Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Blue Boy

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Blue Boy

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Top - Fluorescent white floss

Tail - Silver pheasant tippets

Butt - Black wool

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Blue floss

Throat Hackle - Grizzly

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Blue Bottle


Blue Bottle

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tag – Oval silver tinsel

Tail – Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – Blue floss and Peacock herl

Hackle – Black

Wing – Black squirrel tail or black bear

Blue Beard


Blue Beard

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Pale yellow calf tail

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel wrapped over front half of body only

Body - Rear half, flat silver tinsel; the front half, dubbed with black lamb's wool 

Hackle - Blue calf tail tied in at the throat

Wing - Blue and gray calf tail mixed, tied low over the body

Topping - Pale yellow calf tail

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