Bobby Dunn

 

Bobbie Dunn

Tail - Red bucktail fibers

Body - Copper wire in connecting spirals 

Wing - White bucktail, over which a sparse bunch of red bucktail

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Black Gordon

Black Gordon

Tip - Oval gold tinsel, two full turns

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Rear third, dubbed with red lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Clarence Gordon originated this pattern while he was working as a guide at North Umpqua's Steamboat Lodge. This fly has since been used successfully from Alaska to California.

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

American River Special

American River Special  

Tail - Brown

Ribbing - Narrow strip of dyed dark brown raffia or a double strand of brown unistretch

Body - Green chenille 

Hackle - Furnace 

Head - Black chenille

Author's Note

This is one of the several patterns developed for California's American River and christened with the same name.

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

Brown Billy

Brown Billy

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Embossed gold tinsel

Body - Brown chenille

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown bucktail

Fly-Tying Dictionary - J Duckett