Friday, August 28, 2026

Pack Rat



Pack Rat

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10

Thread - Red

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Butt - Fluorescent pink yarn

Body - Black wool

Wing - Gray fox

Hackle - Olive dyed grizzly or substitute

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

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

Matane Special

Robert Côté

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Bronze mallard fiber

Butt - Yellow ostrich herl

Body - Claret floss or wool

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Throat - Bronze mallard fiber

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

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