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SALMON FLY PATTERNS SINGLE SALMONS STEELHEADS Allys Shrimp Black Dose Black Bear Green Tag Blue Charm Carlson Coho Chinook Spey Claret Guinea Cosseboom Green Cosseboom Yellow Coho Simmons General Practitioner Giant Killer Green Highlander Gary Dog Hairy Mary Kenyaman Lord Hamilton Mickey Finn Marabou Munro Killer Orange Blossom Purple Rat Queen Bess Red Butt Spey Royal Coachman Salmon Rusty Rat Silver Spey Skunk Thunder Lightening Undertaker Babine Special Dredger Chartreuse Dredger Orange/Black Dredger Purple Egg Sucking Leech Black Egg Sucking Leech Purple Freight Train Glo Bug Glo Bug Orange Purple Peril Steelhead Bugger Steelhead Skater Steelhead Caddis Showgirl Skykomish Sunrise Undertaker About the Salmon Fly   Author: Unknown SALMON FLIES Choosing the right salmon fly can be as complicated as matching a hatch. There is no definite rule that works all the time everywhere. Some experts preach -- dark day use a dark fly; bright day use a bright fly. This can be a good guide along with: high water use a big fly; low water use a small fly. But like all aspects of fly fishing, when you think you have the sport figured out, you find out just the opposite works best. Some veteran salmon fishermen like to select a fly of a color that matches the overall color of the riverbed. Rivers that flow over limestone or bare rock are often crystal clear. Sometimes, they may have a blue or green/yellow tinge. Therefore selecting flies with the same color like the Green Highlander will meet this rule. After a recent storm or during early spring and late autumn, when the rivers are in full flow, try some of the brighter flies. Use yellow and orange flies for cold days. On warmer days use more inconspicuous colored flies. Your choice of fly may be based upon the local or friend's recommendation, successful patterns from the previous year, or simply following your own hunch. Others believe that presentation is more important than the choice of flies. The critics can line up when it comes to salmon fishing and salmon flies. "Experts" may criticize a fly because it is tied too full or too sparse, the shape of the hook is too curved or not curved enough, or the fly has one too many gold colored ribs or not enough. These arguments have been raging in the fly shops and on the water since Victorian times. That is one of the unique pastimes of this sport. Everyone has his or her own expert opinion. It certainly makes good conversation around the campfire or over a bottle of beer. As a rule, migratory salmon and steelhead trout cease feeding as they return to freshwater to spawn. Although rare, they may rise to take flies an insects on the surface. They can be provoked into taking a brightly colored attractor pattern. ('piss-em-off' pattern) When the fish are into spawn, use the bright colors. They may also eat, out of habit, a shrimp, baitfish or prawn imitation. Vary the speed of the retrieve past a known salmon or steelhead lie. An attack can often be provoked if you incite the hunting instinct of the spawning salmon or trout.