Priest

Priest

Devised by Rev Elmer Smith

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White under body,  black head

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Tail - White hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - White/cream wool yarn

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - White calf tail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Oddball

Oddball

N Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tag - Orange uni stretch

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black/camel uni yarn

Throat - Peacock sword fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Presbyterian Killer

Presbyterian Killer

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni-stretch

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Reference - Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Pot Scrubber

Pot Scrubber

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat copper tinsel

Throat - Brown

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Author's Note

Devised in 1961 by John McKenzie. 

The name comes from the fact that the copper tinsel originally comes from a pot scrubber.

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Possum Special

Possum Special

Bryan Russell Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White

Tag - Blue holographic tinsel

Tail - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Green holographic tinsel

Throat - Green nayat goat hair or similar

First wing - Blue nayat goat hair or similar

Second wing - Black nayat goat hair or similar

Third wing - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Cap - Blue krystal flash

Head - Green nail polish

Lacking green nail polish, I used white thread colored with a green marker

Lacking nayat hair, I used bucktail

fabrimouches.ca