| Parks' Salmonfly | |
|---|---|
| Artificial fly | |
 Parks' Salmonfly | |
| Type | Dry fly |
| Imitates | Giant stoneflies, salmonflies |
| History | |
| Creator | Merton Parks |
| Created | 1954 |
| Materials | |
| Typical sizes | 2–8, 6 most common 2X long |
| Typical hooks | TMC 200R, Mustad 9671, DaiRiki 700 |
| Thread | Black 3/0 nylon or kevlar |
| Tail | Brown bucktail |
| Body | Tangerine or orange acrylic yarn |
| Wing | Brown bucktail |
| Ribbing | Brown or furnace hackle, clipped |
| Hackle | Brown or furnace hackle |
| Head | Black thread |
| Uses | |
| Primary use | Trout |
| Reference(s) | |
| Pattern references | Yellowstone Country Flies, (2013) Wiese[1] |
Parks' Salmonfly is a traditional dry fly imitating adults of the family of giant stoneflies or salmonflies (Pteronarcyidae). The most commonly imitated species is Pteronarcys californica or salmonfly common throughout Western North America from British Columbia to California.
- ^ Wiese, Walter J. (2013). Yellowstone Country Flies-The Fly Patterns of Parks' Fly Shop. Gardiner, Montana: Walter Wiese. pp. 121–124.