Black Master

 Black Master

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Hot orange hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Hot orange over white bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Van Luven

Van Luven

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with red lamb's wool

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Harry Van Luven of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in the 1920s. It was tied in an attempt to improve on the Royal Coachman, and since that time it has become a classic.

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

Bekeart's Special

Bekeart's Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold  tinsel

Tail - Scarlet kackle fibers 

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel 

Body - Red silk floss

Shoulder - Peacock herl

Hackle - Red

Wing - Brown speckled turkey with jungle fowl sides

Head - Black ostrich herl

Author's Note

Possibly Philip Bekeart, for whom the fly is named, or perhaps John Benn, 1890's

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Yellow and White Bucktail

 

Yellow and White Bucktail

Hook - Mustad R74-9672, 4XL, size 6

Thread - Yellow

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Yellow over white bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Winters Hope - Variation

Winters Hope - Variation

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Red

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue and purple

Wing - Orange over yellow calf tail

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Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever

Hooh - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed black hackle fibers

Butt - Black chenille

Belly - Yellow chenille

Body - Black chenille

Collar - Dyed black hackle

Wing - Dyed yellow calf tail

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Sun Down

Sun Down

Norm Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange/hot orange

Tip - Copper oval tinsel

Tag - Orange uni-stretch or floss

Body - 1 strand each of copper and copper brown ultra wire twisted into a rope

Throat - Dyed orange hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail

Street Walker

Street Walker

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Purple hackle fibers

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Purple chenille

Hackle - Purple

Wing - Pearl flashabou/krystal flash

Author's Note

Ogden Nash, an Oregon fishing guide, originated this pattern

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

Steelhead Kelly

Steelhead Kelly

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent green chenille

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel

Author's Note

Wes Drain of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern

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

Bench Mark

Bench Mark

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Hot orange

Tail - Orange marabou

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Hot orange floss

Hackle - Hot orange

Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Bench Mark

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White

Tail - Hot orange calf tail

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - Hot orange chenille

Hackle - Hot orange

Wing - White calf tail

Head - Solarez Bone Dry UV Resin

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson