Saturday, October 17, 2026

Silver Monkey


Silver Monkey

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread -  Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail -  Golden pheasant crest

Butt -  Black ostrich herl

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Grizzly hackle barbs

Wing - Under wing is a strand of yellow under a strand of green floss topped with deer hair

Cheeks -Optional short JC nails, I omitted them on this fly

Silver Gray Bomber



Silver Gray Bomber

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel & yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black chennile

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Guinea fowl

Wing - Brown and white bucktail mixed

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




Silver Blue


Silver Blue

Hook - Singls salmon,size 4-8

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue tied on as a collar

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

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

Silver Betsy

Silver Betsy

Hooks – Single salmon

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Also known as Silver Abbey.

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Sheepscot Special #2


Sheepscot Special #2

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Orange floss, short

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Throat - Furnace or brown hackle fibers

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail fibers

The Book of Fly Patterns - Eric Leiser

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

Seductress


Seductress

Hook - Single or double salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip/tag - Oval gold tinsel and fluorescent green silk

Tail - Peacock sword

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Pale green krystal flash or substitute

Hackle - Dyed yellow guinea fowl or substitute*

Wing - Dyed yellow bucktail over dyed green bucktail

Over wing - Peacock herl

Cheek - Jungle cock

*All out of dyed yellow guinea fowl so I used yellow hen hackle

The Seductress (fabri-mouches.ca)

Secret

 

Secret

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tip - Chinese red uni stretch

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Throat - Red hen hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

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

Friday, October 16, 2026

Same Thing Murray


Same Thing Murray

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body #1 - Fl green uni-stretch (1/3)

Body #2 - Peacock herl (2/3)

Underwing - Peacock green krystal flash

Wing - Moose body hair

Hackle - Black hen neck

Head Band - Chinese red uni-stretch

Head - Black ostrich herl

The Same Thing Murray is an Atlantic salmon fly invented by Doug Hastings of Sydney, Nova Scotia, around 1993, and it got its name from a conversation where he repeatedly told his friend Murray, "Same thing, Murray" when asked what fly he was using as he was catching fish after fish on the Little Southwest Miramichi river. The pattern has since become a popular and effective fly for Atlantic salmon anglers worldwide.

Created by Doug Hastings for the Little Southwest Miramichi River in New Brunswick,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJCh1yBjgvo
 

Salmon Black Ghost

Salmon Black Ghost

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - White polar bear or calf tail

Hackle - Yellow

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Sackville River Special

 

Sackville River Special


Hook - Single salmon. size 2-10


Thread - Black


Tip - Oval silver tinsel


Tag - Fluorescent green and red uni stretch


Body - Green bill's body braid


Throat - Yellow hackle over pearl krystal flash


Wing - Moose body hairs

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