Yellow Sally ???

OK - I'm dating myself with this one. There's a handful of us that gather at the Con Club to tie flies on Monday nights. During BS sessions, the topic of the Yellow Sally Fly that was used for walleye fishing many decades ago has come up. I probably haven't seen one in some 45 years or so. Last night that topic came up again and when I got home I did some searches on the net that did not yield a whole lot of information and or pictures of them. The Images that I did find, did not look like how I remembered them. Some directions mentioned that they were made with chenille body and bucktail.

If anyone has any detailed info as to the how to tie up a Yellow Sally and any images of them, please post or PM me. Thanks in advance.

go to outdoorsniagara.com/yellowsally shows pics and how to use it my dad used these all the time back in the day catching blue pike and yellows

https://www.google.com/url?url=https...M_632aKuvIKc3g

This is it as I remember it. I thought I still had one in my box I have been draging around for 40 years, but it's gone.

This is the "yellow sally" my dad fished in Lake Erie, usually with a "june bug" spinner.......



http://www.breambugs.com/images/cach...ly_001.580.JPG

Thanks for the replies and photos. The photos provided still don't appear as I remember them. Will be tying some up eventually to fish behind spinners - probably will end up being a silver bass killer, but you never know.

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The photo that Bailey posted seems to be what I remember my dad fishing with back in the day

my dad fished with those spinners but I remember we could switch baits on the spinner I will look to see if he has any try and put a pic up

Bailey - Thanks for the pic, but not as I recall it. What I remember is a yellow body with a red feather extending out beyond the hook.

I found a few Yellow Sally's from back in the day and the quick change spinners.
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those are the ones I have that's all my dad used back in the day

The spinner parts are probably available thru Jann's net craft and as for fly probably some steelhead flies would match close enough to make it work .

WmPaul - That photo you provided is getting very close to what I remember it looking like with the exception of the hackle on the front of it. Thanks again.

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I have this exact same one , it was my fathers from more than 40 yrs. ago. I used it last season a few times just to try it & did take a 1-2 fish with it.

I was redirected to that Niagara outdoors article by John Long that was recommended by Milt. I looked at it last week and I did not "see" what I was looking for. This time, the one that was labeled as the Dark Erie Fly is what I remember with the exception of the hackle at the front,

The one I have does not have the hackle on the front.