Thursday, September 3, 2026

Micmac Moose

Micmac Moose

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black or brown

Tail - Red wool cut flat

Body - Light orange floss or uni stretch

Wing - Black skunk tail or dyed black squirrel tail

Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher and Charles Krom

Michael Angelo



Michael Angelo

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag – Oval silver tinsel

Tip – Yellow floss/uni-stretch

Tail – Slip of dyed red swan or goose

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – Black floss/uni-stretch

Throat – Dyed blue guinea hackle

Wing – Dyed red bucktail over dyed yellow bucktail

Trout and Salmon Flies of Ireland - Peter O'Reilly

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Mi Fli

Mi Fli

Gayland Hachey

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Butt - Fluorescent orange floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black wool

Wing - Peacock herls over black squirrel tail

Hackle - Hot orange and black mixed

Fishing Atlantic Salmon - The Flies and the Patterns - Joseph D Bates Jr & Pamela Bates Richards 

Merry Widow

Merry Widow

Eric Baylis

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Fluorescent green

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Rear third, golden yellow floss; remainder is peacock herl

Ribbing - Fine flat gold tinsel

Throat - Yellow macaw breast feather (I used yellow hen)

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Sides - Jungle cock

Head - Fluorescent green with red band at rear

Fishing Atlantic Salmon - The Flies & the Patterns - Joseph D Bates & Pamela Bates Richards

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Menard

Menard

Hook – Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with olive lamb's wool or wool yarn

Wing - Dyed yellow natural brown bucktail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Sunday, August 30, 2026

March Brown



March Brown

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel 

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Hares ear dubbing

Throat - Partridge hackle fibers

Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Mainville Special

Mainville Special

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Mustad 79580

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black chenille or wool

Wing - White bucktail

Collar - Grizzly hackle

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner