Nite Owl (Silvius)

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Butt - 2 turns of red chenille

Body - Silver oval tinsel

Hackle - Orange

Wing - White bucktail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends

Hook - Standard wet/nymph fly style, size 4

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Rib - Flat silver tinsel, wide, 1 long wrap

Body - Golden yellow wool

Wing: White bucktail

Hackle - Dark brown

Author's Note

Bill MacArthur

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner

Thompson River

Thompson River

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red and orange hackle barbs mixed

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Scarlet red and orange tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - Red bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of natural brown bucktail

Author's Note

Walt Johnson of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1960s.

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

Montana Brassie

Montana Brassie

Hook - Up eye salmon style

Thread - Color to match

Body - Your favorite colored wire

Wing - White or color to match the wire

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McKenzie Sapphire #1 & #2

McKenzie Sapphire #1

Mike Brooks

Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel & yellow floss

Tail - Blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black seals fur or substitute

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Underwing of mixed red, yellow, light blue and green bucktail; soft white hair over

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

McKenzie Sapphire #2

Mike Brooks

Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel & yellow floss

Tail - Blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black seals fur or substitute

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Underwing of mixed red, yellow, light blue and green bucktail; black squirrel tail over

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Maxwell Purple

Maxwell Purple 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel 

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool

Wing - Purple neck hackles tied Matuka-style

Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

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

Marrietta

Marrietta 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Body - Fluorescent fire orange chenille

Hackle - Fluorescent orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Don Redfern originated this pattern during the mid-1950s for British Columbia waters.

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

McGee

McGee

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Yellow

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Butt - Yellow chenille

Body - Peacock herl twisted around tying thread into a herl chenille

Wing - Black guinea feather fibers

Hackle - Brown hen

Head - Yellow chenille

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Thompson Special

Thompson Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Brown calf tail

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

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

Wing - Brown calf tail tied over the body, with a small bunch of black Flashabou Accent tied on top

Author's Note

Bob York originated this pattern.

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

Park

Park

Hook - Single salmon

Tread - Black. 

Tip - Flat silver tinsel. 

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel. 

Body - Black chenille. 

Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down. 

Wing - Black Monga ringtail tied over the body*

Author's Note

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern. It is a variation of an Atlantic salmon fly pattern.

*Monga ringtail is practically no longer available, so substitute with dyed black squirrel tail

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