Petite
Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Sparse teal blue hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Yellow bucktail tied low over the body, with overwings of red bucktail, then yellow bucktail tied on top. The wing should be kept very, very sparse
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Shoo Fly Bucktail
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Shoulder - Peacock herl
Hackle - Red, sparse, tied on as a beard
Under wing - Yellow bucktail
Over wing - Red and black bucktail, mixed
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey
Prichard's Comet
Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Red.
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange bucktail.
Body - Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle - Yellow and scarlet red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Bobbie Dunn
Tail - Red calf tail
Body - Copper wire
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of red bucktail, then a sparse bunch of dark brown bucktail
Author's Note
Peter J. Schwab originated this and similar patterns between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s 1940s while he was residing in Yreka, California. He named this pattern after Robert F. "Bobbie" Dunn of Stockton, California. The wings should be cocked upward 40-50°.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Body - Fluorescent fire orange fuzzy wool, fluorescent red fuzzy wool, and black chenille
Hackle - Black
Wing - Black calf tail with black krystal flash over top
Author's Note
Randall Kaufmann
Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants - Randall Kaufmann
