The Atlantic Salmon Fly Passion

Tag:  Silver Mylar tinsel Body: Black Berlin wool Ribs: Oval silver tinsel Crossrib : Small silver wire over hackle Hackle: Heron or substitute Throat: Teal Wing: Bronze Mallard I first saw this fly in Paul C. Marriner's book,  " Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies". It immediately caught my eye, as the popular Newfoundland fly the Silver Tip, has been a long time favorite pattern of mine. It has a long silver mylar tag, body of black wool or floss, black hackle for throat & it's signature wing of moose hair. It is one of my go to flies when hitching. Logan's Silver Tip was conceived by Roddy Macleod & named for Jim Logan, a Nova Scotian salmon angler & Jazz musician.A good choice for stale fall fish. I have found it does very well for bright, fresh spring fish also & this particular fly hooked a very big salmon this spring that straightened the big iron out after taking a hard run down the rapids below the pool. Like

Tag: oval silver tinsel Butt: fluorescent green floss Body: Black floss Ribs: Oval silver tinsel Wing: Black bear hair Collar: Black hackle The BBGB(Black Bear Green Butt)must be one of the most fished & tied flies here on Quebec Salmon rivers if not the world, It is a must have in your fly box Like most patterns, it's origins come from a variation of a specific fly or flies. In going through books like Joseph Bates' "Fishing Atlantic Salmon The Flies & the Patterns", Fulsher & Krom's, " Hairwing Atlantic Salmon Flies", Stewart & Allen's, "Flies for Atlantic Salmon" & Marriner's,"Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies", the authors all make reference to Harry Smith of Cherryfield, Maine, who in the 1920s created an all black fly called The Black Bear Fly. Tied with a wing & throat of black bear hair & a black wool body. Later, tiers varied the materials or added tinsel & different