Priest

Priest

Devised by Rev Elmer Smith

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White under body,  black head

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Tail - White hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - White/cream wool yarn

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - White calf tail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Oddball

Oddball

N Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tag - Orange uni stretch

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black/camel uni yarn

Throat - Peacock sword fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Presbyterian Killer

Presbyterian Killer

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni-stretch

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Reference - Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Pot Scrubber

Pot Scrubber

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat copper tinsel

Throat - Brown

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Author's Note

Devised in 1961 by John McKenzie. 

The name comes from the fact that the copper tinsel originally comes from a pot scrubber.

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Possum Special

Possum Special

Bryan Russell Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White

Tag - Blue holographic tinsel

Tail - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Green holographic tinsel

Throat - Green nayat goat hair or similar

First wing - Blue nayat goat hair or similar

Second wing - Black nayat goat hair or similar

Third wing - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Cap - Blue krystal flash

Head - Green nail polish

Lacking green nail polish, I used white thread colored with a green marker

Lacking nayat hair, I used bucktail

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Polar White

Polar White

Hook- Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread – White underbody, black head

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – White floss or uni stretch

Wing – *Polar bear

Hackle – White

*If polar bear is not available, substitute with any white hair you have on hand

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Polaire

Polaire

Gilles Dussureault 

Hook - Single or double salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel, Old Gold floss*

Tail - Light green hen hackle fibers

Rib - Fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Light green hen hackle fibers

Wing - White polar bear or substitute

*I used oval gold tinsel. Don't tell the fish!

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Pink Lady

Pink Lady

Tom Finlayson

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval Silver tinsel

Body - 1/2 green tinsel, 1/2 silver tinsel

Throat - Blue Eurasian jay wing feather fibers (Legal feathers only)*

Wing - Pink bucktail over badger guard hairs

There are other flies named "Pink Lady". This is just another variation.

*The Blue Jay feathers in your local wooded area or backyard are illegal to use.

Two Hundred Popular Flies - Tom Stewart

Player

Player

N Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Orange

Tip - Oval copper tinsel

Tail - Dyed orange hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval copper tinsel

Body - Salmon color uni yarn

Throat - Dyed orange hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail

Pogonie

Pogonie

Claude Bédard 

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

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