Silver Brown Bucktail
Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 2-6
Thread - Black
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Dark brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body
Author's Note
This is a variation of a bucktail streamer pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Salmo Le Sac
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Peacock sword feather barbs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with salmon rabbit fur
Hackle - Furnace hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Pink Rat
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Prichard's Comet
Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 2-8
Thread - Red
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange bucktail
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle - Yellow and scarlet red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back
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Nation's Special
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
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