Yesterday while at the doc’s for a visit, he was showing me pics of his son’s fish caught on the hot lure in Portugal. I got to looking at it, and thought…“that would be a neat fly.” So I promised him 3 flies for his own testing on his next trip. I was a 2 1/2" mackerel-marked lure with a green flank fading to a yellow belly. Here’s what I came up with.
Never been fished. Have no idea if it will catch a damned thing. But it was fun to put together.
Big Mack Recipe
Hook: #4 Partridge Thread: 6/0 Black Abdomen: Gold Mylar over lead wire Belly: Gold Crystal Flash Back: Olive Crystal Flash Back: Blue Super Hair (With black Copic Pen)
If you change the abdomen to pearlescent tinsel and the belly to white &/or pearl Krystal Flash, maybe with a small amount light gray, Then you can rename it the Giants Mack Test Fly.
Regards,
Ed
P.S. You might want to ditch the olive. You know, that might be a heck of a fly, the Giants Mack Test Fly.
