Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Black & Blue

Black & Blue

Hook - Single salmon

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

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

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

Yellow Hammer



Yellow Hammer

Eric Baylis 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tag - Fine oval silver tinsel, red floss

Tail - Tippet fibers under red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Fine silver tinsel

Body - Fine black chenille

Throat - Tippet fibers under red hackle fibers

Wing - Yellow grey squirrel tail under rolled tippet extending half throat length

Cheek - Jungle cock

Fly Patterns of Canada