Allot Fly - Blue & Orange

 

Allot Fly - Blue

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Fluorescent Blue wool yarn cut short (Danville Depth Ray yarn)

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Allot Fly, Orange 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Fluorescent orange yarn (Danville Depth Ray yarn)

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

 Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - Dyed orange gray squirrel tail 

Cheeks - Jungle cock 

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

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

Hardy's Favorite

Hardy's Favorite 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Red floss

Tail - Orange hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs mixed

Ribbing - Twisted red floss

Body - Peacock herl

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

Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body

 Adapted from an old English wet fly tied by J. J. Hardy of Hardy Brothers, Alnwick, England. It is believed that this adaptation took place in the 1920s.

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

Conway Special

Conway Special

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson red and white hackle barbs mixed

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Hackle - Yellow and crimson red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of a small bunch of red bucktail

Author's Note

Dan Conway of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in 1934. At the time this extraordinary, one-armed commercial tier created this fly, it had a peacock head and white duck quill wings with a married narrow section of red duck quill.

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

White Wing

White Wing

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear fourth, yellow yarn; next fourth, orange yarn; next fourth, red yarn; and front fourth, black yarn

Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White monga ringtail or substitute, tied low over the body

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

Teagle Bee

Teagle Bee

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Narrow section of red goose quill

Body - Yellow and black chenille wrapped together

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied low over the body

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Silver Blue

Silver Blue 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

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

Nuit Blanche - Sleepless Night

Nuit Blanche - Sleepless Night

(Google Translation)

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, oval gold tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - White calf tail tied low over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Raymond Dussault originated this pattern in 1984.

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