Flirt

Flirt

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail – Dyed purple hackle fibers

Body – Fluorescent orange floss with 2 turns of fluorescent orange chenille at the front

Hackle – Dyed purple tied on as a collar and tied back and down or as a throat

Wing – Natural brown bucktail

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

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Tuft of white marabou

Body - Chartreuse crystal chenille

Wing - Red marabou tied over the body, with an over wing of white marabou

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

Author's Note

Jeffery Yax or Manitowoc, Wisconsin, originated this pattern.

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

Firefly

Firefly 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent fire orange

Tail - Fluorescent fire orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent orange chenille

Hackle - Fluorescent fire orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Sparse white bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of white marabou

Topping - Small bunch of pearl Flashabou Accent

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Bill Yonge of Vancouver, British Columbia, umbia, originated this pattern.

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