Thursday, June 25, 2026

Good 'ol Boy


Good 'ol Boy

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tag - Green uni stretch or floss

Tail - Green hackle

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Green krystal flash

Collar - Green hackle

From an Internet Photo


Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Dungarvon

Dungarvon

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Guinea hen fibers

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Red floss or uni stretch

Throat - Guinea hen fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Hair-Wing-Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Green Winged Squirrel


Green Winged Squirrel 

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Tip - Fine gold wire

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Butt - Fluorescent orange floss

Body - Peacock herl. Reverse wrapped with fine gold wire

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

Wing - Dyed green gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Topping - Strands of green Flashabou Accent

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

Grandma's Coat


Grandma's Coat

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Orange

Tail - Mixed bucktail or polar bear in red, yellow, purple, green and orange, one body length 
(bucktail pictured)

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - First half, olive seals fur, front half purple seals fur (I used uni-yarn as a substitute)

Wing - Same as tail, tied long, extending 1/2 body length past hook bend

Collar - Soft orange hen neck hackle

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Grebiche


Grebiche

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Red

Tag - Copper wire

Body - Silver tinsel

Rib - Twisted black floss

Wing - Dyed Yellow Grey Squirrel

Hackle - Green

From a Youtube video

Monday, June 22, 2026

Gorgeous George


Gorgeous George

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver wire

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Black floss

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Collar - Orange

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Gorilla

Gorilla

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed black hackle fibers

Body - Black floss

Ribbing - Closely wound oval silver tinsel

Throat - Dyed black hackle fibers

Wing - Dark woodchuck hair

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Golie B

Golie B

Wally Harris 

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel and yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Red ultra-fine micro chenille

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Gold floss

Throat - Olive hackle fibers

Wing - Pine squirrel* over gold krystal flash

*I used red fox squirrel

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Saturday, June 20, 2026

The Polar

The Polar

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-8

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag - Golden floss

Tail - Green hackle fibers

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Polar bear hair

Throat - Green hackle fibers

Author's Note
Gilles Dessureault lives in Lévis, more precisely in the Saint-Romuald district, and has been fly fishing for many years.
Like all experienced salmon anglers, he suffers from acute salmonitis (a thankfully incurable condition) durinthe winter season, and he enjoys designing flies for the upcoming fishing season. About twenty years ago, he inventedthe Polar, a fly that deserves to be better known. In fact, since then, it has brought him particular success on the Bonaventure River. In his opinion, it would be most effective in partly sunny conditions and tied on size 6 to 10 double hooks.

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Golden Girl



Golden Girl


Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6


Thread - Black


Tag -  Flat gold tinsel and fluorescent green floss


Tail - Golden pheasant tippet


Rib - Oval gold tinsel


Body - Black floss


Throat Hackle - Natural black hackle with a green tinge


Wing - Black squirrel tail


Cheeks - Jungle cock


Author's Note


The Golden Girl is a derivative of the Green Butt devised by Dave Goulet. 
A white or yellow throat hackle may be substituted to give a change of emphasis.

The Complete Dictionary of Salmon flies - Chris Mann


Dave Goulet of New Hartford, originated this pattern


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