Yellow and White Bucktail

 

Yellow and White Bucktail

Hook - Mustad R74-9672, 4XL, size 6

Thread - Yellow

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Yellow over white bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Winters Hope - Variation

Winters Hope - Variation

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Red

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue and purple

Wing - Orange over yellow calf tail

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Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever

Hooh - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed black hackle fibers

Butt - Black chenille

Belly - Yellow chenille

Body - Black chenille

Collar - Dyed black hackle

Wing - Dyed yellow calf tail

Bend Bulletin- March 6, 2008

Sun Down

Sun Down

Norm Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange/hot orange

Tip - Copper oval tinsel

Tag - Orange uni-stretch or floss

Body - 1 strand each of copper and copper brown ultra wire twisted into a rope

Throat - Dyed orange hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail

Street Walker

Street Walker

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Purple hackle fibers

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Purple chenille

Hackle - Purple

Wing - Pearl flashabou/krystal flash

Author's Note

Ogden Nash, an Oregon fishing guide, originated this pattern

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

Stewart

Stewart

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Ovak silver tinsel

Tail - Lady amherst tippets

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black wool

Hackle - Black

Wing - Orange calf tail over black calf tail

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Steelhead Kelly

Steelhead Kelly

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent green chenille

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

Wing - Gray squirrel

Author's Note

Wes Drain of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern

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

Bench Mark

Bench Mark

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Hot orange

Tail - Orange marabou

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Hot orange floss

Hackle - Hot orange

Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Bench Mark

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - White

Tail - Hot orange calf tail

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - Hot orange chenille

Hackle - Hot orange

Wing - White calf tail

Head - Solarez Bone Dry UV Resin

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson