Pack Rat
Flytying New and Old Too
A Collection of Flies for Atlantic Salmon & Steelhead
Friday, August 28, 2026
Pack Rat
Pack Rat
McAlpin
McAlpin
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black.
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Barred lemon wood duck and scarlet red hackle barbs mixed
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with claret lamb's wool
Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Dyed red gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Topping - Peacock sword feather barbs
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Mattie's Mistake
Mattie's Mistake
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Butt - Hot orange chenille
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green wool
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Hackle - Orange, collar style
Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom
Sunday, August 23, 2026
Matane Special
Martin
Martin
Atlantic Salmon
Hook – Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Throat – Yellow hen hackle fibers
Wing - Woodchuck guard hair
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Marquise
Marquise
Claude Bédard
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Pheasant tail feather fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body: Rear 1/6 – wine yarn/floss; front 5/6 – black floss
Throat - Soft black hen hackle
Wing - Black squirrel/bronze mallard flank feather fibers
Cheek - Jungle cock
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Marie-Eve

Marie-Eve
Claude Bousquet
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Purple
Tag - Chartreuse antron
Tail - Chartreuse antron
Ribbing - Silver wire (or oval tinsel) over peacock herl only
Body - Rear 2/3 - Purple body braid, Front 1/3 - Peacock herl
Wing - Purple goat hair, or marabou, or gray squirrel dyed purple
Hackle - Purple hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner