Best Yellow Sally Fly Patterns for Montana

Top 4 Yellow Sally Patterns

Mangler sally

The Mangler Sally is by far our most productive Yellow Sally fly pattern. This pattern is low profile with the ability to float well with a wrapped foam body and foam post to keep it on top. We carry many different kinds of Yellow Sally flies, but this one is a our top pattern.

Fly Tying Material List

Hook: Standard Dry Fly Size 14-16
Thread: Pale yellow 6/0 Uni Thread
Abdomen/Head/Post: Yellow Foam cut into strip and wrapped around shank
Wing: Bleached or blonde Deer hair
Thorax: Yellow or sulphur High and Dry Dubbing With foam strip on top
Rib: Brown 210 Denier
Egg Sack: Fluorescent red thread 6/0 or Globrite
Legs: Small Sexi Floss Yellow/Brown Barred

Stubby chubby – yellow

The Stubby Chubby in Yellow is a great all around attractor pattern, but it really shines as a Yellow Sally fly pattern. The large sizes in Yellow and Gold also fish great for Golden Stones. The 2mm foam creates great floatability and the Trigger Point post makes for an easy to see, high floating fly.

Fly Tying Material List

Hook: Umpqua XT050 BN5X Stubby size 14-16
Thread: 8/0 Yellow
Tail: Antron Orange
Body: Ice Dub – Yellow
Foam: 2mm Foam Black
Wing: EP Trigger Point Fibers UV Orange
Wing: EP Trigger Point Fibers Pale Morning Dun
Legs: Sexi Floss Tan/Barred

Beadhead Yellow sally nymph

The Beadhead Yellow Sally Nymph is a great pattern anywhere Yellow Sallys are present. Like the above Yellow Sally Fly Patterns, this is one of our most productive nymph. Good Yellow Sally flies are few and far between, but this nymph hit the mark as a go to fly.

Fly Tying Material List

Hook: 1XL Nymph Hook size 14-16
Bead: Gold Tungsten 7/64 – 1-8″
Tail: Brown Biots
Rib: Copper Wire
Abdomen Back: Golden Brown Antron
Abdomen: Dirty Yellow Dubbing
Thorax Wingcase: Black Thin Skin
Thorax: Ice Dub UV Lt. Yellow
Antenna: Brown Biots
Legs: Partridge

Iron Sally

The Iron Sally Jig nymph gets down fast with it’s tungsten bead and gets to where the fish are quickly. This fly is great for using as a dropper, indicator rig or euro nymphing. As like all jig nymphs, the hook point rides up which helps this fly snag the bottom less. It’s important to have a variety of nymph Yellow Sally fly patterns in different sink rates, which is why every angler should have these in their fly box.