Thursday, December 11, 2025

Leprechaun

Leprechaun

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Chartreuse hackle

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Abdomen - Dark green floss

Hackle - Chartreuse

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

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Paint Pot



Paint Pot

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle fibers 

Body - Flat silver tinsel over a well-tapered underbody of white floss or yarn

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

Wing - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail tied over the body

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

Paris Hilton


Paris Hilton

Hook - Single salmon or Alec Jackson Silver #5

Thread - Black

Tail - Turquoise hackle

Tag - Orange or copper tinsel

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Black ice dubbing

Throat - Guinea hackle

Wing - Grizzly hackle tips

Topping - Pearl krystal flash

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Protein Tinsel Variation & Variation II

Protein Tinsel Variation

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Copper embossed tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel

Protein Tinsel Variation II

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Copper embossed tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Brown calf tail

Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Spring 2002

Otter Bar Purple



Otter Bar Purple

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Claret

Tail - Purple hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool or purple uni yarn

Hackle - Purple hen

Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather fibers

Coat thread head with uv resin

Author's Note

Marty Sherman originated this pattern and named it after Otter Bar Lodge while fishing northern California's Salmon River.

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

Pacific King

Pacific King

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Body - Insect green floss with a strip of brown floss laid over the

top and secured with 4 turns of black tying thread ribbing

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Monday, December 8, 2025

Orleans Barber


Orleans Barber

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred wood duck

Body - Red chenille

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs