Petite
Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Sparse teal blue hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Yellow bucktail tied low over the body, with overwings of red bucktail, then yellow bucktail tied on top. The wing should be kept very, very sparse
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Shoo Fly Bucktail
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Shoulder - Peacock herl
Hackle - Red, sparse, tied on as a beard
Under wing - Yellow bucktail
Over wing - Red and black bucktail, mixed
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey
Prichard's Comet
Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Red.
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange bucktail.
Body - Oval silver tinsel.
Hackle - Yellow and scarlet red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Bobbie Dunn
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red calf tail
Body - Copper wire
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of red bucktail, then a sparse bunch of dark brown bucktail
Author's Note
Peter J. Schwab originated this and similar patterns between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s 1940s while he was residing in Yreka, California. He named this pattern after Robert F. "Bobbie" Dunn of Stockton, California. The wings should be cocked upward 40-50°.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Body - Fluorescent fire orange fuzzy wool, fluorescent red fuzzy wool, and black chenille
Hackle - Black
Wing - Black calf tail with black krystal flash over top
Author's Note
Randall Kaufmann
Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants - Randall Kaufmann
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Purple hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent fire orange fuzzy wool, fluorescent red fuzzy wool, and black chenille
Hackle - Purple
Wing - White calf and pearl krystal flash
Author's Note
Randall Kaufmann
Fly Patterns of Umpqua Feather Merchants - Randall Kaufmann
Park
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black ostrich herl
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Black bear hair
Cheeks - Jungle fowl
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Bobbie Dunn
Tail - Red bucktail fibers
Body - Copper wire in connecting spirals
Wing - White bucktail, over which a sparse bunch of red bucktail
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Black Gordon
Tip - Oval gold tinsel, two full turns
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with red lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Clarence Gordon originated this pattern while he was working as a guide at North Umpqua's Steamboat Lodge. This fly has since been used successfully from Alaska to California.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Hellekson
American River Special
Tail - Brown
Ribbing - Narrow strip of dyed dark brown raffia or a double strand of brown unistretch
Body - Green chenille
Hackle - Furnace
Head - Black chenille
Author's Note
This is one of the several patterns developed for California's American River and christened with the same name.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson