Orange Demon

Orange Demon 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange rabbit fur

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

Wing - Dyed black deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

This fly was taken from an original pattern of Jim Pray's that was never fully developed. This fly is also tied with a fluorescent green body, yet it is referred to as an Orange Demon variation.

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

Professor

Professor

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

This is a steelhead variation of an old Scottish wet-fly pattern that dates back to about 1830.

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