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