Saturday, January 20, 2024

Hairy Mary

Hairy Mary

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Adapted from an Atlantic salmon fly pattern.

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


Hairy Mary

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Fitch or brown squirrel tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual

Green Dean

Green Dean

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red calf tail

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent chartreuse lamb's wool

Wing - Red bucktail tied over the body

Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar. Do not tie back

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