Green Shrimp
Warren Duncan
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tail - Chartreuse bucktail, pearl krystal flash
Rib - Oval silver tinsel, rear half of body
Body - Rear - chartreuse floss; front - black floss
Veiling - Chartreuse hackle. Wind mid-body as a collar
Collar - Black hackle
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Green Shoelace
Robert Chaisson
Hook - Wet fly style
Thread - Black
Body - Rear - silver tinsel; front - 2 strands from a fluorescent green shoelace
Ribbing - Fine oval silver/gold tinsel over front body
Wing - 6-10 black moose hairs
Throat - Guinea fowl
Cheeks - Small jungle cock
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Celtic Beauty
Gary Tanner Originator
Atlantic Salmon
Green Peacock
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Light blue floss or uni stretch
Throat - Blue hackle fibers
Wing - Peacock sword fibers
Flies - The Best One Thousand - Randle Scott Stetzer
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle*
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Hackle - Silver pheasant body feather
Wing - Green deer, goat, polar bear hair or calf tail
Cheek - Jungle cock
Head - Black with red band
*Reference photo did not present any tail
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Darling
Hook – Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread – Black
Tip – Flat gold tinsel
Tag - Fluorescent orange floss
Tail – Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing – Oval gold tinsel
Body – Black uni yarn
Hackle – Brown/furnace at throat
Wing – Dyed red squirrel tail
Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault
Green Gem
Daryl Burry Creation
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Red
Tag - Flat silver tinsel and red floss
Green Cross
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Trailer - Single strand of fluorescent green floss from center top of end of body
Body - Rear half, fluorescent green floss; the front half, peacock herl
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body
Author's Note
Tom Corcoran originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
