Orange Demon

Orange Demon 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Fluorescent orange hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with fluorescent orange rabbit fur

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

Wing - Dyed black deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

This fly was taken from an original pattern of Jim Pray's that was never fully developed. This fly is also tied with a fluorescent green body, yet it is referred to as an Orange Demon variation.

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

Professor

Professor

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

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

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Author's Note

This is a steelhead variation of an old Scottish wet-fly pattern that dates back to about 1830.

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

McClain's Fancy

McClain's Fancy 

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tail - Coastal blacktail deer hair

Ribbing - Single strand of brown yarn

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool

Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body

Author's Note

Don McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern for summer-run fish. This fly should be sparsely dressed and fished with a floating line in the surface film.

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

Feather Merchant

Feather Merchant

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs

Butt - Dubbed with red lamb's wool

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel over peacock only

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle: Orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wing - Red calf tail tied over the body

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Author's Note

Ted Trueblood originated this fly in the early I 960s as a tribute to Wayne "Buz" Buszek and his Feather River Trading Company. The gesture proved to be more than that; many fish have since surrendered to it.

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

Feather Merchant

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Butt - Red uni stretch

Body - Peacock herl

Throat - Orange hackle fibers

Wing - Red calf tail

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphreys (1979)

McLeods' Skykomish Sunrise

McLeods' Skykomish Sunrise

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Red chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Author's Note 

Ken and George McLeod of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1940s.

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

Skykomish Yellow

Skykomish Yellow

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Author's Note

Ken and George McLeod of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern in the 1940s.

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

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Nite Owl (Silvius)

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Butt - 2 turns of red chenille

Body - Silver oval tinsel

Hackle - Orange

Wing - White bucktail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann