Friday 30 September 2016

Pacific Salmon Fly Recipes!


Alaskabou - Green



Hook - standard salmon streamer hook size 1/0
Thread - fl. fire orange floss
Wing - fl. green marabou with a few strands each of green flashabou and lime krystal flash all as a large collar surrounding hook
Hackle - white with as much base fluff as possible

Alaskan Polar Shrimp


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0 - 6
Thread - fl. fire orange
Tail - hot orange hackle fibers
Rib - flat gold tinsel
Body - fl. fire orange chenille
Wing - white calftail with pearl flashabou
Hackle - Hot orange with as much base fluff as possible

Auckland Humpy

Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook size 4
Thread - black
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wing - pink over white bucktail - long
Eyes - silver bead chain

Black Jack

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0 - 4
Thread - black
Body - black diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Hackle - black marabou collar

Black Marabou

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - green flashabou, butts from body
Rib - black thread
Body - black green flashabou
Collar - silver flashabou over green flashabou
Comments - Replacing flashabou with krystal flash adds even more sparkle to the pattern.

Bright Roe


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 6
Thread - orange
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - fl. fire-orange chenille
Wings - fl. fire-orange egg yarn and orange krystal flash

Bristol Bay Matuka


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 6
Thread - white
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Wing - Two yellow hackles enveloped by four red hackles (two on each side) all tied down matuka-style
Throat - red marabou
Hackle - orange and yellow hackle mixed
Comment - This pattern is more effective when fluorescent-dyed feathers are used.

Candlefish


Hook - stainless steel saltwater-lon with straight eye
Thread - black
Body - silver metallic braid
Wings -grey duck quills
Hackle - green over white bucktail topped with pearl flashabou

Christmas Tree


Hook - standard stainless steel saltwater hook 1/0 - 4
Thread - black
Tail - orange calf tail and orange krystal flash, long
Body - silver diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Hackle - orange and yellow, mixed
Eyes - silver bead chain

Comet


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - white
Tail - orange calf tail and orange krystal flash, long
Body - silver diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Hackle - orange and yellow, mixed
Eyes - silver bead chain

Coho Golden

Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook sizes 3/0 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - orange polar bear (or subtitute)
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wing - olive over white polar bear with jungle cock body feathers on each side
Topping - gold pheasant crest

Denali


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - heavy copper wire
Wing - bucktail in layers: silver doctor blue on top and bottom orange in the middle
Throat - yellow hackle

Flash Fly


Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook sizes 2 /0- 6
Thread - red
Tail - silver flashabou
Body - silver diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Wing - silver over purple flashabou
Hackle - red

Glo Bug - Orange


Hook - stout glo bug hook sizes 4 - 8
Thread - fl orange single strand floss
Tail - flame (fire orange) glo bug yarn
Comments - Glo bug yarn is added to hook much in the same way that spun deer hair is added, usually in 3 ads. Alternatively, Krystal eggs (preformed eggs with bits of pearl flashabou protuding) can simply be super-glued onto the hook.

Green Weenie

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - fl. green floss
Tail - black calftail
Body - silver diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Shoulder - fl. green chenille
Hackle - fl. green hackle
Eyes - silver bead chain

King's Shrimp


Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook sizes 4 - 12
Thread - fire-orange
Tail - orange bucktail long
Body - flat silver tinsel
Hackle - orange palmered
Shellback - bucktail orange

Midnight


Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook sizes 1 - 4
Thread - black
Tail - black bucktail
Rib - oval gold tinsel
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wing - black over white bucktail

Orange Boss


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - orange
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - black calftail long
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body - orange chenille
Hackle - Black collar style
Eyes - silver bead chain
Comments - Black boss is the same except the body is black chenille.

Pink Passion


Hook - stainless steel saltwater hook sizes 1/0 - 4
Thread - fl. red
Body - pearl diamond braid (metallic braid tinsel)
Shoulder - fl. red chenille
Underhackle - pearl krystal flash
Hackle - fl. hot pink

Pixies Revenge


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook size 1/0
Thread - fl. fire-orange floss
Wing - white marabou withwith a little of both silver flashabou and red krystal flash all surrounding hook
Hackle - cerise with as much base fluff as possible

Popsicle


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 3/0 - 2
Thread - fire-orange
Tail - fl. orange marabou
Mid-hackle - cerise marabou
Hackle - purple hackle
Flash - gold, electric blue and purple flashabou added at tail and mid-hackle

Showgirl

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook size 1/0
Thread - fl. orange floss
Wing - cerise marabou, purple flashabou with red and pearl krystal flash-all as a large collar surrounding hook
Hackle - purple with as much base fluff as possible

Spade


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - natural dark deer hair
Body - black chenille
Hackle - grizzly collar