heddon 1366
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Pink Dink
Hook - Jig style
Bead - Silver brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Black
Tail - Pink uni stretch
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail
Collar - Black thread
Any resemblance to a previously tied fly pattern is purely coincidental
Yup its a frenchie variation
Teal & Blue
Hook - Standard wet fly, sizes 10-16
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Blue floss
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body
Teal & Red
Hook - Standard wet fly, sizes 10-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Ribbing - Fine gold wire
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Olive tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Muskrat Spider
Soft Hackle
Philip Armstrong of Dalton, Pennsylvania, popularized these flies in the mid-1920s.
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread: - Black
Body - Dubbed muskrat fur
Hackle - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied as a collar.
Other variations include a bleach cream, dyed olive, and dyed-black muskrat fur bodies. Still another has a dyed-brown muskrat fur body with a mottled brown Hungarian partridge hackle.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Stevenson Special
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Speckled guinea fowl barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel over floss portion of body only
Body - Rear two-thirds, yellow floss; the front third, black ostrich herl
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down; then one full turn of speckled guinea fowl
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
C. N. Stevenson originated this pattern in the early 1940s.
The original wing consisted of mottled brown turkey quill sections.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Lackey's Grant Lake
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Light brown hackle
Body - Olive floss
Hackle - Light brown
Wing - Light brown turkey
Trout - Ray Bergman
Tailor Nymph
Skarphéðinn Bjarnason.
Hook - Standard nymph
Thread - Black or brown
Ribbing - Gold or copper wire
Body - Brown yarn
Thorax - Same as body.
Back - Light brown yarn
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Light brown
Ribbing - Gold Tinsel
Body - Light green
Hackle - Light brown
Wing - Pale brown mottled
Trout - Ray Bergman
Shammy Bee
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Narrow strip of natural chamois skin
Body - Yellow and red alternating bands of chenille
Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar, mixed, and tied back
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body
Shammy Royal
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip: Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Narrow strip of natural chamois skin
Body - Black chenille with a wide band of flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Furnace tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - White bucktail tied long over the body
Author's Note
I discovered the two preceding patterns in Washington State where they were being used as bass flies. It was some years later before I learned they were originally intended for steelhead.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
