Scoodic Sunrise
Variation
Mike Best
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel and Fluorescent orange floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear, Pearl; tinsel; Front, Peacock herl
Hackle - Blue hen tied in before the wing
Wing - Gray fox* and orange krystal flash
Collar - Orange hen
*I used gray squirrel
Shrimp
L.A. Lapointe
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tag - Oval gold tinsel and pale yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Pale pink floss
Wing - Silver monkey or gray squirrel, over which is a sparse mixture of black, white and tan calf tail or bucktail
Collar - Yellow hackle in front of which is olive dun hackle
Lake Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Fluff from a red hackle
Under body - White uni stretch, tapered
Over body - Holographic tinsel
Throat - Fluff from a red hackle
Wing - Polar bear or substitute
Lazer Green Butt
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Olive
Under body - Silver tinsel
Over body - Green lazer wrap or edge brite
Thorax - Black cactus chenille
Hackle - Black
Wing - White bucktail
Fly Tying the Angler's Art - Leroy Hyatt
Assassin
Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 8-10
Thread - Olive
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with a 50/50 blend of olive and brown lamb's wool
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Small bunch of brown-olive Flashabou Accent tied over the body
Author's Note
Dale Lackey originated this pattern for late summer and fall runs.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Cosseboom Special
Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Embossed silver tinsel wrapped well down the bend of hook
Tail - Strand of light olive floss
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Light olive floss
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body and extending to the end of tail
Hackle - Yellow hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
