Clear Creek Special

Clear Creek Special 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle barbs

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - 1/3rd yellow floss; 1/3rd black floss and 1/3rd red floss

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Bill Kennerly of Happy Camp, California, originated this pattern for the Klamath River

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

Chub

Chub

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel

Body - White yarn, with a fluorescent red strand of yarn up the belly

Hackle - White tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Topping - Small bunch of red Flashabou Accent (Krystal flash)

Author's Note

Larry Hicks of Tacoma, Washington, originated this pattern.

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

Brindle Bug

Brindle Bug 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Two brown hackle tipstied on edge in a V

Body - Black and yellow variegated chenille

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Lloyd Silvius of Eureka, California, originated this pattern in 1960.

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

Chiquita

Chiquita

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - White marabou, with a small bunch of fluorescent yellow marabou tied on top

Body - Copper wire

Hackle - Small bunch of fluorescent yellow marabou tied in at the throat

Wing - Fluorescent yellow marabou

Topping - Small bunch of red Flashabou Accent

Author's Note

Darwin Atkin of Porterville, California, originated this pattern.

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

Chief

Chief

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with brown-gray raccoon fur

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body and extending to the end of tail

Hackle - Natural black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

Originator unknown, but the fly popped up in northern California around 1950 and was popular for three or four seasons.

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

Chaveney

Chaveney

Hook - Single salmon 

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Muskrat dubbing

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Brown bucktail

Fish Flies Volume Two - Terry Helleckson

Chappie

Chappie

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Orange

Tail - Grizzly hackle tips tiedon edge in a V with concave sides out

Body - Dubbed with orange lamb's wool

Wings - Grizzly neck hackle tied on edge in a V over the body with concave sides out

Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back

Author's Note

C. L. Franklin of Los Angeles, California, originated this pattern about 1945. During the later 1940s and early 1950s there were a number of articles written about this fly, suggesting it was an international predator of fish. Those articles that touted it as a "real killer" on the Klamath River for steelhead and salmon were overstated. At best, this fly never achieved any acceptance other than as a mediocre summer-run fly when tied in a size 8. It is a good crappie and bass fly and it probably should be treated as such.

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