Red Dragon
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Red calf tail
Body - Rear two-thirds, embossed silver tinsel; the front third, dubbed with red lamb's wool
Hackle - Badger tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Cheeks - Short strand of red yarn tied in at each side and frayed out
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Babine Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent pink (I used red. No pink thread)
Body - Fluorescent pink chenille. Chenille should be wrapped in two larger distinctive lumps
Center Hackle - Fluorescent red tied on as a collar and tied back slightly
Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back slightly
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Body - Orange chenille
Hackle - Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange wool yarn
Rib - Gold flat or oval tinsel (optional)
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail with long jungle cock
Author's Note
Unknown, late 1920s or early 1930s
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Orange Shrimp
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange wool or chenille
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock (now rarely added)
Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies - Trey Combs
Orange Shrimp
Fall Favorite
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Body - Embossed silver tinsel over an underbody of tapered white floss or yarn
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Orange calf tail tied over the body
Author's Note
Lloyd Silvius of Eureka, California, originated this pattern in the mid-1940s.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Deschutes Skunk
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural deer hair tied over the body, with a sparse overwing of white bucktail
Don and Lola McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art
Deschutes Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool
Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Doc Spratley
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Barred mallard barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Bunch of ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body
Authors Note
Dick Prankard of Mt. Vernon, Washington, originated this fly about 1949. The fly was named after Dr. Donald Spratley who was a dentist in Mt. Vernon. He and his friends used it for fishing the lakes in British Columbia that had large caddisfly hatches.
I was first introduced to this pattern in 1963 on northern Washington's Ross Lake where it was the only fly we used for a full week. The version of this fly that we were fishing with had a peacock herl head and grizzly hackle barbs for the tail. I later learned that it was proving successful for both summer and winter-run steelhead. Needless to say, you will find a great many variations of this pattern and I have found it tied up to size 1/0.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Doc Spratley
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Barred mallard barbs
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Bunch of ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the body
Head - Peacock herl
