Orange Demon
Hook - Eagle Claw 1197B, Mustad 7957BX (2-8)
Thread - Orange
Tail - Hot orange hackle fibers
Body - Fluorescent yellow wool
Hackle - Hot orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - Black bear hair
Originated by Lloyd Silvius. Sometimes the body is tied with fluorescent green wool.
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Quick Silver
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Yellow yarn
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar
Wing - Woodchuck guard hair tied low over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Blue Screamer
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Smolt blue krystal flask
Butt - Chartreuse ultra chenille, micro
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black uni stretch
Wing - Moose
Hackle - Blue hen
From a YouTube video
Brush Pile
Hook - Single salmon
Tail - Peacock sword fibers
Ribbing - Silver embossed tinsel
Body - Orange wool
Hackle - Brown hen
Wing - Brown over black over white bucktail
Orange Puppy
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver
tinsel
Tail - Hot orange
hackle barbs
Body - Fine black
chenille
Hackle - Hot orange
tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel
tail tied low over the body
Head - Fine orange
chenille at the base of the wing and finished with black thread
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Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Trinity
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black bucktail
Ribbing - Copper Flashabou Accent over rear half of body only
Body - Rear half, dubbed with orange lamb's wool; the front half, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Black bucktail tied over the body
Wilson Rudd of San Jose, California, originated this pattern in 1990.
Trinity Golden Olive
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Orange
Eyes - Gold bead chain
Tail - Brown hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with golden olive rabbit fur
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Edward Hutton of Weaverville, California, originated this pattern in 1954 for the Trinity River.
Trinity Hilton
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Orange
Tail - Brown hen hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Wings: Furnace neck hackles tied over the body with concave side outward
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Dave DeMoss of Lewiston, California, originated this pattern in 1987.
Trinity Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather
Butt - Natural gray ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Earl Dombroski of San Francisco, California, originated this pattern in 1963.
Trinity Torch
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with reddish brown lamb's wool picked out and shaggy
Wing - Dyed orange fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Arthur Wellington of Truckee, California, came up with this pattern for the Trinity River in 1986.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown hackle tips
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Brown Chenille or wool
Hackle - Brown
Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Try Combs (Chenille)
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson (Wool)
Trinity Gray
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Grizzly hackle tops
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Gray Chenille or wool
Hackle - Grizzly
Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Try Combs (Chenille)
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson (Wool)
Winter Fly
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle - Fluorescent fire orange tied on as a full collar
Ralph Wahl of Bellingham, Washington, originated this fly in 1965.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Sustat Sunrise
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Orange calf tail, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Fluorescent fire orange chenille
Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Witch
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool
Hackle = Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Black
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Orange
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed orange fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Purple
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Purple hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated the first "Witch" pattern, and fly tiers in southern Oregon created the remaining three patterns.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Surveyor
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - White bucktail, with a smaller bunch of natural brown bucktail tied on top
Body - Rear half, fluorescent orange floss the front half, yellow chenille
Hackle - Brown and grizzly tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with red Flashabou Accent tied in at the sides
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Midnight Sun
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Orange hackle and guinea fowl barbs mixed
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange chenille
Wing - Sparse black bucktail tied over the body
Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back
Mike Frith of Renton, Washington, originated this pattern
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Jean Bucktail
Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange hackle barbs
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Hoyt's Killer
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body
Clyde Hoyt originated this pattern in 1940 for summer-run steelhead.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
McGinty
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs, mixed
Body - Alternating bands of black and yellow chenille, starting at the rear with black first
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Also known as the Steelhead McGinty. This is a variation of an old wet-fly pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pink Mambo
Victor Moore
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rear - pink yarn, front - black chenille
Wing - Pink bucktail
Hackle - Red
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Pete's Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width in length)
Body - Rear third, fluorescent green chenille; fore two-thirds, fluorescent red chenille
Hackle - Orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - White bucktail or calf tail (to end of tail)
Originated by Peter McVey
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Pete's Special
Peter McVey - Originator
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rear fluorescent green floss, front fluorescent red chenille
Wing - White bucktail
Hackle - Orange hen
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Copper Smith
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Ribbing - Fine gold wire or finest oval tinsel
Hackle - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Wing - Black calf-tail
Fishing Flies - Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley
Jeannie
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear third, lemon yellow floss; fore two-thirds, black floss
Throat - Black hackle fibers, beard style
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail fibers
Cheek - Jungle cock eyes (or equivalent) (second eye showing)
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Killer
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width past bend)
Ribbing - Medium flat silver tinsel
Body - Bright red wool
Hackle - Bright red as a wet fly collar
Wing - Natural black squirrel tail or black bear hair
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