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McBride Skeeter
Tied by John McBride |
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Thread: Black 3/0 mono
Head: Double whip finish
Thorax: Marabou part of same grizzly hackle feather
Hook: Mustad 3399 size #12
Abdomen: Same grizzly feather, palmered
Tail: Tip of grizzly hackle feather
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| Tying Instructions |
I wanted to reward the participants of my first Swap Hosting, by adding another pattern! (They don't know how much I appreciate them hanging in with my first time miestering!!)
On the bottom front of your grizzly hackle saddle patch, there are short wide feathers that are varied length, with a lot of marabou web at the bottom. ( not long enough for say a wooly bugger.) Select one that is about three and a half inches long. Start thread just behind the eye, and wrap back to hook bend. Pinch the feather between thumb and finger, (leaving a hook gap length of tail unmolested,) and stroke down to skin end. (Like to palmer.) Tie this tip in at bend leaving a hook gap length tail. Hold feather back from hook and wrap
thread to eye and half-hitch twice. I then put a drop of head cement on the thread covered hook at the tail tie-in point, and spread forward with my bodkin. Now wrap feather, (palmered style) to just behind the eye. Tie off with a couple half-hitches, then whip finish twice, and a drop of head cement, and you are done. |
| Fishing Tips |
The wound hackle and tail make my Skeeter set in the water well with
one spike on the hook. The marabou barbs just behind the eye flutter
when twitched, and look just like a skeeter trying to fly and keep
from drowning. For Bluegills, I use this fly the same time of year that I use Griffith gnats, and floating ants, and my Porchlight-Miller pattern. (A tape-wing type pattern.)
Recipe:
- 1/4 Cup Milk
- 1/4 teaspoon dried Thyme
- 1 Cup crushed potato chips
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 Cup Parmesian cheese
- 1 Tablespoon Dry bread crumbs
To make the batter, mix crushed chips, cheese, and the thyme
together in a bowl. Spread breadcrumbs out on bottom of greased baking dish.
Dip fish fillets in milk, and dredge them in the batter mix. Place one level of fillets over bread crumbs and drizzle the butter over everything.
Bake uncovered at 500 deg. 12 to 16 min. till flakey. |
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