Reippu
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel and fluorescent yellow floss
Tail - Giolden pheasant crest
Butt - Red floss
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Claret floss
Throat - Guinea hen
Wing - Gray squirrel tail dyed green
Author's Note
Reippu is a Finnish fly from Matti Huitila
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Dean River Lantern, Green
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent green
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed chartreuse monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent green floss*
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Head - Fluorescent green
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent fire orange
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed orange monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent orange floss*
Hackle - Dyed fluorescent fire orange grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**
Dean River Lantern, Purple
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed purple monofilament over underbody of fluorescent blue floss*
Hackle - Dyed purple grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**
Dean River Lantern, Red
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent red
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed red monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent red floss*
Hackle - Fluorescent red tied on as a collar and tied back
Dean River Lantern, Yellow
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Yellow
Tail - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail
Body - Dyed yellow monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent yellow floss*
Hackle - Dyed fluorescent yellow grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**
*I used Magic Stretch beading cord as a substitute for the dyed monofilament
**I do not have any dyed grizzly, so I used a solid color hackle
Author's Note
Dr. Arthur Cohen of San Francisco, California, created the Dean River Lanterns. Since that time there have been a number of variations developed. There was also an orange pattern that used orange bowstring for the body.
Terry Hellekson. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Dean River Special
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Purple lamb's wool
Hackle: Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Black marabou tied over the body
Topping - Purple flashabou accent
Author's Note
Every good river has its "specials." British Columbia's Dean River is no exception:
in fact, it has several and this is just one of them.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Deer Creek
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Purple marabou tied over the body
Hackle - Tuft of purple marabou tied in at the throat
Collar - Light blue saddle hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Author's Note
Bob Arnold of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
