Pompier

Pompier

[Que] Michel Beaudin (Claude Bernard) 

Hook - Regular or low-water salmon, no. 2-8; double, no. 4-10

Thread - UNI 8/0 black

Tag/Rib - Fine oval gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow golden pheasant rump feather fibers

Body - Black chenille

Wing - Yellow polar bear*

Cheek - (Optional) Jungle cock

Collar - Bright green hackle, long and webby

Head - Red thread covered with clear lacquer

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

*Substitute bucktail unless you are in a country that allows the purchase of polar bear

Stickleback

Stickleback

Roderick Haig-Brown 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Claret hackle fibers

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Pale green or blue silk or wool

Throat - Claret hackle

Wing - Polar bear* (or substitute), sparse, blended orange, blue, green, yellow, olive

*Polar bear in white is hard to find these days let alone dyed colors. I substituted with bucktail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

Ches's Black Fly

Ches's Black Fly

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Cream hackle barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Black moose hair tied thick and flared over the body

Author's Note

Ches Traverse of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, originated this pattern in 1970.

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

Addison

Addison

Andrew Dutterer

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Claret dubbing

Hackle - Black

Wing - Polar bear or substitute

Steelhead on the Brain– Deschutes Angler Fly Shop

Preacher

Preacher

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tip - Fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Butt - Fluorescent red floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Petite

Petite 

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

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

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Sparse teal blue hackle barbs tied in at the throat

Wing - Yellow over red over yellow bucktail. The wing should be kept very, very sparse

Raymond Pelletier of Matane, Quebec, originated this pattern in 1974

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

Sneaky

Sneaky 

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10

Thread - Red

Tail - Orange bucktail

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange lamb's wool

Hackle - Black hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat and extending to the point of the hook

Wing - Sparse orange bucktail tied low over the body

Topping - Stands of peacock herl

Authors Note

Mike and Bob Boudreau of Montreal, Canada, originated this pattern in 1992. They have found it to be successful on all of the rivers where it has been used. Mike wrote to me, stating, "The fly has proven to be a great success (actually a bit too successful, you can be off the river early with this one if you are not careful)." During low-water conditions they also tie this fly on fine wire (low-water) hooks down to size 12.

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