Dark Priest
Hook – Single salmon
Thread – Purple
Tip – Oval silver tinsel
Tag – Orange uni stretch
Tail – Orange hackle fibers
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Black dubbing, yarn, seals fur etc.
Hackle – Black
Wing – Gray Squirrel
Topping – Black krystal flash
Dark Caddis
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange wool
Throat - Coch-y-Bondhu or brown hackle fibers
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Copper Top
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Copper krystal flash
Body - Rear 2/3 - Medium copper wire, Front 1/3 - Black chenille
Collar - Black hen, short
Wing - Copper krystal flash
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Crick
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black calf tail
Body - Rear third, fluorescent pink chenille; the front two-thirds, black chenille
Hackle - Sparse black calf tail tied in at the throat
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body, with an overwing of black calf tail
Author's Note
George Richey of Honor, Michigan, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Coachman
Hooks - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Embossed gold tinsel
Body - Peacock herl, with an underbody of dark olive yarn. Reverse wrapped with fine gold wire
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Cliffs Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Orange
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Orange chenille
Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Clear Creek Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle barbs
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - 1/3rd yellow floss; 1/3rd black floss and 1/3rd red floss
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Bill Kennerly of Happy Camp, California, originated this pattern for the Klamath River
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Chub
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - White yarn, with a fluorescent red strand of yarn up the belly
Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body
Topping - Small bunch of red Flashabou Accent (Krystal flash)
Author's Note
Larry Hicks of Tacoma, Washington, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Brindle Bug
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Two brown hackle tipstied on edge in a V
Body - Black and yellow variegated chenille
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Author's Note
Lloyd Silvius of Eureka, California, originated this pattern in 1960.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
