Q. O. T. W.

Q. O. T. W.

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Embossed gold tinsel

Body - Orange wool

Collar - Brown hackle

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

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

Purple McBain

Purple McBain

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold wire or oval gold tinsel

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Purple uni stretch

Throat - Dyed purple hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed black over dyed yellow squirrel tail

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Publicover

Publicover

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Silver wire

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – Red seals fur or substitute dubbing

Wing – Fox squirrel tail

Hackle – White tied on as a collar and tied back

Fish Flies Volume Two – Terry Hellekson

Priest

Priest

Devised by Rev Elmer Smith

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White under body,  black head

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Tail - White hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - White/cream wool yarn

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - White calf tail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Oddball

Oddball

N Frechette Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tag - Orange uni stretch

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black/camel uni yarn

Throat - Peacock sword fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Presbyterian Killer

Presbyterian Killer

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni-stretch

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

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

Pot Scrubber

Pot Scrubber

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat copper tinsel

Throat - Brown

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Author's Note

Devised in 1961 by John McKenzie. 

The name comes from the fact that the copper tinsel originally comes from a pot scrubber.

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Possum Special

Possum Special

Bryan Russell Originator

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - White

Tag - Blue holographic tinsel

Tail - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Green holographic tinsel

Throat - Green nayat goat hair or similar

First wing - Blue nayat goat hair or similar

Second wing - Black nayat goat hair or similar

Third wing - Green nayat goat hair or similar

Cap - Blue krystal flash

Head - Green nail polish

Lacking green nail polish, I used white thread colored with a green marker

Lacking nayat hair, I used bucktail

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Polar White

Polar White

Hook- Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread – White underbody, black head

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body – White floss or uni stretch

Wing – *Polar bear

Hackle – White

*If polar bear is not available, substitute with any white hair you have on hand

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Polaire

Polaire

Gilles Dussureault 

Hook - Single or double salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel, Old Gold floss*

Tail - Light green hen hackle fibers

Rib - Fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Light green hen hackle fibers

Wing - White polar bear or substitute

*I used oval gold tinsel. Don't tell the fish!

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner