Flight's Fancy

Flight's Fancy

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Yellow wool yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White duck or goose quill

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

East Branch

East Branch

Tip - Red floss

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Under wing - White bucktail

Over wing - Black bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Dodger

Dodger

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red or black

Ribbing - Gold embossed tinsel

Body - Brown chenille

Hackle - Red

Wing - Pheasant tail fibers

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Californian

Californian

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Yellow or black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Black and yellow hackle tips (1 of each color)

Ribbing - Black tying thread

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Yellow bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Buck Royal

Buck Royal

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red or black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Shoulder - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White bucktail 

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Ace

Ace

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Blue floss

Hackle - Brown partridge

Wing - Amherst pheasant tippet

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Atherton Squirrel Tail

Atherton Squirrel Tail

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - Black wool or seals fur 

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Red or fox squirrel tail

Reference - Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux