These are submitted by Dave (Bear) McCants
McBear’s Salmon Fly – my original design
Donated and tied by David P. (Bear) McCants
Hook - Partridge
long shank pre-WW2 #2, or #4 Daiichi 2110,
Thread - Uni 6/0 fire orange,
Tail/
Underbody - Black closed 2mm cell foam,
Body palmer - Whiting Farms golden Olive Saddle or similar,
Body - Orange Macrame Yarn -most
tyers use foam,
Wing - Yearling Bull Elk,
McBear’s options (Grizzly or Light
Brown Bear or
Cinnamon Bear)
Hackle - Whiting Farms Brown or Coachman
Brown Hackle,
2 hackles leaving gap in center of two
hackles to show
Uni Fire Orange thread.
Optional - Tie on Owner 5102-111 1/0 offset worm
hook wide gap upside down and fish as a bass fly at front of the dam at Lost
Creek Lake when the salmon flies are flying over the top of the dam! This fly is
tied large to represent the egg laying female which is much larger than male.
The
Salmon fly is as per Don Labbe (SF GGA&CC,who passed away in Dec 2016),
Hook
- DaiRiki 700 in 4 (female) and 6 (male),
Thread
– Uni Black 8/0
Tail
- golden pheasant tippet fibers,
Rib
- counter wound fine gold wire,
Abdomen
- light orange antron or macramé yarn,
Hackle
- grizzly, not wider than gape, tied in from front to tail,
Stripe
of 6 wraps of neon orange thread,
Hackle,
med brown, 2 feathers tied with 6-7 wraps and trimmed on top,
Wing
- cinnamon/brown bear or moose body hair ( lighter brown in color),
Head,
black thread with strip of neon thread.
Thanks Bear
