Hot Orange I & II

Hot Orange I 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, flat gold tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Hot orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hot Orange II 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag - Short strand of fluorescent orange yarn

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange lamb's wool

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

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

Horton

Horton

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Fluorescent blue floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied low over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

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

Gray Buck

Gray Buck

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Light blue dun hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with light green lamb's wool

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

Wing - Badger

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

Dumond

Dumond

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail: Golden pheasant crest feather

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Black moose hair tied low over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

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

Cains River Special aka Rutledge

Cains River Special aka Rutledge

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag - Short strand of fluorescent green yarn or floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear half, fluorescent green yarn or floss; the front half, peacock herl

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down; 

then peacock sword feather barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

This pattern is also known as the Rutledge.

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

Carr's Special

Carr's Special 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail: Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear half, green floss; the front half, yellow floss

Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Yellow bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of white bucktail. Keep both colors in equal proportions and sparse

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

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

Colburn

Colburn - Blue

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Dyed blue gray squirrel tail

Body - Medium blue floss with a black ostrich herl center joint 

Wing - Dyed blue gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

Colburn - Claret 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Dyed claret gray squirrel tail

Body - Claret floss with a black ostrich herl center joint

Wing - Dyed claret gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

Colburn - Orange

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag - Short strand of fluorescent orange yarn

Body - Fluorescent orange floss with a black ostrich herl center joint 

Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back

Colburn - Special 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Green hackle barbs with black hackle barbs tied on top

Body - Fluorescent green floss with a black ostrich herl center band

Wing - Green bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of black bucktail

Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back

Walter Colbum of Bangor, Maine, originated the four preceding patterns. 

All of the bodies on these patterns should be well tapered into a cigar shape.

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

Allot Fly - Blue & Orange

 

Allot Fly - Blue

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Fluorescent Blue wool yarn cut short (Danville Depth Ray yarn)

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Allot Fly, Orange 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Single strand of fluorescent orange yarn (Danville Depth Ray yarn)

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

 Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

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

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

Hardy's Favorite

Hardy's Favorite 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Red floss

Tail - Orange hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs mixed

Ribbing - Twisted red floss

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body

 Adapted from an old English wet fly tied by J. J. Hardy of Hardy Brothers, Alnwick, England. It is believed that this adaptation took place in the 1920s.

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

Conway Special

Conway Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson red and white hackle barbs mixed

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Hackle - Yellow and crimson red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of a small bunch of red bucktail

Dan Conway of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in 1934. At the time this extraordinary, one-armed commercial tier created this fly, it had a peacock head and white duck quill wings with a married narrow section of red duck quill.

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

White Wing

White Wing

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear fourth, yellow yarn; next fourth, orange yarn; next fourth, red yarn; and front fourth, black yarn

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

Wing - White monga ringtail or substitute, tied low over the body

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

Teagle Bee

Teagle Bee

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Narrow section of red goose quill

Body - Yellow and black chenille wrapped together

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied low over the body

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Silver Blue

Silver Blue 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

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