Curt's Special

Curt's Special

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tail - Dyed yellow hackle fibers

Butt - Dark orange chenille

Body – Embossed silver tinsel

Hackle – Dyed orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down or as a throat

Wing – Natural brown bucktail

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Helleckson

Cummings

Cummings

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear third, yellow floss; the front two-thirds, thirds, dubbed with claret rabbit fur

Hackle - Claret tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

Ward Cummings and Clarence Gordon originated this pattern in the 1930s for Oregon's Umpqua River. It is still a popular pattern with many anglers.

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

Bjorn's Clearwater Crusher

Bjorn's Clearwater Crusher

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Orange

Tag – Green flashabou

Tail – Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing – Silver wire or oval tinsel

Body – Peacock ice dub or peacock herl

Wing – Sparse mallard or substitute

Hackle – Brown hen

From an Internet Photo

Bird's Copper Stone

Bird’s Copper Stone

Cal Bird Originator

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tag - Copper wire

Body - Three strands of copper wire twisted together then wrapped forward

Collar - Brown hackle

Wing - Brown bucktail

Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Shewey's Spawning Purple

Shewey's Spawning Purple

Hook - Alec Jackson, size 1.5 – 5 or substitute single salmon

Tag - Silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent flame orange single-strand floss or glo brite #5

Wing - 4 or 5 “spikes” of purple marabou

Hackle - Purple

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Collar - Orange-dyed guinea

https://www.johnkreft.com/steelhead-fly-patterns/sheweys-spawning-purple/?sfw=pass1760545475

https://oakorchardflies.proboards.com/thread/682/shewey-spawning-purple-spey-step

Cuenin's Advice

Cuenin's Advice

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Orange hackle barbs

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied over the body

Author's Note

 J. P. Cuenin of San Francisco, California originated this pattern in 1933.

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

Woodcutter

Woodcutter

Steve Bird

Hook - Tiemco 200R or single salmon

Thread - Rust brown

Tag - Copper tinsel

Tailing - Golden pheasant tippet

Rib - Copper Wire

Body - Dark Olive hares mask mixed with a pinch of UV shrimp pink Ice Dub, and a touch of yellow antron behind the collar

Hackle - Palmer brown schlappen

Collar - Rear pheasant rump feather, Front natural guinea

Eyes - Jungle Cock (optional)

https://swingthefly.com/icons-steve-bird/