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Red Dragon
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Red calf tail
Body - Rear two-thirds, embossed silver tinsel; the front third, dubbed with red lamb's wool
Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Cheeks - Short strand of red yarn tied in at each side and frayed out
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Babine Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent pink (I used red. No pink thread)
Body - Fluorescent pink chenille. Chenille should be wrapped in two larger distinctive lumps
Center Hackle - Fluorescent red tied on as a collar and tied back slightly
Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back slightly
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Body - Orange chenille
Hackle - Orange 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
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange wool yarn
Rib - Gold flat or oval tinsel (optional)
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail with long jungle cock
Author's Note
Unknown, late 1920s or early 1930s
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange wool or chenille
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock (now rarely added)
Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs
Orange Shrimp
Fall Favorite
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Body - Embossed silver tinsel over an underbody of tapered white floss or yarn
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Lloyd Silvius of Eureka, California, originated this pattern in the mid-1940s.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Deschutes Skunk
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural deer hair tied over the body, with a sparse overwing of white bucktail
Don and Lola McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
Deschutes Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool
Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
