Bright Water Special

Bright Water Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Amherst tippets dyed blue

Butt - Fluorescent green yarn

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Bright blue yarn (or floss)

Hackle - Kingfisher blue

Wing - Dyed blue squirrel tail

Author's Note

Joe Howell Originator

Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Flirt

Flirt

Hook – Single salmon

Thread – Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail – Dyed purple hackle fibers

Body – Fluorescent orange floss with 2 turns of fluorescent orange chenille at the front

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

Wing – Natural brown bucktail

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

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Tuft of white marabou

Body - Chartreuse crystal chenille

Wing - Red marabou tied over the body, with an over wing of white marabou

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

Author's Note

Jeffery Yax or Manitowoc, Wisconsin, originated this pattern.

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

Firefly

Firefly 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Fluorescent fire orange

Tail - Fluorescent fire orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent orange chenille

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

Wing - Sparse white bucktail tied over the body, with an overwing of white marabou

Topping - Small bunch of pearl Flashabou Accent

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Bill Yonge of Vancouver, British Columbia, umbia, originated this pattern.

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

Dead Chicken

Dead Chicken 

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Grizzly hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Robert Shallenberger of Klamath Falls, Oregon, originated this pattern. 

He rates it high for the Rogue River.

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

Dusk

Dusk

Tom Brayshaw Originator

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent, size 4-6

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Colorette magnifique*

Body - Red and olive chenille wrapped together

Throat - Red and white hackle fibers, mixed

Wing - Polar bear

*Google couldnt translate "Colorette magnifique" so I used red hackle fibers like the photo in the book depicts. Golden pheasant tippets dyed red would also be acceptable.

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren

Donnelly's Coachman

Donnelly's Coachman

Roy Donnelly originated this variation

Hooks - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Orange floss

Tail - Crimson red hackle barbs

Body - Peacock herl, red floss, peacock herl

Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down 

Wing - White over yellow bucktail

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey