Hopeful Hare

Hopeful Hare 

Wooly Worm Variant

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tag - Strand of orange floss

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with hare's mask fur

Hackle - Grizzly saddle tied palmer-style

Herman Hellekson originated this pattern in 1952.

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

Pool Cleaner

 

Pool Cleaner

Hook – Up eye salmon style

Thread – Purple

Tag – Flat gold tinsel

Tail – Amhurst pheasant tippet

Ribbing – Gold wire

Body – Purple dubbing

Wing – Purple calf tail and flashabou

Hackle - Purple

Stewart

Stewart

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Amherst pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black wool

Hackle - Black

Wing - Orange over black calf tail or bucktail