Monday, March 23, 2026

Badger and Yellow


Badger and Yellow

Peter Dunne

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel and red floss

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Yellow yarn

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Hackle - Badger hen

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner

Bandit

 

Bandit

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tip - White floss

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - White floss

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Collar - White hackle

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

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Babiche

Babiche

Hook - Mustad 79580 or equivalent, size 2 -14

Thread - Black

Body - Silver lamé yarn (I used Bill's Body Braid)

Belly - White chenille

Wings - Peacock herl over black bucktail over white bucktail

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Eyes - Painted black over yellow

Richard Lauzon made a new streamer that he named "Babiche", named after the first lake, located in the region of Notre-Dame-de-Pontmain

https://www.fabri-mouches.ca/mouches-quebecoises-gilles-aubert-la-babiche.html

Friday, March 20, 2026

Arndilly Fancy I

Arndilly Fancy I

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Hackle - Light blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Head - Red ostrich herl

Author's Note

Tying Instructions: First tie in the ostrich herl and partially finish the head with thread without wrapping the herl. Then apply a narrow band of red enamel at the base of the head and, while it's still wet, wrap two turns of the ostrich herl. Finish the front portion of the head with black tying thread.

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

Autumn Flash


Autumn Flash

Buddy MacIntyre 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Fine oval silver tinsel, fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear - Orange krystal flash; front - fluorescent orange wool

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Collar - Orange grizzly hackle*

*I do not have orange grizzly hackle, so I substituted with dyed orange guinea fowl hackle

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Autumn Belle


Autumn Belle

Doug Hintzman

Hook – Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Holographic gold or flat gold tinsel

Body - Red flat tinsel

Wing - Black rabbit or substitute (calf tail)

Flash - Orange krystal flash

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Collar - Orange hen hackle

https://fabri-mouches.ca/mouches-hairs-wing-autumn-belle.html

Monday, March 16, 2026

Orange Foxy

Orange Foxy 

André Belaïeff 

Hook - Single or double salmon

Thread - Fluorescent orange

Tail - Orange krystal flash

Body - Orange krystal flash

Throat - Orange krystal flash 

Wing - Grey fox guard hairs

Collar - Grizzly hen saddle

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner