Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Gray Buck
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Light blue dun hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with light green lamb's wool
Hackle - Light blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Badger
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Dumond
Hooks - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Black moose hair tied low over the body
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Cains River Special
Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tag - Short strand of fluorescent green yarn or floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half, fluorescent green yarn or floss; the front half, peacock herl
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down;
then peacock sword feather barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body
Author's Note
This pattern is also known as the Rutledge.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Carr's Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail: Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half, green floss; the front half, yellow floss
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Yellow bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of white bucktail. Keep both colors in equal proportions and sparse
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Colburn - Blue
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Dyed blue gray squirrel tail
Body - Medium blue floss with a black ostrich herl center joint
Wing - Dyed blue gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Colburn - Claret
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Dyed claret gray squirrel tail
Body - Claret floss with a black ostrich herl center joint
Wing - Dyed claret gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Colburn - Orange
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tag - Short strand of fluorescent orange yarn
Body - Fluorescent orange floss with a black ostrich herl center joint
Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back
Colburn - Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Green hackle barbs with black hackle barbs tied on top
Body - Fluorescent green floss with a black ostrich herl center band
Wing - Green bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of black bucktail
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back
Walter Colbum of Bangor, Maine, originated the four preceding patterns.
All of the bodies on these patterns should be well tapered into a cigar shape.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Allot Fly - Blue
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Fluorescent Blue wool yarn cut short (Danville Depth Ray yarn)
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - White hackle fibers
Wing - Gray squirrel tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Allot Fly, Orange
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Fluorescent orange yarn (Danville Depth Ray yarn)
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - White hackle fibers
Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom
Hardy's Favorite
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Red floss
Tail - Orange hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs mixed
Ribbing - Twisted red floss
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body
Adapted from an old English wet fly tied by J. J. Hardy of Hardy Brothers, Alnwick, England. It is believed that this adaptation took place in the 1920s.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Conway Special
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Crimson red and white hackle barbs mixed
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool
Hackle - Yellow and crimson red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of a small bunch of red bucktail
Author's Note
Dan Conway of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in 1934. At the time this extraordinary, one-armed commercial tier created this fly, it had a peacock head and white duck quill wings with a married narrow section of red duck quill.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
White Wing
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear fourth, yellow yarn; next fourth, orange yarn; next fourth, red yarn; and front fourth, black yarn
Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White monga ringtail or substitute, tied low over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson