Thursday, November 23, 2023

Gibson Girl

Gibson Girl

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Budy - Orange wool yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown bucktail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys

Admiral


Admiral

Tail - Red hackle fibers or red bucktail

Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel

Body - Red wool yarn

Collar - Red hackle

Wing - White bucktail/calf tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Forrest Powell

Forrest Powell 

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Hot orange chenille

Wing - White bucktail

Hackle - Red

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Ashdung Green

Ashdung Green

Tail - Red duck or goose quill

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Claret wool yarn

Hackle - Red beard style

Wing - White duck or goose quill

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

Monday, November 20, 2023

Foxfire

Foxfire

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail tied short, with a very sparse bunch of fluorescent orange hackle barbs tied on top

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body, with an overwing of peacock sword feather barbs

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

Claude Westfall of Orono, Maine, originated this pattern in 1984

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

Chamon

Chamon

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tag - Short strand of fluorescent green floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent green floss

Hackle - Bright green tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Sparse dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

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


Sunday, November 19, 2023

Bucktail Doctor

Bucktail Doctor 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Natural brown bucktail tied low over the body

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