Sustat Sunrise
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Orange calf tail, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Fluorescent fire orange chenille
Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body, with purple Flashabou Accent tied on top
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Witch
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool
Hackle = Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Black
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Orange
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed orange fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Witch - Purple
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Purple hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated the first "Witch" pattern, and fly tiers in southern Oregon created the remaining three patterns.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Surveyor
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - White bucktail, with a smaller bunch of natural brown bucktail tied on top
Body - Rear half, fluorescent orange floss the front half, yellow chenille
Hackle - Brown and grizzly tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with red Flashabou Accent tied in at the sides
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
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
