Montreal wet
Hook: Mustad 3906 size 6 to 12
Tail: Red hackle sized to shaft length
Body: Claret dubbing
Rib: Flat Gold Tinsel
Hackle: Hen dyed claret
Wing: Turkey quill
An old standard wet fly. The first fly I fished. A good pattern for trout and grayling fish it with the classic wet fly swing or up and across in the deeper water.
Muddler Minnow
Hook: Mustad 9672 size 4 to 12
Thread: Black
Tail: Turkey quill
Body: Flat gold tinsel
Under wing: Grey squirrel (original used wolf hair)
Wing: Turkey quill
Collar: Deer hair
Head: Spun deer hair clipped to shape
A top trout catcher originated by Don Gapen to mimic sculpins. Effective fished any where from the bottom to floating on the surface as a grasshopper. My favourite way to fish this is on an up and across cast with a sink tip line letting it drift deep then allowing your cast to fish out on the downstream swing.
American Coachman
Hook: Mustad 3906B
Thread: Black
Tail: Red Buck Tail
Body: Yellow wool yarn
Wing: White Calf Tail
Hackle: Brown collared
I found this pattern in the The Flies of the North West put together by the Inland Empire Fly Fishing club. A sea run cutthroat pattern it was the first fly I tied that caught a fish. Since that day it has produced a number of nice Westslope Cutts.
Alberta on the Fly 