Friday 30 September 2016

Steelhead Fly Recipes!


Autumn Gold


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - hot orange hackle fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - antique gold seal fur or goat fur
Hackle - hot orange
Wing - white polar bear or bucktail
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Bella Cooler Bomber


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 6
Thread - fl. fire-orange
Tail - fl. orange nylon tow (egg yarn) short
Rib - fine flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. yellow chenille
Wings - fl. orange nylon tow (egg yarn) with pearl flashabou on the sides

Black and Golden


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Tail - golden pheasant crest feather
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black goat dubbing (or antron)
Wings - gold pheasant rump feather
Hackle - natural guinea hackle beard

Brown Heron


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 2
Thread - red
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - rear 2/3 fl. orange floss, remainder fl. orange goat dubbing
Hackle - grey heron hackle
Throat - teal flank
Wing - bronze mallard shoulder
Comments - Orange ram's wool or orange antron dubbing may be substituted for the orange goat. Spey hackle in heron grey may be substituted for the grey heron hackle.

Coal Tar


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - black hackle fibers
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - 1/4 fl. fire-orange wool, 1/4 fl. red, front 1/2 - fl. black chenille
Wings - dyed black squirrel tail
Hackle - soft black hackle - hen or rooster

Fall Favorite


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - red
Body - flat silver tinsel
Wings - Orange polar bear (or bucktail)
Hackle - soft red hackle - hen or rooster

Fall Bright


Hook - Eagle Claw 1197N sizes 1/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - purple hackle fibers
Rib - med flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. red chenille
Wings - purple flashabou
Hackle - purple

Freight Train


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - purple hackle fibers
Body - first 1/4 - fl. fire orange wool, next quarter - fl. red wool, last half - black chenille
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Wings - white calf tail and pearl krystal flash
Hackle - soft purple hackle

Kalama Special

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - yellow wool yarn
Wings - white bucktail
Hackle - badger palmered over body

Maxwell's Purple Matuka


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - black goat dubbing (or antron)
Wings - two purple saddle hackles matuka style
Hackle - purple

Patricia

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8
Thread - claret
Tag - fine flat gold tinsel
Tail - tail hackle fibers tied slightly upward
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - claret goat, seal or antron
Wings - white polar bear hair or calftail
Hackle - claret

Patriot

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - yellow floss
Wings - white bucktail or polar bear
Hackle - blue

Pink Sundowner


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - fl. pink hackle fibers
Butt - flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. red wool
Wings - pearl krystal flash
Hackle - fl. pink palmered over the body
Collar - fl. pink saddle hackle

Polar Gibson

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 1/0 - 4
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - rusty orange wool yarn
Wings - white polar bear or calftail
Hackle - furnace
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Polar Shrimp

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2/0- 6
Thread - white
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - orange hackle fibers (fluorescent, if possible)
Body - fl. orange chenille or goat dubbing
Wings - white deer tail or polar bear
Hackle - orange, soft-fl. preferred
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Rick's Revenge

Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - fl. orange
Tail - fl. red floss
Body - rear 1/2 fl. red floss, remainder purple goat dubbing (or seal or antron) with an oval siver rib
Mid Wing - fl. red floss
Wings - blue over white polar bear or calftail
Hackle - purple
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Silver Admiral

Hook - Eagle Claw 1197N 2 - 8
Thread - blach
Tail - fl. hot pink hackle fibers
Rib - flat silver tinsel
Body - fl. hot pink wool yarn
Wings - white calf tail
Hackle - fl. hot pink

Silver Hilton

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tag - flat silver tinsel
Tail - teal flank fibers
Rib - oval silver tinsel
Body - black chenille (originally black goat dubbing)
Wings -grizzly hackle tips flared
Hackle - teal flank

Silver Doctor

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 6
Thread - red
Body - flat silver tinsel
Throat - silver doctor blue hackle
Wings -red over yellow calftail
Topping - pintail flank over the wing concave down

Skunk


Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8
Thread - black
Tail - red hackle fibers
Body - black chenille
Rib - fine silver tinsel
Wings -white hair - polar bear or bucktail
Hackle - black collar

Skupade

Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 4 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - natural deer hair
Body - black chenille
Wings - natural deer hair
Hackle - grizzly

Steelhead Coachman


Hook - standard salmon streamer sizes 2 - 8 (pattern originally calls for an Alec Jackson Spey hook which is not generally available)
Thread - black
Tag - fine oval silver tinsel
Tail - gold pheasant crest
Rib - fine oval silver tinsel
Body - peacock herl
Wings -white hair - polar bear
Hackle - mottled brown hen back
Cheeks - jungle cock eyes (optional)

Stewart


Hook - standard salmon streamer hook sizes 2 - 6
Thread - black
Tail - gold pheasant tippet fibers
Rib - fine oval gold tinsel
Body - black wool yarn
Wings - dyed black squirrel tail with a few strands of orange calf tail over the top
Hackle -black