Green Widow

Green Widow

Mark Madore

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail

Collar - Dyed green hen 

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Green Shrimp

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

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

Celtic Beauty

Gary Tanner Originator

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Butt - Dubbed black beaver underfur

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Bright yellow floss

Throat - Hareline UV minnow belly flash under claret hen (I used UV pearl krystal flash

Wing - Dark green flash under deep green hair of choice (mine is bucktail)

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Green Peacock

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

Green Ghost

Green Ghost

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

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

Deer Lake Special

 

Deer Lake Special

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White under the body floss, black for the head

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - 1/2 yellow and 1/2 dark green floss

Throat - Yellow hackle fibers

Wing - Moose body hair

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

Green Gem

Green Gem

Daryl Burry Creation

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat silver tinsel and red floss

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Bright green seal type dubbing

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Collar - Bright green hackle

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Green Cross

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