Brush Pile

Brush Pile

Hook - Single salmon

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Gold embossed tinsel

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - Brown hen

Wing - Brown over black over white bucktail

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Orange Puppy

Orange Puppy

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Hot orange hackle barbs

Body - Fine black chenille

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Head - Fine orange chenille at the base of the wing and finished with black thread

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Trinity

Trinity

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black bucktail

Ribbing - Copper Flashabou Accent over rear half of body only

Body - Rear half, dubbed with orange lamb's wool; the front half, dubbed with black lamb's wool

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

Wing - Black bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Wilson Rudd of San Jose, California, originated this pattern in 1990.

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Trinity Golden Olive

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Orange

Eyes - Gold bead chain

Tail - Brown hackle barbs

Body - Dubbed with golden olive rabbit fur

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Edward Hutton of Weaverville, California, originated this pattern in 1954 for the Trinity River. 

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Trinity Hilton

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Brown hen hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Wings: Furnace neck hackles tied over the body with concave side outward

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Dave DeMoss of Lewiston, California, originated this pattern in 1987. 

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Trinity Special

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather

Butt - Natural gray ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Earl Dombroski of San Francisco, California, originated this pattern in 1963. 

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Trinity Torch

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Fluorescent fire orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with reddish brown lamb's wool picked out and shaggy

Wing - Dyed orange fox squirrel tail tied over the body

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Arthur Wellington of Truckee, California, came up with this pattern for the Trinity River in 1986. 

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Trinity Brown

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown hackle tips

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Brown Chenille or wool

Hackle - Brown

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Try Combs (Chenille)

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Trinity Gray

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle tops

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Gray Chenille or wool

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Try Combs (Chenille)

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Winter Fly

Winter Fly

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Hackle - Fluorescent fire orange tied on as a full collar

Author's Note

Ralph Wahl of Bellingham, Washington, originated this fly in 1965.

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Sustat Sunrise

Sustat Sunrise 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tail - Orange calf tail, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Fluorescent fire orange chenille

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

Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top

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Witch

Witch

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Hackle = Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Witch - Black

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

 Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

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

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body

Witch - Orange

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool

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

Wing - Dyed orange fox squirrel tail tied over the body

Witch - Purple 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Purple hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool

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

Wing - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated the first "Witch" pattern, and fly tiers in southern Oregon created the remaining three patterns.

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Surveyor

Surveyor 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - White bucktail, with a smaller bunch of natural brown bucktail tied on top

Body - Rear half, fluorescent orange floss the front half, yellow chenille

Hackle - Brown and grizzly tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with red Flashabou Accent tied in at the sides

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Midnight Sun

Midnight Sun

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle and guinea fowl barbs mixed

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Orange chenille

Wing - Sparse black bucktail tied over the body

Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Mike Frith of Renton, Washington, originated this pattern

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Jean Bucktail

Jean Bucktail

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange hackle barbs

Body - Flat gold tinsel

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

Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s

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Hoyt's Killer

Hoyt's Killer 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

Clyde Hoyt originated this pattern in 1940 for summer-run steelhead.

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