The January 1998 Salmon Fly Swap

Some words from the fly tyer:

Jacques Berube of Quebec City originated this fly, in 1984. He did not fish this fly until 1986. It is named for the section of the St. Marguerite River between the Chateau and Saumon pools. This was the place the fly first produced for Jacques. Although this fly is supposed to produce best under bright sunny conditions, my experience this season was that it works under both bright sunny and dark overcast conditions. I, personally, did not hook a salmon with this fly all season. My fishing partner landed one grilse and hooked 3 more under the above conditions while on a two-day trip to the LaHave River here in Nova Scotia.

Instructions: These instructions are mine from trial and error using the 36890 return-eye hooks. Since the return-eye hooks leave a large bump at the head, I try to fill in the side of the hook from where the return-eye ends and the tail of the fly. I first tie in a length of the fluorescent green floss that extends past the bend. Start the floss on the side of the hook, right where the return-eye ends, and tie it down the side to about where the point of the barb starts. Then pull the floss up on the top of the hook and put a few more turns of thread. This should leave the tail portion sitting nicely on top of the hook.

Take the thread back up to where the return-eye ends. Tie in a piece of fine oval silver tinsel on the side of the hook and tie it back to where the floss ends. Bring the thread back up to about 3-4 turns past where the return-eye ends. Tie in a piece of flat silver tinsel. Wrap the tinsel back to where the tail starts. Carefully lift up the tail material and the oval silver tinsel and wrap the flat silver tinsel a few wraps back past the tail and then back up to the tail. This forms the tag. Hold the tail material and the oval silver tinsel down in place and wrap the flat silver tinsel forward to about 1/8”-2/8"”back from the eye. Tie this off. Tie in a length of Danville’s Depth Ray floss.

Wrap the floss back to where the tail starts and then forward again to just behind the eye. Wrap the oval silver tinsel in as the rib. Now grab the tail material and pull it back tight and flat. Clip it off about equal to where the bend of the hook is. It should sit nice and straight and flat. Gather a small bunch of Emerald green hackle fibers and tie them in throat style. Gather a small bunch of Black dyed squirrel tail.

Based on your own personal tastes you can tie the wing in as is or you can stack it with a hair stacker. I prefer the stacker myself and the squirrel tail stacks nicely. Tie the wing in so it does not extend past the bend in the hook. Build head. Whip finish and lacquer as desired.

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