Dingbat
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent orange chenille
Hackle - Furnace 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
Deschutes Demon
Don McClain, 1960's
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Embossed gold tinsel
Tail - Hot orange hackle
Ribbing - Embossed gold tinsel
Body - Antique gold wool yarn
Hackle - Hot orange
Wing - White Bucktail over brown bucktail
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Dec. 25th
Jeff Weltz
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Dark green saddle hackle flue or dark green marabou
Tag/Rib - Gold wire.
Body - Red metallic tape or red holographic tinsel
Beard - Dark green saddle hackle fibers
Wing - Red bucktail or calf tail under red flashabou or krystal flash
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Dark Priest
Hook – Single salmon
Thread – Purple
Tip – Oval silver tinsel
Tag – Orange uni stretch
Tail – Orange hackle fibers
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Black dubbing, yarn, seals fur etc.
Hackle – Black
Wing – Gray Squirrel
Topping – Black krystal flash
Dark Caddis
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange wool
Throat - Coch-y-Bondhu or brown hackle fibers
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
