Midnight Sun
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Orange hackle and guinea fowl barbs mixed
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange chenille
Wing - Sparse black bucktail tied over the body
Hackle - Guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back
Author's Note
Mike Frith of Renton, Washington, originated this pattern
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Jean Bucktail
Hooks - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange hackle barbs
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Hoyt's Killer
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body
Author's Note
Clyde Hoyt originated this pattern in 1940 for summer-run steelhead.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
McGinty
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs, mixed
Body - Alternating bands of black and yellow chenille, starting at the rear with black first
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Also known as the Steelhead McGinty. This is a variation of an old wet-fly pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pink Mambo
Victor Moore
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rear - pink yarn, front - black chenille
Wing - Pink bucktail
Hackle - Red
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Pete's Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width in length)
Body - Rear third, fluorescent green chenille; fore two-thirds, fluorescent red chenille
Hackle - Orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - White bucktail or calf tail (to end of tail)
Originated by Peter McVey
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Pete's Special
Peter McVey - Originator
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rear fluorescent green floss, front fluorescent red chenille
Wing - White bucktail
Hackle - Orange hen
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Copper Smith
Hook - Single or double salmon, sizes 2–10
Thread - Black
Tail - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Ribbing - Fine gold wire or finest oval tinsel
Hackle - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Wing - Black calf-tail
Author’s Note
This is another salmon fly by Hans P. Odegard, who ties
flies in the Norwegian copper-mining town of Røros. Hans acts as guide on the
wonderful Gaula River in summer, and this fly catches many salmon there. It is
excellent elsewhere in the salmon world.
Extra hotspots (e.g.
a tag of fluorescent red floss) and a little flash (3–4 strands of Crystal
Hair) may increase the effectiveness of this fly.
Fishing Flies – Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley
