Friday 30 September 2016

Atlantic Salmon Jigging

Black Bear Green Butt


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 4 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - black hackle fibers
Butt - fluorescent green wool
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black wool yarn
Wings - black bear hair
Hackle - black hen or soft rooster tied beard style

Black Fairy

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - oval gold tinsel
Tip - golden yellow floss
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - black seal fur
Wings - bronze mallard shoulder
Hackle - black hen or soft rooster, beard style.

Blue Charm

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black floss
Throat - silver doctor blue hackle
Wings - bronze mallard flank
Overwing - teal flank
Topping - gold pheasant crest
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Butterfly

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 6 - 10
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Butt - fl. green wool
Body - peacock herl
Wings - white calftail
Hackle - brown

Cosseboom

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - red
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - medium olive floss short
Rib - flat silver tinsel
Body - medium olive floss
Wings - grey squirrel tail
Hackle - yellow hackle (collar)

Fiery Brown

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 3/0 - 6
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tip - claret floss
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - fiery brown seal fur (or antron)
Hackle - light fiery brown palmered from second turn of tinsel
Wings - underwing - gold pheasant tippets. Overwing of bronze mallard flank

General Practitioner

Hook - standard salmon wet streamer sizes 3/0 - 2
Thread - fire orange
Tail - hot orange bucktail mixed with golden pheasant (red) breast
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - hot orange seal fur
Wings -in layers - lower:gold pheasant breast, and tippet cut in V to shape eyes, upper:two gold pheasant breast feathers
Hackle - hot orange palmered from tail
Comments - Seals fur may be substituted with antron or any other seals fur substitute. This is a very vivid attractor.

Green Peacock

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - light blue floss
Throat - light blue hackle
Wings - peacock sword fibers

Haggis

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black floss
Throat - yellow hackle fluff
Wings -black bear hair

Halfstone

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - rear half yellow seal, front half balck seal (antron may be substituted)
Wings - grey squirrel tail, short
Hackle - black

Jeannie

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 3/0 - 2
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - rear third yellow floss, remainder black floss
Throat - black hackle
Wings - bronze mallard flank
Cheeks - jungle cosk eyes (optional)

Kate

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - crimson floss
Wings - golden pheasant tippet veiled by bronze mallard flank
Hackle - crimson palmered
Throat - lemon yellow hackle

Laxa Blue

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tip - fl. orange floss
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Butt - black ostrich herl
Rib - flat silver tinsel
Body - bright blue floss
Throat - light blue hackle
Wings -bright blue calftail

Logie

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - rear half yellow floss, front half claret floss
Throat - light blue hackle
Wings -fox squirrel tail over dyed yellow squirrel tail

March Brown

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 12
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - brown partridge fibers
Rib - foval gold tinsel
Body - rear 1/3 yellow wool, rest hare's ear fur
Throat - brown partridge hackle
Wing - hen pheasant tail

Night Hawk

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - red
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tip - yellow floss
Tail - gold pheasant crest with a few short blue hackle fibers
Butt - fl. red floss
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - flat silver tinsel
Throat - black
Wings - black bear hair

Pass Lake

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 8- 12
Thread - black
Tail - brown hackle fibers
Body - black chenille
Wings - white calf tail
Hackle - brown

Orange Blossom

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval
Tip - yellow flosssilver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - rear 1/2 embossed silver tinsel, front 1/2 yellow seal fur
Wings - light brown bucktail
Hackle - hot orange (collar)

Roger's Fancy

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tip - fl. green floss
Tail - peacock sword fibers, short
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - bright green seal's fur
Throat - bright green hackle over yellow hackle
Wings - grey fox guard hair

Rusty Rat

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - red
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - peacock sword fibers, short
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - rear - 1/2 yellow floss, front 1/2 - peacock herl
Veil - yellow floss at body joint back to tail
Wings - grey fox guard hair
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)
Hackle - soft grizzly - collar style
Comments - Mongoose guard hair or woodchuck guard hair can be substitutes for grey squirrel guard hair.

Silver Blue

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 4 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - flat silver tinsel
Throat - light blue hackle
Wings - barred teal flank

Silver Downeaster

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Butt - black ostrich herl
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wings - fitch tail guard hairs
Hackle - hot orange hen or soft rooster
Comments - According to the pattern's originator (Phil Foster of Farmington Maine), the correct substitute for the fitch tail guard hair wing is guard hairs from the tail of the English red squirrel. For smaller flies the guard hairs from the US pine or small red squirrel tail would do (not the fox squirrel).

Thunder and Lightning

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 3/0 - 6
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tip - yellow floss
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Butt - black ostrich herl
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - black floss
Hackle - hot orange, palmered from second turn of floss
Throat - dyed blue guinea hackle
Wings - bronze mallard shoulder
Topping - gold pheasant crest
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Undertaker

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 10
Thread - black
Tag - fine flat gold tinsel
Butt - rear half fl. green floss, front half fl. orange floss
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - peacock herl
Throat - black hackle
Wings - black bear hair
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)