Brown Tippet

Brown Tippet

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Dyed red golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Black fur

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Collar - Brown hen hackle

Brown Mystery

Brown Mystery

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Fluorescent orange floss

Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat. Keep short and sparse just a wisp

Wing - Red pine squirrel tail tied low over the body

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

Brown Samson Special

Brown Samson Special

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Yellow (Globrite #9)

Tag - Yellow (Globrite #9)

Ribbing - Yellow (Globrite #9)

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Brown moose hairs

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Blue Skunk

Blue Skunk

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel 

Butt - Yellow ostrich feather 

Ribs - Oval gold tinsel 

Body - Pale blue wool or floss

Wing - White skunk hairs (or substitute) over black squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock 

Collar - Black hen feather

Author's Note

The "Blue Skunk" is a creation of Mr. Yves Veilleux. It has proven itself on several rivers in the Gaspé Peninsula. 

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Brown Bug Orange Butt

Brown Bug Orange Butt

Hook - Long nymph/streamer style

Thread - Black

Butt - Orange uni stretch

Body - Deer hair

Hackle - Brown

Boyd Special

Boyd Special

Mike Arsenault Originator

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Chartreuse

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red bucktail

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Green yarn

Throat - Chartreuse bucktail

Wing - Lime green krystal flash over chartreuse bucktail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Brenda's Delight

Brenda's Delight 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Sparse black calf tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and kept sparse

Author's Note

Mike Boudreau of Montreal, Canada, originated this pattern

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