Witherwox Special
Steelhead
Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat sliver tinsel
Tail - Mallard flank
Butt - Green chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Red floss or yarn
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White bucktail
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Canada
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Red under the body; black head
Tail - Scarlet wool as a short tag
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Red
Wing - Mottled gray turkey
* The written recipe for the Canada lists a tip of ‘scarlet tag’ but it is more accurately a tail.
By standard definition this fly has no ‘tip.’
Trout - Ray Bergman
Hook - Single Salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Red goose quill fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel followed by black floss
Body - Yellow floss
Wing - Mix of white and light brown bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Collar - Brown hen hackle
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Sunset
Atlantic Salmon
Daryl Peter Burry
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel, orange seal merging into red seal or substitute
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black seal fur or substitute
Wing - Grey squirrel tail
Collar - Hot orange hackle
*I substituted Ice dubbing for seal's fur
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Black Hackle
Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Hot Spot - #3 Fluorescent red Glo-Brite floss
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Black tying thread
Thorax - White ostrich herl
Hackle - Black hen
Wet Wasp
Hook - Mustad Heritage C46XSAP
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Tag end of body thread colored with a black sharpie marker
Body - #9 Glo-Brite Chrome yellow floss coated with uv resin
Wings - Brown, ginger, furnace hackle tips
Hackle - Black hen
From a Spirit of the River video
Mosquito
Hook - Daiichi 1770
Thread - Black
Body - #3 Glo-brite thread coated with uv resin
Wings - Grizzly hackle tips
Eyes - Black plastic
Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers
Legs - Partridge
Thorax - Dark hare's ear dubbing
From a Sprit of the River video
Tail Light Streamer
Hook - Mustad 3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Gold mylar tubing or substitute
Underbelly - White bucktail
Wing - Yellow bucktail over orange bucktail over a few gray bucktail fibers; peacock herl top
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes
The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla
Willow
Atlantic Salmon/Steelhead
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Lady Amherst pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - White yarn
Collar - Badger hen
Wing - Gray squirrel tail
Brent Jones video
Hector's Red Head
Davie McPhail
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
(62) Tying Hector's Red Head Wet Fly by Davie McPhail - YouTube
Ballou Special
Hook - Mustad 3665A
Thread – Black
Hook – Size 6 streamer hook
Tail – 2 Golden pheasant crests, curved down
Body – Silver Tinsel
Wing – White marabou, over red bucktail
Topping – Peacock herl
Eyes – Jungle cock
Arnold Weagle Special
Atlantic Salmon
Arnold Weagle
Hook - Mustad Heritage R50AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Wine yarn
Wing - Fox squirrel tail
Hackle - Yellow hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
GW Special
Atlantic Salmon
Gerry Williamson
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel, twice normal length
Body - Chartreuse wool
Wing - Gray squirrel tail, very short and sparse
Collar - Yellow, very short
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Nine Three
Hook - Mustad 3665A
Thread - Black
Body - Silver tinsel
Olive Gun
Steelhead
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Created by C. Jim PrayHook - Mustad 3665A
Thread - BlackTail - Two sections of a barred wood duck feather Body - Medium flat gold tinsel Wing - Four jet black saddle hackles Cheeks - Jungle cock Collar - Several turns of an orange saddle hackle
Blue Dog Chironomid
Hook - Curved scud
Bead - Blu, black, nickel silver brass or tungsten
Thread - Black
Gills - Orange uni stretch
Ribbing - Hot orange wire
Body - Blue holographic tinsel
Thorax - Blue ice or uv dun ice dubbing
Fly Fusion Magazine
Supervisor
Joseph S Stickney
Thread - Black
Tail - Red wool
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel (optional)
Throat - White hackle fibers (optional)
Underwing - A small bunch of white bucktail
Wing - 4 light blue hackles
Shoulder - Light green hackles 2/3 the length of the wing
Topping - Peacock herl
Eye -Jungle cock
Steelhead Cameron
Hook – Single Salmon
Thread – Fluorescent orange
Tag – Flat copper tinsel
Tail – Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing – Copper wire
Body – Chartreuse floss and orange dubbing
Hackle – Any barred flank feather
Under wing – Green krystal flash
Hackle #2 – Chartreuse hen
Over wing – Orange marabou
Kimball's Diptera Emerger
Hook - Curved scud hook
Thread - Black
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Wing case - White antron yarn or uni stretch
Thorax - Dubbing