Thor-X Fly
This style is generally accredited to the late Vincent Marinaro. He developed it in
Pennsylvania using underwater photography of living insects and by observing the ‘foot-print’
patterns made by them. It must be produced using the finest materials available. No variation of
tying style, nor improvement of the style will produce the intended results. ~ JC
Materials List:
Hook: Any ‘dry fly’ light wire, barbless hook.
Thread: Standard 6/0, or lighter; color to match insect.
Tail: Moose mane or good quality hackle barbels.
Body: Dubbing to match insect. (Tan in our example fly photo.)
Wing: Hackle tips (in our example fly photo).
Other material may be used.
Hackle: Grade #1 (grizzly in our example fly photo). One size larger than normal.
Originally published c. 2003 on Fly Anglers Online by James Birkholm.