Monday, October 6, 2025

Al's Special


Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Yellow or Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Yellow chenille
Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom light & Neal Humphrey


Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Yellow chenille
Hackle - Red
Wing - White bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey


Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Yellow chenille
Wing - White bucktail

Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs


Al's Special

Al Knudson

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Yellow
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Yellow chenille
Wing - White bucktail

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

Hooker

Hooker

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red or black

Ribbing - Black wool 

Body - Yellow wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Black calf tail

Steelhead Fly tying Manual - Light & Humphrey

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Incredibile Hulk

Incredible Hulk

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Chartreuse

Tail - Peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Brown uni stretch

Body - Fluorescent green uni stretch and peacock herl

Wing - White calf tail

Hackle - Dyed green guinea hen

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Haile Selassie

Haile Selassie

Hooks - Single sakmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Hackle - Fluorescent orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Black buck tail tied over the body

Topping - Two strands of fluorescent orange yarn

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

Gloria's Green Skirt


Gloria's Green Skirt

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Butt - Fluorescent green chenille wound to form egg shape

Hackle - Fluorescent yellow

Shoulder - Fluorescent hot orange wound to form egg shape

https://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid//fly312.html

Saturday, October 4, 2025

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 bucktail tied low over the body, with overwings of red bucktail, then yellow bucktail tied on top. The wing should be kept very, very sparse

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

Shoo Fly Bucktail

Shoo Fly Bucktail

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Shoulder - Peacock herl

Hackle - Red, sparse, tied on as a beard

Under wing - Yellow bucktail

Over wing - Red and black bucktail, mixed

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Light & Humphrey