Nation's Special

Nation's Special

Hook - Number 4 to 8

Tail - Six strands from a golden pheasant tippet feather

Body - Rear third of flat silver tinsel; front two thirds of black floss

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Throat - Speckled guinea fowl

Wing - Mottled grey turkey, enclosing a few strands from a golden pheasant tippet feather

Sides - Jungle cock

Originator - Bill Nelson

"Nation's Special - Old Flies - Fly Angler's OnLine Volumn 5 week 9 " (flyanglersonline.com)

Nation's Fancy

Nation's Fancy

Tail - 15 golden pheasant tippet fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear third silver floss, black floss for the balance 

Hackle - Guinea behind wing on # 6 hooks, badger ahead of the wing on # 4 hooks

Wing - Mallard flank enclosing a few golden pheasant tippet fibers

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Tying - Trey Combes

Nation's Fancy

Thread - Red or black

Body - Silver tinsel

Rib - Oval silver tinsel (front 2/3 of body only)

Hackle - Guinea

Inner wing - Golden pheasant tippet fibers

Outer wing - Mallard flank

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light and Humphrey

Nation's Fancy 

Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 4-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear third, flat silver tinsel; the front two-thirds, thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool 

Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wings - Golden pheasant tippet barbs tied over the body, with barred teal sections tented over the top. (Gray squirrel may be substituted). 

Head - Black

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

Nation's Fancy 

Hooks - AC80500BL, AC80501BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 4-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear third, flat silver tinsel; the front two-thirds, thirds, dubbed with #1 black lamb's wool 

Wings - Golden pheasant tippet barbs tied over the body, with barred teal sections tied in on the sides

Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back

Head - Black

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Hellekson

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

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