Steelhead Montreal

Steelhead Montreal

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Claret wool

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Gray squirrel

Pompier

Pompier

[Que] Michel Beaudin (Claude Bernard) 

Hook - Regular or low-water salmon, no. 2-8; double, no. 4-10

Thread - UNI 8/0 black

Tag/Rib - Fine oval gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow golden pheasant rump feather fibers

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Yellow polar bear*

Cheek - (Optional) Jungle cock

Collar - Bright green hackle, long and webby

Head - Red thread covered with clear lacquer

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

*Substitute bucktail unless you are in a country that allows the purchase of polar bear

Stickleback

Stickleback

Roderick Haig-Brown 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Claret hackle fibers

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Pale green or blue silk or wool

Throat - Claret hackle

Wing - Polar bear* (or substitute), sparse, blended orange, blue, green, yellow, olive

*Polar bear in white is hard to find these days let alone dyed colors. I substituted with bucktail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Ches's Black Fly

Ches's Black Fly

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Cream hackle barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Black moose hair tied thick and flared over the body

Author's Note

Ches Traverse of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, originated this pattern in 1970.

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

Addison

Addison

Andrew Dutterer

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Claret dubbing

Hackle - Black

Wing - Polar bear or substitute

Steelhead on the Brain– Deschutes Angler Fly Shop

Preacher

Preacher

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Butt - Fluorescent red floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Petite

Petite 

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Sparse teal blue hackle barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Yellow over red over yellow bucktail. The wing should be kept very, very sparse

Raymond Pelletier of Matane, Quebec, originated this pattern in 1974

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