Unnamed Guide Flies

[nfrechet]

#1-#5 (of 30)

#1
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Red squirrel body hair
Body - Black floss
Throat - Red squirrel body hair
Wing - Red squirrel tail

#2
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Flat Gold tinsel
Body - Green floss
Throat - Black squirrel tail
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#3
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Light blue dun hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel wound on between orange an black wool
Body - Orange an black wool evenly spiraled up the hook shank
Throat - Light blue dun hackle fibers
Wing - Black bear hair

#4
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - White moose mane, with a few strands dyed pale green
Body - Medium green wool
Throat & Wing - Long brown and white moose mane tied around the shank of the hook, collar style

#5
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Butt - Red floss
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat - Black bear hair tied short
Wing - Black bear hair
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#6-#10 (of 30)

#6
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Red wool cut flat
Butt - Red wool
Body - Brownish gray fur
Throat hackle - Golden pheasant tippet
Wing - Black squirrel tail

#7
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Butt - Red wool
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - Black bear hair
Throat hackle - Badger, collar style

#8
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red wool cut flat
Ribbing Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat hackle - Black
Wing - Black bucktail

#9
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle - Black
Wing - Red dyed squirrel tail
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#10
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat copper tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Flat copper tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Throat hackle - Orange dyed badger
Wing - Brown mink tail

 

[nfrechet]

#11-#15 (of 30)

#11
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Red
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Body - Rear third red floss, front two thirds flat silver tinsel
Throat hackle - White hackle fibers
Wing - Moose body hair
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#12
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle- Black hackle fibers
Wing - Yellow dyed grey squirrel tail

#13
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Fluorescent red wool
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Grey chenille
Wing - Black bear hair
Hackle - Orange dyer badger hackle, collar style

#14
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Purple dyed grey squirrel tail
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#15
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Throat hackle - Green hackle fibers
Wing - Orange dyed calf tail

#16-#20 (of 30)

#16
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Fluorescent yellow chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Fine black hair

#17
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Fluorescent green chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Black bear hair

#18
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Forest green floss cut flat
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Forest green floss
Throat hackle - Orange marabou
Wing - Grey squirrel tail

#19
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Throat hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - White bucktail
Throat hackle - Badger, collar style

#20
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tip - Yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black wool
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat hackle - Guinea hen
Wing - Brown bucktail
Shoulder - Jungle ****

 

[nfrechet]

#21-#25 (of 30)

#21
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel over entire body
Body - Rear half yellow floss, front half black dyed seals fur picked out to form a sort of body hackle
Wing - Black bear hair

#22
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body hackle - Light badger over black floss
Body - Rear half white floss or wool, front half black floss or wool
Wing - Calf tail dyed a dun color, topped with golden pheasant crest
Shoulder - Jungle ****

#23
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Pale blue floss
Wing - Grey squirrel tail

#24
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle - Black hackle fibers
Wing - Blue dyed grey squirrel tail

#25
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Peacock sword fibers
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - Fox squirrel tail over grey squirrel tail, topped with several strands of peacock sword fibers
Throat hackle - Grizzly, collar style

 

[D-nymph]

nfrechet, you're really, really good at these classic ties. Thanks for posting.

 

[MathFish]

Beautiful ties! These almost look too good to fish. Thanks for sharing your work.

Do you tie these more for the sake of an artistic outlet or do you intend to fish them or is it a bit of both?

 

[troutbert]

What was the source for the unnamed guide flies?

 

[nfrechet]

#26
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Butt - Red dyed seal's fur
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Throat hackle - Grizzly
Wing - White calf tail

#27
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest topped with a strand of fluorescent red floss
Butt - Black ostrich herl or wool
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel over entire body
Body hackle - Black, palmered over black wool
Body - Rear half orange floss, front half black wool
Throat hackle - Guinea hen
Wing - Yellow dyed grey squirrel tail

#28
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest topped with barred woodduck
Butt - Orange wool
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle - Guinea hen with mixed red and blue hackle in front
Wing - Dyed orange hair over black hair over dyed blue hair in 3 equal sections or mixed, topped with golden pheasant crest

#29
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half yellow floss, front half red floss
Throat hackle - Black
Wing - Grey squirrel tail

#30
Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Yellow dyed hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat hackle - Yellow dyed hackle fibers
Wing - Red squirrel tail

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[shakey]

just wow.

 

[shakey]

they might be atlantic salmon flies,but,#16 is close enough to a black ghost that it would work anywhere.

 

[nfrechet]

Black ghost

#16

having similar components i dont see the similarity

 

[shakey]

funny. to me they look very similar.
i would think if one worked,the other one would as well.

if one used white hair ,instead of black,especially.