Sou'wester
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel & fluorescent orange floss or uni stretch
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green floss or uni stretch
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Collar - Grizzly hackle dyed fluorescent green
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Snowball
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - White calf tail
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Silver Tip I
Hooks - Single salmon, size 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tag - Short strand of red yarn
Body - Oval gold tinsel
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back
Head - Black with a red center band
The original pattern called for silver tip grizzly bear hair for the wing.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art – Terry Hellekson
Silver Tip II
Hooks -
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - Black moose hair tied low over the body
Keith Fulsher of Eastchester, New York, originated this pattern in 1960. The silver tinsel ribbing on this pattern should be wrapped so there are equal portions of both black floss and silver tinsel showing.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art – Terry Hellekson
