Flyguy has you headed in the right direction. Cut my teeth fly fishing salmon in the Coq and perfected my skills on the Stave. I have a bunch of flies I developed on the Stave: Mat Green (Chum), Flat Black (Spring), Dec 25 (Chum & Spring), St Nic (Coho & Spring), Blue Christmas (Coho), Dolly Whacker (Coho & Dolly Varden), and Bit Me (Coho). You can find the in the Compendium Of Canadian Fly Patterns. The store bought standbys are Chritmas Tree, black or green Wooly Bugger, Rolled Muddler. As for pinks; don't be fooled the anything pink advice is Horse-----. The only consistant producers I have found are the Happy Hooker, and a fly that Randy of Hatch Match'rs ties.