Alaska Mary Ann

Alaska Mary Ann

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Crimson red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - White chenille

Wing - White bucktail

Cheeks - Jungle fowl

Author's Note

Frank Dufresne originated this pattern. For lack of anything else to work with, Frank made the first fly with a red tail, cream wool body with a silver wire ribbing, and a polar bear wing. 

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

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Silver Vulture

Silver Vulture 

Tip - Gold wire

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray squirrel tail with an overwing of brown mink tail*

Cheeks - Jungle fowl

Hackle - Medium blue

Head - Black with a red center band

*I dont own mink tails so I used brown bucktail

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

Yellow Bucktail

Yellow Bucktail 

Tail - Golden pheasant crest 

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Yellow bucktail 

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

Black Marie

Black Marie

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Black bear

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

Orange Bucktail

Orange Bucktail 

Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent red floss

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black 

Wing - Orange bucktail

Cheeks - Jungle fowl

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

DeFeo's Black Diamond

DeFeo's Black Diamond 

Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black yarn

Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Red bucktail with an overwing of dyed black squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle fowl

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

Aguanus

Aguanus

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dark orange floss
First Wing - Small bunch of golden pheasant tippet barbs tied over the body, with an over wing of a dyed yellow hackle tip tied flat
First Hackle - Bright blue tied on as a collar and tied back
Second Wing - Small bunch of golden pheasant tippet barbs
Second Hackle - Black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Francois Barnard of Sept-Isle, Quebec, originated this pattern

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