Bjorn's Clearwater Crusher

Bjorn's Clearwater Crusher

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Orange

Tag – Green flashabou

Tail – Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing – Silver wire or oval tinsel

Body – Peacock ice dub or peacock herl

Wing – Sparse mallard or substitute

Hackle – Brown hen

From an Internet Photo

Bird's Copper Stone

Bird’s Copper Stone

Cal Bird Originator

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tag - Copper wire

Body - Three strands of copper wire twisted together then wrapped forward

Collar - Brown hackle

Wing - Brown bucktail

Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Shewey's Spawning Purple

Shewey's Spawning Purple

Hook - Alec Jackson, size 1.5 – 5 or substitute single salmon

Tag - Silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent flame orange single-strand floss or glo brite #5

Wing - 4 or 5 “spikes” of purple marabou

Hackle - Purple

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Collar - Orange-dyed guinea

https://www.johnkreft.com/steelhead-fly-patterns/sheweys-spawning-purple/?sfw=pass1760545475

https://oakorchardflies.proboards.com/thread/682/shewey-spawning-purple-spey-step

Cuenin's Advice

Cuenin's Advice

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle barbs

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

 J. P. Cuenin of San Francisco, California originated this pattern in 1933.

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