Skunk With Rubber Legs Fly

Size is just about perfect.

Skunk with rubber legs fly.

If your looking to match the hatch the wet skunk is a perfect stonefly searching pattern. The traditional skunk used white legs while many of the more modern versions use barred rubber legs. I m tempted to throw out all of my old rubber legs and replace them with this stuff. Featuring one of the most complete fly tying material selection available on the web.

This simple fly likely imitates various emerging insects. While the original michigan skunk fly pattern has caught lots of fish over the years its durability was vulnerable as the exposed thread wraps easily became unwound after teeth and or hemostats had their way. Wrap a thread base from behind the eye of the hook to. Earl madsen was a true innovator and developed a number of wet and dry flies.

I bought some of these to put on michigan skunk patterns but i ended up using this stuff for everything. Believed to be the first fly tied with rubber legs from old golf balls. The barring goes all the way around the rubber so you dont have to worry about tying it in at the perfect angle. Turn the fly upside down so you don t cut any of the rubber legs.

However the pattern shown below in copper white is one of my better producers due to the many medium brown stoneflies in the manistee river. I m going to turn it in the vise sideways so you can see from the side profile that it looks. Wrap your chenille forward wrapping it in and out and around the legs as necessary in order to keep the x shape. The rubber leg wooly bugger is a combination of an old pattern the wooly bugger and a newer pattern the yuk bug.

In a number of past one fly events wet flies have done well. He popularized the well known michigan skunk. Position those and we have ourself a bona fide earl madsen dry skunk. Grab the two rubber legs on each side and stand them up and pick your shortest one and cut the rest to match.

I like to tie the pattern in a variety of colors black white brown yellow and olive tan. This was likely the first fly to incorporate rubber legs. Tie it in different sizes and with various colors of dubbing to imitate a wide range of bugs. A gold bead is added for extra weight.

Popularized by earl madsen also called the madsen skunk although he wasn t the creator. Hook tmc 5212 10 thread danville 6 0 black tail squirrel tail body chenille black legs medium rubber white wing. Secure your chenille at the bend of the hook. The rubber legs and marabou tail both provide motion which generally triggers strikes.

Featuring natural and synthetic materials including hooks hackle cdc feathers marabou dubbing beads eyes rubber legs chenille synthetic wing fibers hair skins tinsel thread wire wing case materials yarn cements and more. The more modern versions of the skunk are also tied with yellow chenille.