Fly Pattern Dictionary: Classic Salmon and Steelhead Flies

The Trey Combs Fly Pattern Dictionary is an expanding reference to classic salmon flies, steelhead flies, Spey flies, Dee flies, and modern anadromous fly patterns. Compiled by Trey Combs and Mark Combs, this index brings together fly pattern histories, dressing notes, archive images, and links to essays based on Trey’s books, articles, and fly-fishing records dating back to the late 1960s.

Alphabetical Steelhead & Salmon Fly Pattern Index

Admiral - Tail: Red bucktail or hackle fibers. Body: Red wool ribbed with medium gold tinsel. Hackle: Red. Wing: White bucktail or polar bear fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Alaska Mary Ann - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: White chenille ribbed with silver wireor tinsel. Wing: White bucktail or polar bear fur. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Algan - Tail: Red or hot orange hackle fibers. Body: Black chenille ribbed with silver tinsel. Hackle: Black and claret wound together. Wing: Black bear fur or black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Almvig - Body: Hot orange yarn ribbed with embossed silver tinsel. Wing: Red or orange calf tail over white polar bear fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Al’s Special - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Yellow chenille ribbed with silver tinsel. Hackle: Red. Wing: White bucktail. Original Design: Al Knudson. Al’s Special - Image & Pattern History

Babine Special - Butt: Two turns fluorescent flame chenille. Body: Black chenille. Hackle: Deep fluorescent orange, long and soft. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Badger Hackle Peacock - Tip: Oval gold tinsel. Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Peacock herl. Hackle: Badger, long. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Badger Hackle - Tail: Red and badger hackle fibers. Body: Yellow wool. Hackle: Long badger tied palmer. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Big Henry - Tail: Golden pheasant crest. Body: Rear 2/3 blue heron herl ribbed with fine gold tinsel, front 1/3 of claret polar bear fur dubbing. Hackle: Two turns of dark blue dun, long. Head: Red tying thread. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Beauty - Tail: Black hackle fibers. Body: Flame chenille. Hackle: Black. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Bomber - Tail: Fluorescent orange hackle fibers. Body: Black chenille. Wing: White polar bear fur extending to just beyond the body. Head: Black with “eyes” of white plastic rings cut from 14 gauge electrical wire coating. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Coachman - Body: Black chenille. Hackle: Brown. Wing: White bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Demon - Tail: Barred wood duck. Body: Flat or oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Orange. Wing: Black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Diamond - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Body: Black floss or seal or synthetic dubbing. Rib: Medium oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Guinea rump feather tied under like a beard. Underwing: Gray squirrel tail, four peacock sword fibers over. Wing: Guinea rump feathers tied flat. Wing: Guinea rump fibers tied flat. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: Harry Lemire. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1 — See Also: Black Diamond - Image & Pattern History

Black Gnat Bucktail - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Black chenille or black ostrich. Hackle: Black. Wing: Brown bucktail from the naturally-brown back of the tail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Gordon - Body: Rear third red yarn, black yarn for the balance, rib with gold tinsel, Hackle: Black, Wing: Black or dark brown bucktail. Original Design: Clarence Gordon. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1. — See Also: Black Gordon - Image & Pattern History

Black-Green Helmet Classic - Tube: Fluorescent chartreuse. Tail: Fluorescent Chartreuse SSS tail fiber. Body: Quarter bare tubing, quarter Mirage tinsel, quarter Sealice Silver SSS Holo Braid, quarter Charcoal Black SSS Dubbing or Glitz Dubbing. Ribbing: Twisted Alta Gold SSS Holo Braid. Body hackle: Black cock hackle. Front hackle: Soft black hackle. Wing: Hot Greenlander Green SSS Angel Hair HD, chartreuse soft hair, Gaudy Green SSS Angel Hair, soft black hair, Nasty Rusty SSS Angel Hair, three to five peacock herls dyed lime green. Sides: Jungle cock. Cone: Fluorescent chartreuse FITS Tungsten Half Turbo. Designed By Mikael Frodin. Black-Green Helmet Classic - Image & Pattern History

Black Prince - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Rear third yellow wool, black yarn for the balance. Rib with oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Black. Wing: Black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Black Ranger - (hook, 1 1/4 to 2 inches). Tag: Silver thread and lemon floss. Tail: A topping and Indian Crow. Butt: Black herl. Body: Black floss. Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist. Hackle: A black hackle. Throat: A deep blue hackle. Wings: A pair of Jungle Cock feathers (back to back) covered for three-quarters of their length by two pairs of tippets (back to back). Sides: Jungle Cock. Cheeks: Blue Chatterer; a topping over. Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw. Original Design: T. E. Pryce-Tannatt. These are original dressing notes from: Pryce-Tannatt,T.E. (1914) How To Dress Salmon Flies.‍ ‍Black Ranger - Image & Pattern History

Black Spook - Tail: Black hackle fibers. Body: Red wool ribbed with gold tinsel. Hackle: Black. Wing: White bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Blue Charm - Tag: Silver tinsel. Tail: Topping. Body: Black floss. Ribs: Silver tinsel. Throat: Blue. Wings: Broad strips of mallard, 2 narrow strips of teal, topping. Head: Black. Blue Charm - Image & Pattern History

Brad’s Brat - Tail: Orange fluorescent over white bucktail. Tag: Fine flat silver or gold tinsel. Body: Rear half orange wool, front half red wool, rib entire body with flat gold tinsel. Hackle: Long brown widgeon flank. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Red. Original Design: Enos Bradner. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1 — See Also: Brad’s Brat - Image & Pattern History

Brindle Bug - Tail: Natural brown hackle tips. Body: Black and yellow variegated chenille wound with the first turn under the tail to turn it up. Hackle: Natural brown. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Brown Drake - Tail: Teal flank. Body: Pale olive-green floss ribbed with black tying thread. Hackle: Cock-Y-Bondhu. Wing: Teal flank with brown bucktail overwing. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Brown Legged Shrimp - Body: Oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Brown. Wing: Grey bucktail. Pull down and tie again at the end of the tinsel body. Wing becomes shrimp’s back and tail. The tail should extend about equal to the length of the hook shank. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Bucktail Coachman - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Peacock herl. Hackle: Brown. Wing: White bucktail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Bucktail McGinty - Tail: Red hackle fibers and grey mallard. Body: Alternate bands of black and yellow chenille. Hackle: Brown. Wing: Grey squirrel tail with white tips. Alternate wing: White over brown bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Burlap - Tail: Grey or light brown bucktail. Body: Strands of burlap wound tight and scored to give a ragged appearance. Hackle: Grizzly, long. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Bush Master - Tail: Nutria fur. Body: Brown wool palmered with grizzly hackle clipped short to taper toward the tail. Hackle: Grizzly. Wing: Nutria fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Caldwell - Tail: Fluorescent red hackle. Tag: Flat silver tinsel. Body: Fluorescent pink wool ribbed with flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Fluorescent red. Wing: Red over white polar bear fur (or bucktail), evenly divided. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Carbon - Tail: Black hackle. Tag: Embossed silver tinsel. Butt: Black ostrich. Body: Black wool palmered with black hackle and ribbed with embossed silver tinsel. Hackle: Black. Wing: Black bucktail. Topping: Hot orange calf tail one-third body length. Head: Black with a fluorescent orange ring aft meeting the topping. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Carnegie - Tag: Silver twist and scarlet silk. Tail: A topping and Summer Duck. Butt: Black herl. Body: In two equal sections: (1) yellow silk, ribbed with silver tinsel, butted with Indian Crow above and below, and black herl (2) light blue silk, ribbed with silver tinsel (oval). Hackle: A yellow hackle from centre. Wings: Tippet fibres, Swan dyed yellow and red, Golden Pheasant tail, powdered blue Macaw, Summer Duck, and a topping. Sides: Jungle, Head: Scarlet wool. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Carnegie - Image & Pattern History

Carron (Spey) - Body orange, bars of silver tinsel. Hackle, black feature from the breat of the heron. Wing, mallard. Original Design: George “Gordie” Shanks. These are original dressing notes from: Knox, A.E. (1872) Autumns on the Spey. (Additional Fly Pattern Notes - Trey Combs: An unusually “bright” Spey fly which normally use more somber colors. The orange body on some antique flies used a lighter orange. Thought to be named after a famous beat on the River Spey). Carron (Spey) - Image & Pattern History

Carson Royal Coachman - Tail: Golden pheasant tippet fibers. Body: Peacock herl with a scarlet floss center. Hackle: Brown. Wing: White goose primary strips with a single red center strip. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Chappie - Tail: Tips of two grizzly hackles face to face. Body: Orange wool ribbed with orange silk thread or gold tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly. Wings Two long grizzly hackles tied back to back and high off the hook. Original Design: C.L. “Outdoor” Franklin. Chappie - Image & Pattern History

Chief - Tail: Red hackle. Body: Tan fur dubbing, darker guard hairs left for a somewhat ragged, “buggy” appearance. Rib with flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Black. Wing: Black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Coachman - Tip: Gold tinsel. Body: Peacock herl. Hackle: Brown. Wing: White bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Conway Special - Tip: Gold tinsel. Tail: Red and white hackle fibers. Body: Yellow wool palmered with yellow hackle and ribbed with gold tinsel. Hackle: Red and yellow wound together. Wing: White goose primary sections with a narrow red section married along each side. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Copper Demon - Tail: Hot orange marabou. Body: Copper tinsel. Hackle: Hot orange. Wing: Hot orange polar bear fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Childers - (hook, 1 1/4 to 3 inches): Tag: Silver thread and pale blue floss. Tail: A topping and Indian Crow. Butt: Black herl. Body: Golden yellow floss, orange and fiery brown Seal’s fur in equal sections. Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist. Hackle: A badger hackle dyed lemon. Throat: Golden Pheasant breast feather, followed by Widgeon. Wings: Mixed - a pair of Golden Pheasant breast feathers (back to back); “married” strands of scarlet, blue, orange and yellow Swan, Bustard, Florican, Golden Pheasant tail, cinnamon and mottled grey Turkey tail. Sides: Barred Summer Duck strips. Cheeks: Blue Chatterer; a topping over all. Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw. Original Design: George Kelson. These are original dressing notes from: Pryce-Tannatt,T.E. (1914) How To Dress Salmon Flies. Childers - Image & Pattern History

Coquihalla Series of Steelhead Flies - This is a special series of flies tied by Tommy Brayshaw. There are six flies: Coquihalla Silver, Coquihalla Orange-Dark, Coquihalla Orange-Light, Brayshaw’s Latest, Brayshaw’s Dusk, and Black & Silver. The fly images featured here are original and were tied by Brayshaw himself. Trey Combs was given these flies by Brayshaw to feature in Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies (1976). Years later, Trey donated these flies to the American Museum of Fly Fishing. Coquihalla Series of Steelhead Flies - Image & Pattern History

Cutthroat - Tip: Silver tinsel. Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Yellow wool ribbed with silver tinsel. Hackle: Red, tied as a beard. Wing: White over red bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Dead Chicken - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Yellow chenille ribbed with silver tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly or guinea tied long and full. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 1.

Drain’s 20 - Note: Use Danville 6/0 thread so the body won’t discolor the floss. Tie off after the hackle and complete head with black thread. Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant tippets topped with two toucan feather half tail length. Body: Fluorescent red floss (cerise). Rib: Medium flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Bright fluorescent purple. Underwing: Red cock of the rock feather tied flat extending to floss butt, over cerise body only. Wing: Gray squirrel tail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: Wes Drain. Drain’s 20 - Image & Pattern History

Dunt - Tag: Silver twist and light blue silk. Tail: A topping and Teal. Body: Yellow lace and silver tinsel. Hackle: Black heron, from claret fur. Throat: Teal. Wings: Two strips of plain brown Turkey with black bars and white tips. Sides: Jungle, short and drooping over throat hackle. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. (Additional Fly Pattern Notes - Trey Combs: An angler named Dawson used to catch plenty of fish and when asked on what answered “a proper dunt,” meaning “proper thing” in the local dialect. His colleagues invented the Dunt in reference to Dawson and it became one of the deadliest flies on Deeside). Dunt - Image & Pattern History

Dusty Miller - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Guinea hen. Wing: Brown turkey. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Fall Favorite - Body: Flat, oval, or embossed silver tinsel. Hackle: Red. Wing: Orange bucktail or polar bear fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Faulk - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Orange wool ribbed with oval gold tinsel. Hackle: Red. Wing: White bucktail. Leave a stubble and clip it so that it flares up evenly over the head. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Flirt - Tail: Purple hackle. Tag: Flat silver tinsel. Body: Front, one turn of fluorescent flame chenille; balance, fluorescent flame floss. Hackle: Purple. Wing: Brown bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Garth - Tail: Red hackle. Body: Fluorescent flame chenille palmered with grizzly hackle. Hackle: Grizzly. Wing: Black moose mane. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Giant Killer - Tail: Purple hackle fibers. Body: Fluorescent green floss. Hackle: Purple. Wing: White bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Golden Demon (Old English Pattern) - Tag: Fine flat gold tinsel. Body: Medium oval gold tinsel. Hackle: Hot orange. Wing: Dyed fiery brown polar bear or brown bear or brown bucktail. Note: When white bucktails are dyed, the natural fine brown fur takes on this dye as well. A bucktail dyed hot orange changes the brown fur to an altogether new color, a hot orange-brown color. Obviously, the same can be said for yellow and red, and especially the darker steelhead colors: black, blue and purple. The fur is generally shorter and fine and much more useful for tying steelhead flies. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Golden Demon - Image & Pattern History

Golden Girl - Tail: Yellow or orange hackle fibers. Body: Flat gold tinsel. Wing: Two golden pheasant tippet feathers matched back to back and enclosing orange polar bear fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Golden Grouse - Tail: Brown partridge. Body: Golden yellow floss ribbed with flat gold tinsel. Hackle: Yellow. Wing: Ruffled grouse. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Golden Pheasant - Tail: Golden pheasant tippet. Body: Orange floss ribbed with flat gold tinsel. Hackle: Orange. Wing: Two golden pheasant tippet feathers matched back to back. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2

Golden Rogue - Tail: Golden pheasant tippet. Body: Rear half: gold tinsel; front half, orange floss. Rib: Oval gold tinsel. Hackle: Orange. Wing: Golden pheasant tippet. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Gray Drake - Tail: Mallard flank section. Body: White wool ribbed with black tying thread. Wing: Mallard flank. Hackle: Grizzly. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Gray Hackle - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Yellow yarn or floss ribbed with gold tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly. Alternate bodies: Fluorescent yellow chenille ribbed with silver tinsel; peacock herl ribbed with gold tinsel. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Green Dean - Tip: Flat silver tinsel. Tail: Red calf tail. Body: Fluorescent chartreuse yarn ribbed with flat silver tinsel. Wing: Red bucktail. Hackle: Red, tied as a collar. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Green Drake - Tail: Mallard flank section. Body: Green wool ribbed with black tying thread. Wing: “Black African monkey.” Substitute any fine black fur. Hackle: Brown or furnace wound ahead of the wing. Alternate tie: Guinea section tail, green silk body with a black thread rib, pintail flank wing with brown bucktail topping. Hackle remains the same. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Green Highlander - (hook,1 1/4 to 2 inches): Tag: Silver tinsel. Tail: A topping and barred Summer Duck in strands. Butt: Black herl. Body: First quarter, golden yellow floss; remainder, bright green floss. Ribs: Oval silver tinsel. Hackle: A grass-green hackle. Throat: A lemon hackle. Wings: Mixed tippet in strands; "married" strands of yellow, orange, and green Swan, Florican, Peacock wing and Golden Pheasant tail; "married" narrow strips of Teal and barred Summer Duck; narrow- strips of brown Mallard over. Sides: Jungle Cock. Cheeks: Indian Crow; a topping over all. Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw. Original Design: T. E. Pryce-Tannatt. These are original dressing notes from: Pryce-Tannatt,T.E. (1914) How To Dress Salmon Flies.‍ Green Highlander - Image & Pattern History

Green King - Body olive, composed of a mixture of red, green, and purple fine Berlin wood. Red cock hackle from the neck. Tinsel and beading same as in gold Reeach. Shoulder hackle and wing ditto. Alternate bars of gold and silver. Red cock hackle. Shoulder hackle, teal feather. Wing, mallard. Original Design: A.E. Knox. These are original dressing notes from: Knox, A.E. (1872) Autumns on the Spey.‍ ‍Fly Image

Grey Eagle - Tag: Silver twist. Tail: Red breast feather of the Golden Pheasant. Body: Yellow, light blue, and scarlet Seal’s fur. Ribs: Silver lace and silver tinsel. Hackle: Grey Eagle, from blue fur. Throat: Widgeon (Teal for large patterns). Wings: Two strips of brown mottled Turkey, with black bars and white points. Original Design: G.S. Jewhurst. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Fly Image

Hardy’s Favorite - Tip: Red floss. Tail: Orange hackle fibers mixed with a few guinea fibers. Body: Peacock herl ribbed with scarlet floss. Hackle: Guinea. Wing: Gray Chinese cock pheasant tail sections. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Harlequin - Tag: Gold twist and olive-green silk. Tail: A topping. Butt: Black herl. Body: In three equal divisions of orange, light blue, and pink silk. Ribs: Gold embossed tinsel (ordinary method) and silver tinsel (reversed) passing over the gold. Throat: Orange and light blue hackles respectively. Wings: Two tippets capped with light and dark Bustard; Golden Pheasant tail, and a topping. Horns: Blue and red Macaw. Sides: Jungle. Head: Gold twist. Original Design: G.S. Bernard. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Fly Image

Hellcat - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest. Body: Hot pink seal or synthetic dubbing. Rib: Medium oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Fluorescent purple. Wing: Fluorescent white fine polar bear or bucktail topped with golden pheasant crest. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: Frank Headrick. Fly Image

Horner’s Silver Shrimp - Tail: Gray or light brown bucktail. Body: Wide oval silver tinsel over a floss core. Space tinsel and palmer grizzly hackle in the spaces. Where the tail is tied, tie in a larger bunch of gray bucktail. Bring this forward over the finished body and tie down at the head. Lacquer heavily. Head: Built up and painted black with a white iris and black pupil. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Hoyt’s Killer - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Black chenille ribbed with flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly. Wing: Natural brown deer body fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Improved Governor - Tip: Gold tinsel. Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Rear third red floss ribbed with fine oval gold tinsel; front of peacock herl. Rear third is sometimes tied as a long tag. Wing: Bronze mallard. Shoulder: Jungle cock. Alternate wing: Dark brown bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Infallible - Tag: Silver twist and light blue silk. Tail: A Golden Pheasant topping. Butt: Black herl (ostrich). Body: Four turns of claret silk, followed by dark yellow silk. Ribs: Broad silver tinsel. Hackle: A claret hackle, from the claret silk portion of the body. Throat: Jay feather. Wings: Two Golden Pheasant tippet feathers, placed back to back. These are capped with Golden Pheasant tail, Bustard, Peacock wing, red Macaw, blue Macaw, and a topping. Sides: A narrow strip of Summer Duck (Wood Duck). Horns: Blue Macaw. Head: Black herl. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Infallible - Image & Pattern History

Ive’s Green - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Fluorescent green chenille ribbed with flat silver tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly. Wing: Red bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Jockie - Tag: Silver twist. Tail: A topping. Body: One-third yellow silk, followed by dark claret silk. Ribs: Silver tinsel (oval). Wings: Mallard. Sides: Jungle. Original Design: W. Brown. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Fly Image

Jock Scott (version 1) - Tag: Silver twist and yellow silk. Tail: A topping and Indian Crow. Butt: Black herl. Body: In two equal sections: No. 1, of yellow silk (butter-cup color) ribbed with narrow silver tinsel, and butted with Toucan above and below, and black herl: No. 2, black silk, ribbed with broad silver tinsel. Hackle: A natural black hackle, from center. Throat: Gallina. Wings: Two strips of black Turkey with white tips, Golden Pheasant tail, Bustard, grey Mallard, Peacock (sword feather) Swan dyed blue and yellow, red Macaw, Mallard, and a topping. Sides: Jungle. Cheeks: Chatterer. Horns: Blue Macaw. Head: Black herl. Original Design: John Scott. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Fly Image

Jock Scott (version 2) - Tag: Gold twist. Tail: one topping and one Indian crow feather; body, in two joints, gold-colored floss the lowest, and black floss the upper; from the joint is tied, after the fashion of the Popham, two or three short toucan points, and over the butts of them, at the joints, two turns of black herl; silver twist, a black hackle over the black joint, and speckled gallina at shoulder. Wing: mixed, a white tip turkey slip in the middle, fibres of pintail, or teal, bustard brown mallard, yellow, red, gree parrot, one topping overall, blue macaw ribs, a kingfisher on either cheek. Original Design: John Scott. These are original dressing notes from: Francis, F. (1867) A Book On Angling. Fly Image

Judge - Tag: Gold twist and orange floss. Tail: Topping and two chatterer. Butt: Green peacock herl. Body: Silver tinsel ribbed with gold lace. Hackle: Rich golden olive. Throat: Bright fiery brown, then jay. Wings: Strips of bustard, and swan dyed deep yellow, strands of tippet, powdered blue macaw, green and red parrot; two toppings over. Cheeks: Chatterer. Horns: Blue macaw. Head: Peacock herl. These are original dressing notes from: Hale, Captain (1892) How to Tie Salmon Flies. The Judge - Image & Pattern History

Juicy Bug - Tail: Red hackle fibers. Butt: Black chenille. Body: Red chenille ribbed with oval silver tinsel. Wing: White bucktail, upright and divided. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Jungle Dragon - Tip: Embossed silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant tippet fibers. Body: Rear half embossed silver tinsel, front half red seal fur ribbed with embossed silver tinsel. Hackle: Badger. Wing: Gray squirrel tail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Kalama Special - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest dyed red. Body: Hot yellow, seal or substitute. Hackle: Badger, palmer up the body. Wing: Fluorescent white, polar bear, bucktail, or synthetic fur. Head: Black. Original Design: Mike Kennedy. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2. See Also: Fly Image

Killer - Tip: Silver tinsel. Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Red chenille or wool ribbed with silver tinsel. Hackle: Red. Wing: Black bucktail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Kispiox Special - Tail: Red polar bear fur. Body: Hot orange chenille. Hackle: Red. Wing: White bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Klickitat - Tail: Red marabou. Body: Fluorescent pink floss or chenille. Wing: White bucktail tied both above and below to end of tail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Kraken - Tube: Glow Medium and fluorescent magenta XS FITS tubing. Tying thread: Black. Body: Quarter bare tubing, quarter Mirage tinsel, quarter Mikkeli blue SSS Holo Braid, quarter Charcoal Black SSS Glitz Dubbing. Body hackle: Black cock hackle. Ribbing: Twisted Sealice Silver SSS Holo Braid. Front hackle: Two pairs of glow rubber legs, black ostrich hackle, magenta-dyed ostrich hackle, small black mini marabou hackle. Wing: Evil Magenta SSS Angel Hair, black soft hair, and repeat again. Sides: Jungle cock. Cone: Glow FITS Tungsten Half Turbo. Designed By Mikael Frodin. Kraken - Image & Pattern History

Lady Caroline - Tail: Golden Pheasant red-breast, a few strands only. Body: Brown and olive-green Berlin wool mixed together in proportion of one part olive-green, two parts brown. Ribs: From separate starting points, of gold tinsel (narrow), gold twist, and silver twist, wound the usual way, an equal distance apart. Hackle: Grey Heron, from tail (tied in at the point as usual) wound alongside gold tinsel. Throat: Golden Pheasant red-breast, two turns. Wings: Two strips of Mallard showing brown points and light roots. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It.‍ ‍Lady Caroline - Image & Pattern History

Lady Claret - Tail: Blue dun hackle fibers. Body: Claret wool ribbed with oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Blue dun. Wing: Deer body fur. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Lisa Bell - Tip: Narrow flat gold tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest. Body: Scarlet wool ribbed with narrow flat gold tinsel. Hackle: Guinea dyed orange tied down as a beard. Wing: Teal flank. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Red tying thread. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Logie - (hook, 3/4 to 1/1/8 inches) Tag: Silver tinsel. Tail: A topping. Body: First two-fifths, pale primrose floss; remainder ruby red floss. Ribs: Fine oval silver tinsel. Throat: A pale blue-hackle. Wings: Yellow Swan strips (set upright) slightly covered by brown Mallard Strips. Original Design: W. Brown. These are original dressing notes from: Pryce-Tannatt,T.E. (1914) How To Dress Salmon Flies. (Additional Fly Pattern Notes - Trey Combs: Pryce-Tannatt is known for making slight change to dressing’s first mentioned by Kelson (1895) - he does that here, adding the 2/5 of pale primrose floss to the body).‍ ‍Fly Image

MacIntyre - Tag: Silver twist and light yellow floss. Tail: Topping and Indian crow, flat. Butt: Black herl. Body: Three turns light orange floss, three turns scarlet seal’s fur, remainder blue fur, picked out. Ribbed: Broad silver tinsel and silver lace. Hackle: Magenta from scarlet fur. Throat: Greenish-blue hackle, and then long black heron. Original Design: William Murdoch. These are original dressing notes from: Hale, J.H. (1892) How To Tie Salmon Flies.‍ ‍Fly Image

Marrietta - Tip: Flat silver tinsel. Tail: Red hackle fibers. Body: Fluorescent flame chenille. Hackle: Fluorescent orange. Wing: Natural brown bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

McLeod Ugly - Tail: Red hackle “fuzz” from the base of the hackle. Body: Black chenille palmered with grizzly hackle. Wing: Black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Mead - Tail: Brown hackle fibers. Body: Black-yellow-black chenille palmered with brown hackle. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Midnite Sun - Tail: Guinea and orange hackle fibers, mixed. Tag: Medium oval gold tinsel. Body: Light orange chenille ribbed with medium oval gold tinsel. Hackle: Guinea. Wing: Black bucktail. Plate Image - Steelhead Fly Fishing & Flies Plate 2.

Polar Shrimp - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Body: Fluorescent hot orange seal. Hackle: Fluorescent hot orange followed by two turns of teal. Wing: Fluorescent white, polar bear, bucktail, or synthetic fur. Head: Black. Original Design: Clarence Shoff. Fly Image

Purple Peril - Tag: Flat silver tinsel. Tail: Dyed fluorescent purple golden pheasant crest. Body: Fluorescent purple seal or like synthetic dubbing. Rib: Medium oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Deep fluorescent purple. Wing: Dyed fluorescent fiery brown polar bear or brown bucktail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: George McLeod Fly Image

Rob Roy - Horns: Blue macaw. Tag: Silver tinsel, light orange floss. Tail: Crest, Indian crow, green parrot, teal. Butt: Black wool. Body: First section, orange floss, gold oval tinsel, golden pheasant crest. Second section, bright claret floss. Ribs: Silver oval. Hackle: Black. Throat: Golden pheasant breast, guinea fowl. Wings: Two red hackles, bronze peacock, blue, red, & yellow swan, bustard, mallard. Sides: Jungle cock. Horns: Crest, blue macaw. These are original dressing notes from: Hale, J. H. (1919). How to Tie Salmon Flies. Rob Roy - Image & Pattern History

Railbird - Tail: Red, wine or claret hackle fibers. Body: Wine or claret wool palmered with either claret or wine hackle. Hackle: Yellow. Wing: Teal or mallard flank; silver squirrel tail is used in the hairwing version. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Original Design: John Benn Fly Image

Shannon Butcher - Tag: Silver twist and yellow silk. Tail: A topping, teal and powdered blue macaw. Butt: Black herl. Body: In four equal divisions, beginning with light red-claret, and continuing with light blue, dark red-claret, and dark blue seal’s fur. Ribbed: Silver tinsel, preceded on large hooks by silver lace. Hackle: Natural black, from light red-claret seal’s fur. Throat: Yellow hackle, followed by gallina. Wings: A tippet feather and red breast feather from a golden pheasant, back to back, the latter extending to the length of the wing. Both are well covered on the side with slight strips of teal, golden pheasant tail; gallina, bustard, and peacock’s wing, and strands of parrot and swan dyed yellow; two strips of mallard on top. Horns: Blue macaw. Cheeks: Chatterer. Head: Black. Original Design: George Kelson. These are original dressing notes from: Hale, J.H. (1892) How To Tie Salmon Flies.‍ ‍Fly Image

Silver Hilton - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Mallard, teal or pintail flank. Body: Black seal or substitute. Rib: Medium oval silver tinsel. Hackle: Grizzly. Wing: Two matching pairs of grizzly hackle tips tied back to back and flaring out to form a V. Head: Black. Original Design: Harry Hilton. Fly Image

Sir Richard - (hook, 1 1/4 to 3 inches). Tag: Silver thread and dark orange floss. Tail: A topping and Indian Crow. Butt: Black herl. Body: Black floss. Ribs: Flat silver tinsel and twist. Hackle: A black hackle (black Heron in the bigger sizes). Throat: Speckled Gallina. Wings: Mixed - “married” strands of scarlet, orange, and blue Swan, Bustard, Florican, mottled grey Turkey tail, and Golden Pheasant tail; a short strip of Speckled Gallina wing over. Cheeks: Blue Chatterer; a topping over all. Horns: Blue and Yellow Macaw. Original Design: T. E. Pryce-Tannatt. These are original dressing notes from: Pryce-Tannatt,T.E. (1914) How To Dress Salmon Flies. Fly Image

Skunk - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest dyed red. Body: Black, seal or synthetic. Hackle: Black. Wing: Fluorescent, polar bear or bucktail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: Rollin “Rosie” Dexter. Fly Image

Skunk (Green-Butt) - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest dyed red. Butt: Fluorescent green seal or synthetic. Body: Black, seal or synthetic. Hackle: Black. Wing: Fluorescent white, polar bear or bucktail. Original Design: Dan Callaghan. Fly Image

Skykomish Sunrise - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest feather, one each dyed yellow and dyed red. Body: Bright red, seal or substitute either organic or synthetic. Rib: Bright red Wing: Fluorescent, polar bear, bucktail, or a synthetic white. Head: White in photo; traditionally black. Original Design: George McLeod. Fly Image

Skykomish Sunrise (Reimagined) - Tag: Fine Flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant tippet, one each, dyed red and natural yellow. Body: Fluorescent red seal or substitute natural or synthetic dubbing. Ribbing: Medium oval silver tinsel. Hackle: One each, red and yellow macaw breast feather. Wing: Fluorescent, polar bear or substitute bucktail or synthetic fur. Head: White. Original Design: Dave McNeese. Fly Image

Sol Duc Spey - Body: Rear half fluorescent orange floss, front half hot orange seal fur. Rib: Entire body with flat silver tinsel and palmer with very long, webby yellow hackle, widest part toward the rear. Throat: Black heron. Wing: Four matching hot orange hackle tips. Original Design: Syd Glasso. Sol Duc Spey - Image & Pattern History

Steelhead Bee - Tail: Squirrel tail slightly longer than the hook shank. Body: Dividend into three equal parts of brown-yellow-brown floss or like-colored dubbing. Wings: Fox squirrel tail set well forward and divided. Original Design: Roderick Haig-Brown. Steelhead Bee - Image & Pattern History

Thor (Classic) - Tail: Orange hackle fibers. Body: Red chenille. Hackle: Brown. Wing: White bucktail. Original Design: Jim Pray. Thor - Image & Pattern History

Thor (Reimagined) - Tag: Fine flat silver tinsel. Tail: Golden pheasant crest dyed red. Body: Red, seal or substitute organic or synthetic. Hackle: Long, brown or substitute widgeon flank. Wing: Fluorescent, white polar bear or bucktail. Cheeks: Jungle cock. Head: Black. Original Design: Jim Pray. Thor - Image & Pattern History

Una - Tag: Silver twist and gold twist. Tail: A topping, two strands of powdered blue Macaw, four strands of Summer Duck, and Chatterer. Butt: Black herl. Body: Divided into two equal sections. The first is silver embossed tinsel ribbed with gold oval tinsel and butted with black herl. The second is gold embossed tinsel ribbed with silver oval tinsel. Hackle: One side of a blue and one side of a claret hackle, wound from the center. Throat: Two turns of orange hackle and Gallina. Wings: Two strips of Peacock wing veiled with Teal and Gallina (underwing); followed by Golden Pheasant tail, Parrot, red Macaw, Summer Duck, powdered blue Macaw, Mallard, and a topping. Horns: Blue Macaw. Cheeks: Indian Crow and Chatterer. Head: Black herl. Original Design: George M. Kelson. These are original dressing notes from: Kelson, G.M. (1895) The Salmon Fly: How To Dress It and How To Use It. Una - Image & Pattern History