Sunday, August 2, 2026

Purple Passion

Purple Passion

Buddy MacIntyre 

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel, purple floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear - UNI Micro-Tinsel*; front - black wool 

Throat - Purple hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

*Recipe did not provide a specific color, so I went with purple as it is the theme of this fly

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Friday, July 31, 2026

La Diane du Suroit



La Diane du Suroit

Philippe Desfossés

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Body - Flashabou Accent in green Highlander or substitute

Wings - Wood duck flank feather 

Throat - Wood duck flank feather 

Thorax - Green (No. 57) and black Scintilla or substitute

https://www.fabri-mouches.ca/mouches-de-chez-nous-ren-longval-la-diane-du-suroit.html

La Coulee Des Seaux


La Coulee Des Seaux

(Aka: Flow of Buckets, Pouring of Buckets, Stream of Buckets)

Johanne M. Charette

Hook - Single salmon hook,size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Fine black chenille

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

https://fabri-mouches.ca/mouches-de-chez-nous-ren-longval-la-coulee-des-seaux.html 

L’Étincelle Bleu


L’Étincelle Bleu

Jean-Guy Boudreau 

Hook - Mustad 80501 BL, no. 1/0 or equivalent

Thread - Purple

Tag/Rib - Round red wire

Tail - Red hackle fibres

Body: Silver tinsel

Throat - White bucktail

Wing - Chartreuse KF (no. 35) under blue bucktail

Topping - Red schlappen extending to above hook point

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Thursday, July 30, 2026

La Robert Speciale


La Robert Speciale

Hook - Mustad 79580, size 4 or single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Fluorescent orange calf tail hair

Body - Alternating white and black wool

Wing - White calf tail

Collar - Tan-brown hen hackle

Author's Note

The inventor of this fly, Robert Veilleux from Beauce, uses it for trolling in the ZEC Jarro and assures us that it only catches large trout.

fabri-mouches.ca

Medicine



Medicine

Hook – Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Red

Body – Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Blue hackle fibers

Wing - Bronze mallard or mallard dyed brown (depicted)

http://flytierspage.com/dluckhurst/medicine.htm

M1 Killer

M1 Killer 

(as tied by Dave Goulet)

Hook - Single or double salmon, size 2-6

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Light blue

Underwing - Pearl Krystal Flash

Wing - Black squirrel tail or black bear

httpstheleaper.blogspot.com201310m1-killer.html