Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel and orange floss
Tail - Red and yellow hackle barbs mixed
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Dyed blue guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art – Terry Hellekson
Black Ghost
Atlantic Salmon Version
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Throat - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - White calf tail, bucktail or any other white hair, marabou or white hackles
Sometimes tied with Jungle cock cheeks or painted black over white eyes
Black Ghost - Rocky River Trout Unlimited (rockyrivertu.org)
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Sweep
