More properly, some patterns from obscure references. While researching patterns for the Grainger Collection I encountered some salmon flies not found in the more familiar references. As if you didn't have enough patterns from which to choose, here are some you may not have seen.

From The Fly Fisher's Guide by George C. Bainbridge, 1816. These were written long before there were any conventions for salmon fly patterns. I give then in their original form. Good Luck!

No. 1 is recommended as a spring fly, and is to be composed of the following materials: Wings, of the dark mottled brown or blackish feather of a turkey; body, of orange camlet mixed with a little mohair; and a dusky red, or bright brown cock's hackle, plucked from the back where the fibres are longest, for legs.

No. 2 is of smaller size, and may occasionally be dressed upon very strong single gut. Any feather of a copper or dirty yellow colour, which is not too course in the fibres, will answer for the wings; such may be found on the domestic hen, turkey, or the landrail: the body of lemon coloured mohair mixed with a small portion of light brown fur or camlet; and a pale dusky ginger.

No. 3 Although the colours of this fly are of a sombre cast, it is nevertheless frequently used in summer with success. The wing area to be procured from the cormorant, or the mottled feather of the mallard, if very dark; body of dark sable ribbed with gold wire, over which is a dusky red hackle should be thickly wound; for the tail, the mottled feathers of the drake; and before fastening off, a little floss (sic) silk should be unraveled, and fastened at the extremity of the work.

No. 4 Differs materially from those preceding, and is given in order to describe the method of dressing gaudy flies; which, however fanciful or varied in shade or material, will frequently raise fish when all limitations or nature have proven unsuccessful; in deed so fastidious and whimsical are the salmon at times, that the more brilliant the extravagant the fly, the more certain is the angler if diversion. The fly thus given as a specimen is formed as follows: the wings the extreme end of the feather of a guinea fowl not stripped, but having the feather left ion both sides the middle stem; a blood red hackle should be fastened on with the wings, and so arranged as to extent beyond them; the dyed feathers used by officers in the army answer very well for the purpose, if those from the macaw can not be procured. The body best made of harl (sic) of an ostrich dyed to correspond with the red feather introduced; with a bright yellow hackle over it. The beautiful green feather which forms the eye of the peacok's tail should be fastened at the head, and left hanging downwards so as to cover the body nearly half and inch, and a few strips of the same part of the feather may be fastened at the tail.

From the Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, by Thomas Todd Stoddart, 1853 (in the same format as the book):

Wings: Taken from the feather of a raven
Body: Black mohair, black hackle
Tail: Golden pheasant crest feather
No. 20. ( No. 19 is the Black Dragon, 1 through 18 are trout flies)
Wings: Mottled black and white tail feather from a turkey.
Body: Dark-blue mohair, touched off with twitch of orange, ditto, two turns of lightblue floss and ostrich herl. Black hackle, gold tinsel
Shoulders: Claret-coloured hackle above twitch of mohair of the same colour
Tail: Golden pheasant crest, ostrich herl

Wings: Golden pheasant tail and neck feathers, bustard, green parrot, and guineafowl, mixed together with a little red and blue; with large gold topping over all, and small blue kingfisher on each side. Macaw feelers.
Body: One-third deep yellow, next to tag, and remainder black pig's wool. Black hackle, flat white lace (?-mn).
Shoulders: Blue feather from Indian Kingfisher or jay.
Tag/Tail: Black ostrich herl, with yellow silk, tipped with silver. Small gold crest feather.
Head: Black ostrich herl.

Wings: Same mixture as No. 21 with two jungle cock feathers in the middle of wing, of sufficient length to expose the white spots.
Body: Dark claret pig's wool, with hackle of the same colour, and gold lace.
Shoulders: Blue jay.
Tag/Tail: Black ostrich herl, and light blue silk tipped with silver. Small gold crest feather.
Head: Black ostrich herl.

Wings: White wing: pure white feather taken from swan or white turkey: six or seven slips are sufficient for each wing.
Body: Dark-blue silk, purple hackle and silver thread.
Shoulders: A dyed blue jay hackle (sic)
Tail tuft: Light yellow
Head: Black ostrich herl.

Wings: Two gold pheasant neck feathers, half the length of wing when tied on with two jungle-cock feathers in the centre, and two or three large gold crests over top. Macaw feelers. Kingfisher feathers on each side.
Body: Black pig's wool, black hackle and white lace.
Shoulders: Blue jay.
Tag/Tail: Black ostrich herl, and deep yellow floss silk, tipped with silver. Gold crest. Head: Black ostrich herl.

Wings: Same mixture as No. 23.
Body: Dark-yellow pig's wool, hackle same colour, silver thread.
Shoulders: Purple-dyed hackle
Tail: Small gold crest feather.

Wings: Brown mottled feather taken from the back of a mallard.
Body: Black and brown mohair, or pig's wool mixed; hackle taken from pendant breast feathers of male heron, broad gold or silver lace, lapped on widely.
Tail Tuft: Yellow or orange.

Wings: A pair of crest feathers taken from a golden pheasant.
Body: Black mohair; black hackle, silver tinsel.
Tail Tuft: Yellow

Wings: Red turkey with yellow or white tip; under wings of grey turkey, teal, or peahen.
Body: Light brown wool; peacock herl; red hackle with dark root and edge; tarnished gold tinsel.
Shoulders: Dark brown or black wool.
Tail Tuft: Yellow

Wings: Mottled turkey feather, either brown or white.
Body: Dark mohair, heron hackle, gold tinsel.
Shoulders: A twitch of yellow or orange mohair
Tail Tuft: Yellow or red.

Wings: Speckled black and white turkey feather; for small sizes of hook employ teal feather.
Body: Blue mohair, dark brown hackle, silver tinsel.

Wings: Turkey, peacock, gledd, or mallard feather.
Body: Dark, with silver tinsel

From River Angling for Salmon and Trout by John Younger, 1864 (in his style).

A black body of fine soft cow-hair, or other fur (in consistence like that from flank of a cow or kyloe), -(kyloe is a small breed of long horn Scottish cattle- )-with a tuft of yellow floss, silk, or fine worsted wool, for tail, and a little red, green, or deep orange twisted thread around the body, about a eighth part of an inch distance between folds, and prick the hair out wit a pin, and shape it as equally over the gold thread as possible, giving it a fine soft hackle appearance; and give a turn or two dark orange, or rather red, round the shoulders, close below the root of the wings. A grey or bright mottled turkey feather use for wings, either from the tail or from behind the quill feathers ion the wing of the fowl, according to size and circumstance, and have the mottle or speckle equally bright on both sides of the feather.

The second fly has in all respects the very same body as the first, the only variation being in the wings, which have what we technically term a white-top. This is a black or dark brown feather, with a little white on the top, from the tail of the turkey for the largest size of fly, or from the rump above the tail for the smaller sizes.

The third fly has the same body and tail as the former, with white wings; but prefer those of a pale French white, that is of a light buff of yellowish tinge.

The fourth fly, in may cases the best, is altogether of a dun colour, body, and wings. Although fox and other furs and mohairs, may be used for the body of this fly, with hackle rolled over it, still I prefer fine woolly cow hair from the flank of a dun-coloured cow or outfield kyloe. This, with a little gold twist rolled round the body, to give it an insect appearance, and the hair picked out to fall softly in half shading over it, is, when well done, on all colours of fly, better than cock hackles. The proper dun colour is not easily described. It seems to partake of brown and white, as shade of red and yellow, with the slightest tinge of silvery grey, and a yellow tail tufted up with a speck of red. The wings are best when of the same colour, or at least as nearly so a possible, but prefer such as have a tendency to whiteness on the top. These may best be had from the tail or rump of a dun turkey, a fowl precious to a Tweed salmon fisher.

The body of the fifth fly is made of the dark grey fur of the Hare's lug, mixed with the least quantity of bright red or deep orange mohair, or rather fine pig's wool (if fine pig's wool can be got with a tuft of yellow), over which, at the insertion of such tail or tuft, give a turn or two of red worsted, mohair, or pig's wool. (Follows a lengthy dissertation on dubbing hare's lug-MN) If the hook is of a large size, I approve of a fine gold twist rolled around it, and a short bristled hackle laid in the less of the tinsel. (More extraneous matter- MN) For the largest size of this fly, the ears of the roe-deer are, by my friend elsewhere alluded to , preferred to the hare's lug, as being a beautiful grey, and making a lovely body, either with or without hackle.

The long tuft feathers on the head of the lapwing make a first-rate hackle for this, or for and low-water fly, as the short in the bristle. A wing from the bright mottled feathers of the drake is the best adapted for this body.

From the least to the largest size this fly is made up of a medium colour of sky-blue fine wool, with small pallid tinsel, or no tinsel, and very peculiar cock hackle: to wit, black from the root up along the middle stem to fully half the length, then running into red out to the top-and a yellow or light tuft for tail-the wings of a soft mottled turkey tail feather, dark grey.

From The Scientific Angler by David Foster, 1883 (I have put the recipe in modern format)

Tag: Flat single tinsel and cerise floss silk.
Tail: Golden pheasant topping, a few strands of scarlet flamingo's quill feather.
Body: Orange, light and dark; and cerise floss silk bound over an old cock's hackle stained slightly sky-blue; the latter being palmered from the head to the tail; another of these forming legs.
Wings: Turkey, with several side strands of argus pheasant wing feathers, and red, yellow, and puce-coloured feelers or strands.

Tag: Gold flat, orange floss silk.
Body: Orange mohair, graduating though full and dark orange to dull red.
Throat: Guinea fowl neck feather, stained yellow, and a cock's hackle (colour not specified-MN), also stained yellow.
Wings: Black turkey feather
Sides: Jungle cock's hackle
Horns: Yellow and red.
Head: Black ostrich herl.

Tag: Gold round, white floss silk and peacock herl.
Tail: Three strands from a green feather from the neck of a peacock, and a few strands of yellow and scarlet lucan (sic) breast and neck feathers.
Body: Hackled with claret stained hackle, wound over with gold twist (heavy round) and bright colored silk.
Throat: Dark blue hackle, and guinea fowl feather over all.
Wings: Golden pheasant's tail feather, ditto neck or tippet feathers for sides.
Cheeks: Blue chatterer.
Head: Peacock's herl.

Tag: Red silk silver twist (round).
Tail: A few yellow and red spires of macaw feathers, helped with a few strands of blue or green peacock's neck feathers.
Body: Pig's wool, navy blue, with broad flat silver twist (broad oval silver-NM).
Throat: Rich fiery brown hackle.
Wings: Bustard feather.
Sides: Bustard feather, American wood duck feather; a few strands of argus pheasant's dark feather to be also added in larger.

Tag: Flat silver, and blue silk.
Body: Fiery brown pig's wool ribbed with round gold twist.
Throat: Orange and purple, hackled (stained).
Wings: Golden pheasnts, red sides tail feathers; toppings, large strands of albatross wing feathers, streamers red and green.
Cheeks: Kingfisher's feathers, or blue chatterer.

From The Book of the All-round Angler by John Bickerdyke, 1900

Body: Dark maroon mohair, silver twist
Wings: Grouse-feather, with two strands blue macaw.
Hackle: Jay's wing, mixed with some dark strands.
Tail: Golden-pheasant hackle.

Body: Light brown mohair, gold twist.
Wings: Gled tail or bittern.
Hackle : Dark brown.

From Tips by George Kelson, 1901 (thanks to Mark Kirchner). These flies are not in the Salmon Fly or The "Land and Water"Salmon Flies.

Tag: Silver twist and scarlet silk.
Tail: A topping and fibres of Summer duck. Butt: Black herl.
Body: Two turns of medium blue floss, followed by dark blue seal's fur having a dark blue hackle along it.
Ribs: Silver tinsel.
Throat: Dark blue hackle
Wings: Four or five toppings.
Horns: Red macaw.

Tag: Silver twist and light blue silk.
Tail: A topping and Indian crow.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: Two turns of scarlet floss, followed by scarlet and light blue seal's fur in equal sections.
Ribs: Silver tinsel.
Hackle: Light blue, from blue seal's fur.
Throat: Light blue hackle
Wings: Teal, gallina, and tippet strands; grey mallard, golden pheasant tail, fibres of Summer duck, mallard, two strips of swan dyed scarlet and a topping.
Sides: Jungle.

Tag: Silver twist and scarlet silk.
Tail: Ibis and two strands of Summer duck. Black herl.
Butt: Black herl.
Body: Two turns of crimson floss, followed by scarlet, crimson and light claret seal's fur in equal sections.
Ribs: Silver tinsel.
Throat: Light red claret and light blue hackle respectively.
Wings: Tippet, gallina, and golden pheasant tail in strands; grey mallard, swan dyed yellow, light blue and crimson; bustard, and mallard.
Horns: Blue macaw.

Tag: Silver twist and yellow wool.
Tail: Four golden Bird of Paradise (or Cock O' The Rock)
Butt: Black wool.
Body: Oval tinsel, two parts, and violet seal's fur, one part.
Hackle: Violet hackle along seal's fur, ribbed with oval tinsel.
Throat: Blue hackle.
Wings: Two strips of dark brown mottled turkey, golden pheasant tail, grey mottled turkey, two broad strips of swan dyed rose, peacock's herl, Amherst pheasant tail, and two toppings.
Horns: Blue macaw.
Sides: Jungle