Acid Flashback
Kevin Cooney
Tail - Red hackle barbs and pearl krystal flash
Body - Purple chenille
Collar - Purple hen
Wing - Purple marabou
Topping: Pearl krystal flash
UV Resin coated head
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Bellamy
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red calf tail
Body - Copper wire over an underbody of brown floss
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of dyed yellow natural bucktail
Eyes - Tiny red dots
Author's Note
Peter J. Schwab originated this and similar patterns between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s while he was residing in Yreka, California. The wings should be cocked upward 40-50°.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Giant Killer
Tail - Purple hackle
fibers
Body - Fluorescent
green floss
Hackle - Purple
Wing - White bucktail
Steelhead Fly Tying
Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys
Gibson Girl
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Budy - Orange wool yarn
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown bucktail
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys
Forrest Powell
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Hot orange chenille
Wing - White bucktail
Hackle - Red
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey
Ashdung Green
Tail - Red duck or goose quill
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Claret wool yarn
Hackle - Red beard style
Wing - White duck or goose quill
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey
Foxfire
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail tied short, with a very sparse bunch of fluorescent orange hackle barbs tied on top
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body, with an overwing of peacock sword feather barbs
Hackle - Fluorescent orange tied on as a collar and tied back
Claude Westfall of Orono, Maine, originated this pattern in 1984
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson