The Grey One

The Grey One

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Floss silk or light green wool

Rib - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Pale grey wool

Wings - Pale grey fine calf tail

Collar - Grizzly hen feather

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The Grima

The Grima

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle tips

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Rear half yellow floss divided by black ostrich herl and front half black floss

Throat - Yellow

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

Author's Note

A good substitute for the Lanctot or even the Jock Scott.

Original fly by Kristjan Gislason of Reykjavik (Iceland)

This fly can also be tied in blue. green, red, orange, etc...

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Warrington Special

Warrington Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - UNI Axxel 6 Silver Black

Butt - UNI-Stretch Green

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - UNI Axxel 6 Silver Black

Wing - Black bear or skunk

Collar - 2 turns of chartreuse hen neck

Add 2 strand's of UNI Axxel 6 Peacock on each side of the wing

The Warrington Special can fish all types of water.

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Prism

Prism

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Olive

Tag - Copper wire

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle collar - Grizzly

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

The Prism was first tied by Mark Bachmann in the early eighties.  He designed it to be an unobtrusive pattern for low, clear water.  However, during the time period mentioned here, the water was medium level with visibility that averaged four to six feet. This is normal October conditions for the Deschutes during good years.  In October, many summer steelhead have been away from the Ocean feeding-grounds for several months.  They start to forget about the brightly colored marine organisms that nurtured them there and begin to turn "trouty" in their behavior, looking for things with more freshwater coloration. The Prism turned the trick. Several very large steelhead have been taken on this pattern.  It has proven itself very useful as a come-back fly, after steelhead have risen to, but have refused a brighter colored fly.

Queen Bess

Queen Bess

(Silver Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Queen Bess

(Copper Wire Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Silver or copper wire

Throat - Golden pheasant tippets

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Fishing Flies & Fly Tying - William F Blades

Queen Bess

(Flat Silver Tinsel Body)

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray squirrel tail

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over yellow bucktail

Reference - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies - Trey Combs

Princess

Princess

Hooks – Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange bucktail

Body - Copper wire

Wing – Yellow bucktail over gray squirrel tail

Author's Note

Peter J. Schwab originated this and similar patterns between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s while he was residing in Yreka, California. This fly was inspired by Charles H. Conrad of San Francisco, California. The wings should be cocked upward 40-50°.

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

Lakefork Orange Variation

Lakefork Orange

Variation

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat copper tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers or golden pheasant crest

Rib - Flat copper tinsel

Body - Orange yarn or dubbing

Throat - Fluorescent red marabou

Wing - Dark brown bucktail topped with a few strands of lime crystal flash

Topping - Golden pheasant crest

Collar - Yellow saddle hackle

Author's Note

Lakefork Orange is mentioned in Bruce Ferguson, Les Johnson, and Pat Trotters book, Fly Fishing for Pacific Salmon (which see), attributed to Don Hathaway, who tied it for the Salmon River in Idaho. This variation has a yellow collar and a touch of lime Krystal flash instead of a yellow Golden Pheasant crest topping.

*I used both the krystal flash and golden pheasant crest topping.

Lakefork Orange Variation Tied by Steve Burke