Leprechaun

Leprechaun

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Chartreuse hackle

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Abdomen - Dark green floss

Hackle - Chartreuse

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

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Paint Pot

Paint Pot

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle fibers 

Body - Flat silver tinsel over a well-tapered underbody of white floss or yarn

Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail tied over the body

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

Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

Hook - Single salmon or Alec Jackson Silver #5

Thread - Black

Tail - Turquoise hackle

Tag - Orange or copper tinsel

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Black ice dubbing

Throat - Guinea hackle

Wing - Grizzly hackle tips

Topping - Pearl krystal flash

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Protein Tinsel Variation & Variation II

Protein Tinsel Variation

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Copper embossed tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel

Protein Tinsel Variation II

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Copper embossed tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Brown calf tail

Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Spring 2002

Otter Bar Purple

Otter Bar Purple

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Claret

Tail - Purple hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool or purple uni yarn

Hackle - Purple hen

Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather fibers

Coat thread head with uv resin

Author's Note

Marty Sherman originated this pattern and named it after Otter Bar Lodge while fishing northern California's Salmon River.

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

Pacific King

Pacific King

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Body - Insect green floss with a strip of brown floss laid over the

top and secured with 4 turns of black tying thread ribbing

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Orleans Barber

Orleans Barber

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred wood duck

Body - Red chenille

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs

Protein (buck)

Protein (buck)

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Orange chenille

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Winter 2001

Orange Carey

Orange Carey 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Yellow floss

Tail - Narrow red duck quill section

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

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

Wing - Orange bucktail tied over the body

Cheeks - Short white goose quill section tied in at each side

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

Orange Demon

Orange Demon 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange rabbit fur

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

Wing - Dyed black deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

This fly was taken from an original pattern of Jim Pray's that was never fully developed. This fly is also tied with a fluorescent green body, yet it is referred to as an Orange Demon variation.

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

Professor

Professor

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

This is a steelhead variation of an old Scottish wet-fly pattern that dates back to about 1830.

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

McClain's Fancy

McClain's Fancy 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tail - Coastal blacktail deer hair

Ribbing - Single strand of brown yarn

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

Don McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern for summer-run fish. This fly should be sparsely dressed and fished with a floating line in the surface film.

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

Feather Merchant

Feather Merchant

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Butt - Dubbed with red lamb's wool

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel over peacock only

Body - Peacock herl

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

Wing - Red calf tail tied over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Ted Trueblood originated this fly in the early I 960s as a tribute to Wayne "Buz" Buszek and his Feather River Trading Company. The gesture proved to be more than that; many fish have since surrendered to it.

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

Feather Merchant

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Butt - Red uni stretch

Body - Peacock herl

Throat - Orange hackle fibers

Wing - Red calf tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys (1979)

McLeods' Skykomish Sunrise

McLeods' Skykomish Sunrise

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Red chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Author's Note 

Ken and George McLeod of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1940s.

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

Skykomish Yellow

Skykomish Yellow

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Ken and George McLeod of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1940s.

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

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Butt - 2 turns of red chenille

Body - Silver oval tinsel

Hackle - Orange

Wing - White bucktail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends

Hook - Standard wet/nymph fly style, size 4

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Rib - Flat silver tinsel, wide, 1 long wrap

Body - Golden yellow wool

Wing: White bucktail

Hackle - Dark brown

Author's Note

Bill MacArthur

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner

Thompson River

Thompson River

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red and orange hackle barbs mixed

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Scarlet red and orange tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - Red bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of natural brown bucktail

Author's Note

Walt Johnson of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1960s.

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

Montana Brassie

Montana Brassie

Hook - Up eye salmon style

Thread - Color to match

Body - Your favorite colored wire

Wing - White or color to match the wire

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McKenzie Sapphire #1 & #2

McKenzie Sapphire #1

Mike Brooks

Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel & yellow floss

Tail - Blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black seals fur or substitute

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Underwing of mixed red, yellow, light blue and green bucktail; soft white hair over

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

McKenzie Sapphire #2

Mike Brooks

Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel & yellow floss

Tail - Blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black seals fur or substitute

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Underwing of mixed red, yellow, light blue and green bucktail; black squirrel tail over

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Maxwell Purple

Maxwell Purple 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel 

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool

Wing - Purple neck hackles tied Matuka-style

Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

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

Marrietta

Marrietta 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Body - Fluorescent fire orange chenille

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

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Don Redfern originated this pattern during the mid-1950s for British Columbia waters.

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

McGee

McGee

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Yellow

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Butt - Yellow chenille

Body - Peacock herl twisted around tying thread into a herl chenille

Wing - Black guinea feather fibers

Hackle - Brown hen

Head - Yellow chenille

Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 6 - Issue 2)

Thompson Special

Thompson Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Brown calf tail

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

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

Wing - Brown calf tail tied over the body, with a small bunch of black Flashabou Accent tied on top

Author's Note

Bob York originated this pattern.

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

Park

Park

Hook - Single salmon

Tread - Black. 

Tip - Flat silver tinsel. 

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel. 

Body - Black chenille. 

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

Wing - Black Monga ringtail tied over the body*

Author's Note

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern. It is a variation of an Atlantic salmon fly pattern.

*Monga ringtail is practically no longer available, so substitute with dyed black squirrel tail

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

Parmachene Belle

Parmachene Belle 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Scarlet red and yellow hackle barbs mixed

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent yellow rabbit fur

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of red bucktail.

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar mixed and tied back

Author's Note

This is a variation of an old American wet-fly pattern.

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

Max Canyon, Dark

Max Canyon, Dark

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange Flashabou Accent

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear third, dubbed with fluorescent orange rabbit fur; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black rabbit fur

Wing - Black calf tail tied over the body

Topping - Black Flashabou Accent

 Hackle - Black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

A variation of the original Max Canyon that is productive for winter-run fish.

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

Montreal #1 & #2

Montreal #1

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Claret hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Claret wool yarn

Throat - Claret hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Montreal #2

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Red wool yarn

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Brown bucktail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Max Canyon Fly Family

Max Canyon

Hook - 36890 Mustad, Sizes 6-2

Thread - 3/0 black monocord

Tail - Small mixture of orange and white calf tail

Body - Rear 1/3 orange, front 2/3 black wool

Rib - Gold or silver oval tinsel

Hackle - Black saddle

Wing - 2/3 white and 1/3 orange calf tail

Author's Note

In the early 1970’s I developed this fly for Steelhead fishing on the Deschutes River.

http://www.flyfishingwithdougstewart.com/2013/10/tying-and-fishing-max-canyon.html

Dark Max

Hook - Mustad 36890, sizes 4-6

Thread - 3/0 Black Monocord

Tip - Flat gold Mylar tinsel

Rib - Medium gold oval tinsel

Body - 1/3 orange & 2/3 black wool or yarn

Hackle - Black Saddle

Wing - 2/3 black calf tail with 1/3 orange calf tail on top

Author’s Note

The Dark Max was created by Larry Piatt. He wanted to make the Max Canyon a little darker and give it a lower profile. He tied in a flat gold Mylar tip at the hook bend in place of the orange and white calf tail. Then he replaced the white calf tail underwing with black calf tail. This fly is very effective, especially in off color water.

http://www.flyfishingwithdougstewart.com/2015/08/story-behind-dark-max-canyon-steelhead.html

The Stewart

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black wool

Hackle - Black

Wing - Orange over black calf tail

Author’s Note

The Stewart was created by Marty Sherman. He wanted to tie a fly with the same color scheme as the Max Canyon but a little darker. He replaced the orange and white tail with golden pheasant tippets, made the body all black with gold tinsel and made the underwing black instead of white. Marty first called it the Dark Max, but he found out that Larry Piatt had already claimed that name. He thought the fly should somehow bear my name so he called it The Stewart.

 http://www.flyfishingwithdougstewart.com/2014/03/the-max-canyon-fly-family.html

Lady and Lord Hamilton

Lady Hamilton

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose quill section

Ribbing - Silver embossed tinsel

Body - Red floss

Wing - Orange over white bucktail

Head - Black tying thread, with painted black on white eyes

Author's Note

Ralph Wahl, early 1940's

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Lord Hamilton

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose quill section

Ribbing - Silver embossed tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Wing - Red over white bucktail

Head - Black tying thread, with painted black on white eyes

Author's Note

Ralph Wahl, early 1940's

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Lady Godiva

Lady Godiva 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red and yellow hackle barbs mixed

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with white lamb's wool

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of red bucktail

Lady Godiva, Orange 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange. 

Tail - Orange hackle barbs

Butt - Orange chenille

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange lamb's wool

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of orange bucktail

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Ralph Olson of Bellingham, Washington, originated the two preceding patterns. 

The orange is also known as the Orange Wing.

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

Lady Godiva

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver-embossed tinsel 

Tail - Red and yellow swan or goose, married 

Butt - Red chenille

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Yellow seal dubbing or yellow wool yarn 

Wing - Red bucktail over sparse white polar bear

Author's Note

Ralph Olson, mid-1940s 

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Kispiox Bright

Kispiox Bright

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red calf tail with a few strands of yellow krystal flash

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Purple chenille

Throat - Hot orange hackle fibers

Wing - Yellow over white bucktail

The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Salmon flies - Chris Mann