Does anyone know of a fly pattern called this.
Supposed to come from Wisconsin and be a great p[anfish fly.
Thanks
Rick
One reference in an article to it here on FAOL but no pattern.
Rick,
sorry don’t have the pattern but had one more question for you on that 10.5" 3-wt over on the rod building section…please check out that thread again when you get a chance … Thanks!
-John
9 years late but for any future inquiries here it is, Picture a McGinty with rubber legs. Red hair tail, alternating orange white orange chenille body, White fur streamer for wing. They have 3 rubber band legs radiating out from the center on each side.
The fly was developed near Land-O-Lakes in Northern Wisconsin where I live. We vary the body slightly depending on the lake. The original was tied with Herter’s Polar Bear fur, it’s been around for along time. I tie mine around as size 10 and they work great. I learned the fly from my Grand Father at age 12 and 39 years later we still tie it.
Dean
Dean,
Thanks for the recipe; sounds like something you’d see in a Herter’s catalog, and I mean that in a good way. If you have a pic of one, I’d love to see it. By the way, welcome to the forum
Regards,
Scott
I went googling and found this:
Hook: 2xl nymph hook size 10 or 12
Thread: black yellow or red ?
Tail: red hackle fibers
Body: Black Chenille
Legs: White rubber legs, ( one strip tied in the middle on each side to make four legs on the finished fly, As you wrap the chenille take a wrap of chenille over the tie down point to split the legs so one points back and one points forward on each side)
Hackle collar: wet fly hackle in red or yellow