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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