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  1. please post the recipe on this fly and future flies not everybody can decipher the materials used thank you
  2. Jean Bucktail Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Orange hackle barbs Body - Flat gold tinsel Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson Hoyt's Killer Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel Body - Black chenille Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body Clyde Hoyt originated this pattern in 1940 for summer-run steelhead. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
  3. McGinty Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Scarlet red hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs, mixed Body - Alternating bands of black and yellow chenille, starting at the rear with black first Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body Also known as the Steelhead McGinty. This is a variation of an old wet-fly pattern. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
  4. Black Gnat Hook - Wet fly Thread - Black Body - Black chenille Hackle - Black Wing - Dark Slate Trout - Ray Bergman
  5. Black Gnat Silver Hook - Wet fly Thread- Black Body - Silver tinsel Hackle - Black Wing - Dark Slate Trout Ray Bergman
  6. Great Dun Hook - Wet fly Tail - Brown mallard Body - Brown cast fur or wool Hackle - Blue gray Wing - Slate Trout - Ray Bergman
  7. Pink Mambo Victor Moore Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Red hackle fibers Body - Rear - pink yarn, front - black chenille Wing - Pink bucktail Hackle - Red Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
  8. full dressed salmon flies deer hair flies. i can spin hair around a hook shank but i prefer not to now with my fading eyesight, size 20 and smaller. i never got the infatuation regarding tying a size 32. is it a macho thing? i can tie woven flies bit they're no pretty (ugly flies do catch fish) however, if i really put my mind to it and study a technique, i think i can do it i'm not into saltwater flies or pike and musky flies. theyre not for me
  9. Pete's Special Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width in length) Body - Rear third, fluorescent green chenille; fore two-thirds, fluorescent red chenille Hackle - Orange as a wet fly collar Wing - White bucktail or calf tail (to end of tail) Originated by Peter McVey The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
  10. Copper Smith Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Bunch yellow calf-tail Body - Flat copper tinsel Ribbing - Fine gold wire or finest oval tinsel Hackle - Bunch yellow calf-tail Wing - Black calf-tail Fishing Flies - Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley
  11. Jeannie Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tag - Oval silver tinsel Tail - Golden pheasant crest Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel Body - Rear third, lemon yellow floss; fore two-thirds, black floss Throat - Black hackle fibers, beard style Wing - Red fox squirrel tail fibers Cheek - Jungle cock eyes (or equivalent) (second eye showing) The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
  12. not everybody has the resources "nuff said
  13. Killer Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width past bend) Ribbing - Medium flat silver tinsel Body - Bright red wool Hackle - Bright red as a wet fly collar Wing - Natural black squirrel tail or black bear hair The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
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