Princeton Tiger

Princeton Tiger

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Nlack wool

Hackle - Black

Wing - Orange bucktail over strands of pearl krystal flash

Author's Note

This fly was introduced and popularized by Eddie Ward as he fished the Clearwater River back in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. He was a graduate of Princeton so he used the college colors, orange and black and the athletic teams’, Tigers, to name the fly. It proved to be a very successful fly to lure big steelhead on the Clearwater.

https://planettrout.wordpress.com/tag/princeton-tiger-steelhead-fly-pattern/

Dolly Varden

Dolly Varden

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black or White

Tail - Brown hackle

Ribbing - Brown floss 

Budy - White wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Barber Pole

Barber Pole

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black or green

Body - Green floss 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Bair's Black

 

Bair's Black

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Red floss or uni-stretch

Body - Black chenille

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body with an over wing of (clear) miclon or z-lon

Topping - Single strand of red floss

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Hellekson

Orange Burly

Orange Burly

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Red

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body - Rear half - Flat silver tinsel; Front half - Orange chenille

Hackle - Orange, palmered over front half of body only

Head - Solarez Bone Dry UV Resin

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Butcher

Butcher

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red bucktail

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Collar - Black hackle

Wing - Black bucktail

https://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/fly177.html

Autumn Gold

Autumn Gold

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tail – Dyed hot orange hackle fibers

Ribbing – Oval gold tinsel

Body – Gold seal, goat, dubbing or yarn

Hackle - Dyed hot orange hackle

Wing – White polar bear or calf tail

https://flytyingnewandoldtoo.blogspot.com/2025/10/autumn-gold.html

After Dinner Mint

 

After Dinner Mint

Category - Steelhead

Hooks - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Fluorescent green

Tail - Brown hen hackle fibers

Body - Fluorescent green chenille

Wing - Dyed reddish brown gray squirrel tail or fox squirrel tail

Hackle - Brown hen hackle

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

Al's Special

Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Yellow or Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom light & Neal Humphrey

Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Red

Wing - White bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs

Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Yellow

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Wing - White bucktail

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

Hooker

Hooker

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red or black

Ribbing - Black wool 

Body - Yellow wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Black calf tail

Steelhead Fly tying Manual - Light & Humphrey