Black Master

 Black Master

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Hot orange hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Hot orange over white bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Van Luven

Van Luven

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with red lamb's wool

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

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Harry Van Luven of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in the 1920s. It was tied in an attempt to improve on the Royal Coachman, and since that time it has become a classic.

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

Bekeart's Special

Bekeart's Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold  tinsel

Tail - Scarlet kackle fibers 

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel 

Body - Red silk floss

Shoulder - Peacock herl

Hackle - Red

Wing - Brown speckled turkey with jungle fowl sides

Head - Black ostrich herl

Author's Note

Possibly Philip Bekeart, for whom the fly is named, or perhaps John Benn, 1890's

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey