Gray Hackle Yellow

Gray Hackle Yellow

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - White under body, black head

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Grizzly

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Blueberg

Blueberg

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Tan

Body - Wrapped with fine dyed blue pearlescent braided mylar piping or blue holographic tinsel

Wing - White calf tied over the body, with an overwing of a barred mallard flankfeather tied flat

Hackle - Ginger tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

John Kluesing of Baldwin, Michigan, originated this pattern.

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

Harry Kari Bucktail

Harry Kari Bucktail 

(Variation)

Harry Lemire

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black 

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Narrow black chenille

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Pheasant shoulder

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

I tied a variation. Recipe indicated a tag of oval gold tinsel but the photo of the fly had it omitted.

I also substituted guinea fowl for pheasant shoulder

Gray & Green Drake

Gray Drake

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred mallard barbs

Ribbing - Heavy black thread

Body - Dubbed with white lamb's wool

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

This pattern and the Green Drake were used on a regular basis for late summer and fall runs of steelhead on the Trinity and Klamath rivers during the 1940s and 1950s. The wing on the Gray Drake originally called for silver monkey and when that was no longer available I believe most anglers reverted to other patterns. My father and I simply substituted California gray squirrel tail for the wing and had equal success. Later eastern gray squirrel was also found to be acceptable. The wing on the Green Drake called for black monkey; however, dyed black squirrel tail can always be substituted.

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

Green Drake

Hooks - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred teal barb

Ribbing - Heavy black thread

Body - Dubbed with olive lamb's wool

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

Guinea Egg

Guinea Egg

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear three-fourths, medium green floss; the front fourth, fluorescent red chenille

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

Author's Note

Jeffery Yax of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, originated this pattern.

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

Gray Catt

Grey Catt

Variation*

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tag - Flat gold Tinsel

Tail - Dyed red hackle fibers*

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Uni yarn tan*

Hackle - Mottled hen hackle

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Original Recipe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9butua6go

Green Butt Skunk

Green Butt Skunk

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Butt - Fluorescent green chenille

Ribbing - Silver flat or oval tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Black

Wing - White calf tail

Author's Note

Dan Callahan, circa 1975

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Gold Demon

Gold Demon

Hooks - Single Salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Golden pheasant crest 

Body - Oval gold tinsel 

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body

This fly was probably brought into the United States from New Zealand during the 1930s. 

Jim Pray is largely responsible for popularizing it out of his little shop in Eureka, California.

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

Ward's Wasp

Ward's Wasp

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Butt - Yellow chenille

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Brown bucktail

Author's Note

Ed Ward Originator

Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Funfly

Funfly

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Red

Tag - Copper wire

Tail - Fluorescent red marabou

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Fluorescent yellow chenille

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Collar - Black hen

Throat - Eurasian jay or dyed blue guinea fowl

Author's Note

A Peter Dunne pattern, which he says is loved by grisle, during the early morningor evening hours of a summer's day. In the summerof 1979, Peter took four silvery leapersin an hour, hence the name.

Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner