Bruce Salzburg
Wyoming
Bruce is an attorney living in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
His home waters are the North Platte and its tributaries, but fishes frequently around the state, and into
Montana and Idaho. Once a year, usually during the spring, he heads for the
saltwater flats. Bruce's tying is directed primarily toward western trout, with
some saltwater flats flies thrown in.
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Tier: Bruce Salzburg
Hook:
Standard dry, 14-16.
Thread: Camel or brown, 8/0.
Abdomen: Cinnamon dubbing.
Hackle: Three turns of furnace, may be clipped on
bottom.
Thorax: Cinnamon dubbing.
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A good tailwater midge pupa.
Hook:
Scud (TMC 2487 or 2457) 18-22.
Thread: Black, 8/0.
Abdomen: Wrapped Krystal Flash, red or olive are
good
choices.
Thorax: Dubbing Ball, black or olive are
productive.
Note:
The body is simply wrapped Krystal Flask.
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I saw this fly last summer on the Snake for the first time.
It's a killer in the
riffles, and I think it's a cross-over pattern when there are Yellow Sallies and
Epeorus hatching. The Guide called it a Goldie Hawn, but I'm not sure if the
originator named it that.
Hook: Standard dry, 16-18.
Thread: Orange, 8/0.
Tail: Woodduck fibers.
Abdomen: Orange thread.
Underwing: Light blue dun hackle tips, tied downwing
style.
Post Wing: White antron, poly or calf hair.
Hackle: Light blue dun, parachute style.
Thorax: Light olive dubbing.
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This one is tied using Stalcup's micro tubing.
It can be fished deep or suspended.
Hook: TMC 2487 16-22.
Thread: To match the natural, 8/0 or smaller.
Abdomen: Vinyl tubing - Liquilace Midge or Stalcup's Midge or
Microtubing.
Thorax: Dubbing ball, to match the natural.
Wing: White antron, poly or CDC, tied over thorax and extending over the hook
eye.
Note: This fly can be fished as a suspender/emerger pattern using
CDC, or deep,
or as a dropper off a dry fly. It works everywhere in the water column.
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This is a Shane Stalcup design.
It can be fished for those species that emerge
under water and swim to the surface as duns.
Hook: TMC 200 R, 16-20.
Thread: Rusty dun, 8/0.
Tail: Antron or poly, color to match the
natural.
Abdomen: Goose biot, color to match the
natural.
Wing: Stalcup Medallion Sheeting, light dun,
tied spent then folded back over body and
trimmed to length and shape.
Thorax: Fine Dubbing (to match the natural.
Legs: Butts of tailing fibers, divided and
trimmed short of the hook point.
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I don't use this fly often, but it's a great Brookie fly.
Hook: 2x long nymph, or TMC 200 R, 12-14.
Thread: Red or brown, 6/0.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippets.
Rib: Gold oval tinsel.
Body: Red floss.
Wing: Turkey or grouse tail slip, tied
down-wing style.
Hackle: Furnace hen, three turns.
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A universal
favorite.
Hook: Standard dry 14-18.
Thread: Light cahill or yellow, 6/0 or 8/0.
Shuck: Amber antron.
Body: Greenish-yellow dubbing.
Wing: Bleached yearling elk for size 14, light deer hair for smaller
patterns.
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Hook:
Light wire scud (TMC 2487) 14-18.
Thread: To match the natural, 8/0.
Tail: Woodduck fibers, optional.
Abdomen: Pheasant tail fibers, or sparse
dubbing.
Ribbing: Fine copper or gold wire.
Thorax: Dubbing, optional, to match the natural.
Wing: Deer hair, tied in so tips extend over the eye of the hook, and butts
are clipped to form wing pads.
Hackle: Three turns of good quality cock, color to match
natural.
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A variant on Rim Chung's RS2.
Hook: TMC 200R, 20-22.
Thread: Rusty dun, 8/0.
Tail: Woodduck fibers.
Abdomen: McClean's quill body, to match natural.
Wing: Natural dun CDC puff.
Hackle: Dubbing, to match the natural.
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The dry fly is, of course, a ubiquitous western pattern, but relatively few fish it
wet. The difference is that it is tied on a heavy wire hook, and it incorporates
hen hackle. A great fly on the Snake in Jackson, Wyoming.
Hook: 1x long nymph, 10-12.
Thread: Black, brown or red, 6/0.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippets.
Body: Peacock herl and red floss waist.
Wing: Calf body hair.
Hackle: Furnace hen, three turns.
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A good quill-bodied standby.
Hook: Standard dry, 16-18.
Thread: Rusty dun, 8/0.
Tail: Light dun microfibetts, split with tying thread, 2x hook
shank length.
Abdomen: Rust McClean's quill body.
Wing: White antron, tied spent and trimmed to length and shape.
Thorax: Rusty brown dubbing.
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A Mike Lawson design.
Hook: Standard dry, 14-18.
Thread: Olive, 6/0 or 8/0.
Abdomen: Dubbing olive, brown, gray, or color to match the
natural.
Wing: One or two partridge feathers, depending on size of fly, rolled and
tied to the end of the bend.
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Hackle: Brown or brown/grizzly hackle, clipped on top and bottom.
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