Ecum Seeker

Ecum Seeker

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle

Body - Embossed silver tinsel and peacock herl

Throat - Yellow hackle

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Dunnett Red

Dunnett Red

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Embossed silver tinsel

Tail - Red polar bear or substitute

Body - Rear two fifths peacock herl, middle one fifth embossed silver tinsel, front two fifths peacock herl

Wing - Red dyed gray squirrel under a small bunch of dark moose fibers

Collar - Yellow hen hackle

Created by Boyd Dunnet

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Earl's Fly

Earl's Fly

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Chartreuse antron

Tail - Chartreuse antron

Body - Peacock oval tinsel

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail

Hackle - Dyed black wound as a collar

Created by Earl Stetson

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Dutot Blue Charm

Dutot Blue Charm

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers (optional)

Rib - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Red squirrel

Collar - Blue hen

Author's Note

Bill Dutot of Port-aux-Baqsque, Newfoundland, originated this variation of the Blue Charm in the 1960s.

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

Dusty Miller

Dusty Miller - Hairwing

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-10

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tip - Yellow floss

Tail - A golden pheasant crest, over which red hackle fibers half as long

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear two-thirds, embossed silver tinsel; front third orange floss

Throat - Natural guinea hen fibers, beard style

Wing - A sparse mixed bunch of orange, red, and yellow polar bear or calf tail, over which a small bunch of natural brown bucktail or red fox squirrel tail fibers

Topping - A golden pheasant crest feather

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes (second eye showing)

Author's Note

This pattern is among those derived from the classics which may show variations in the hair wing version due simply to the tyer’s translation from the original. It uses more than the usual number of materials found in a hair wing pattern and thus serves well as a model for similar techniques used in other salmon flies.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser 

Aquataker

Aquataker

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent green

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Butt - Fluorescent green and fluorescent red floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Black bear over pearl krystal flash

Hackle - Dyed blue guinea hen feather

Atlantic Salmon Flies 2 - Jacques Heroux

Donna May

Donna May

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Red ibis (or substitute) and several fibers of pintail or teal

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - 1/2 orange seals fur, 1/2 green seals fur or wool

Hackle - Orange hen

Wing - Light blue bucktail and badger, mixed

Two Hundred Popular Flies - Tom Stewart