Fall Fancy

Fall Fancy

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Mixed orange and white bucktail

Collar - Orange

Author's Note

This pattern is listed in Mel Marshall's, Steelhead, Copyright 1973 as one of the top two dozen Winter Steelhead flies to be counted on. He writes that this fly is sometimes tied with a white or grizzly hackle collar.

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Patriot

Patriot

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow uni stretch

Hackle - Blue

Wing - White calf tail

From an Internet Photo

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Patricia

Patricia

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Claret

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Claret hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with claret rabbit fur

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

Wing - Sparse white bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Randy Stetzer of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in 1985.

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