Cosseboom Special
Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Embossed silver tinsel wrapped well down the bend of hook
Tail - Strand of light olive floss
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Light olive floss
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body and extending to the end of tail
Hackle - Yellow hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
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Lady Amherst
Hooks - Single salmon, size 2-10
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 - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Cheeks - Dyed kingfisher blue hen hackle tip tied in at each side
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Half Stone
Hooks - Single salmon, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver or gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with yellow lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied low over the body. Select hair from the base of the tail
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Gold Squirrel Tail
Hooks - Single salmon, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Blue dun hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Strands of gold Flashabou Accent tied over the body, with an overwing of gray squirrel tail
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Silver Doctor
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Dubbed with red lamb's wool
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Light blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of red, yellow, and blue bucktail mixed
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
Author's Note
This is a variation of a British Atlantic salmon fly pattern
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Silver Blue
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Light blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Silver Brown Bucktail
Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 2-6
Thread - Black
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Dark brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body
Author's Note
This is a variation of a bucktail streamer pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Salmo Le Sac
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Peacock sword feather barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with salmon rabbit fur
Hackle - Furnace hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pink Rat
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Prichard's Comet
Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 2-8
Thread - Red
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange bucktail
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle - Yellow and scarlet red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson