Hook: TMC777SP #6
Thread: Benecchi
Tail: Fox
Body: A.Jensen Saltwater Dub ll
Hackle: Spirit River Strung Saddle White
Rib: Mono
A very simple pattern to tie up from the great book “Favorite flies for baltic seatrout“, haven’t tried it out yet, but the pattern should be great for winter fishing here in Norway after seatrout!
Finished up a row of Polar Magnus today: 3 with silver and 3 with gold eyes. The gold eye variant also got red ribbing, don’t now if it helps, but I like the combination on the body
Hook: TMC 777SP #8
Thread: UNI 6/0
Tail: Whiting Hackle tips
Body: Hareline Ice Dub
Body Hackle: Whiting
Rib: Cobber Thread
Front Hackle: Foxtail Hen Red
Eyes: Bead Chain Silver Medium
Another for the seatrout: the Polar Magnus – a variation of the Magnus, but with a red front hackle.
Hook: TMC777SP #6
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Rabbit Strip, Foxtail
Body: A.Jensen Saltwater dub ll White, Rabbit strip in dubbing loop
Eyes: Gold bead chain, large
A pattern that follows the spaykutling but in all-black colors. This comes from the rabbit skin I bought earlier and that I have cut strips from. The hair is really long and makes for some meaty flies that will create a lot of good movement in the water.
My seatrout box is slowly filling up:
Hook: TMC777SP #6
Thread: UNI 6/0
Tail: Turkey
Body: UNI-Mylar
Rib: Lagartun Varnished French Tinsel
Wing: Turkey
Throat: The Fly Co. Rooster Neck
Sides: JC
After doing the hairwing mickey finn the other day I browsed alternative versions to see how this pattern has been interpreted in different versions (I enjoy exploring a pattern to see how it turns out in different versions, not just the original). The Mickey Streamer I found over at globalflyfisher.com together with some other variants that I will tie up later. The mickey streamer version is a married wing wet-fly style pattern in the color scheme of the original mickey finn, tied on a longer streamer hook than a classic wet would be done on.
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