Leprechaun
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Leprechaun
Paint Pot
Paint Pot
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle fibers
Body - Flat silver tinsel over a well-tapered underbody of white floss or yarn
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Protein Tinsel Variation & Variation II
Protein Tinsel Variation
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Copper embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Black squirrel
Protein Tinsel Variation II
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Copper embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Brown calf tail
Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Spring 2002
Otter Bar Purple
Otter Bar Purple
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Claret
Tail - Purple hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool or purple uni yarn
Hackle - Purple hen
Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather fibers
Coat thread head with uv resin
Author's Note
Marty Sherman originated this pattern and named it after Otter Bar Lodge while fishing northern California's Salmon River.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pacific King
Pacific King
Monday, December 8, 2025
Orleans Barber
Orleans Barber
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Protein (buck)
Orange Carey
Orange Carey
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Yellow floss
Tail - Narrow red duck quill section
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange bucktail tied over the body
Cheeks - Short white goose quill section tied in at each side
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Saturday, December 6, 2025
Orange Demon
Orange Demon
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange rabbit fur
Hackle - Fluorescent orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed black deer hair tied over the body
Author's Note
This fly was taken from an original pattern of Jim Pray's that was never fully developed. This fly is also tied with a fluorescent green body, yet it is referred to as an Orange Demon variation.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson