This simple fly likely imitates various emerging insects.
Skunk with rubber legs fly.
Round rubber legs medium white.
The barring goes all the way around the rubber so you dont have to worry about tying it in at the perfect angle.
In a number of past one fly events wet flies have done well.
Believed to be the first fly tied with rubber legs from old golf balls.
I m going to turn it in the vise sideways so you can see from the side profile that it looks.
The more modern versions of the skunk are also tied with yellow chenille.
Position those and we have ourself a bona fide earl madsen dry skunk.
Popularized by earl madsen also called the madsen skunk although he wasn t the creator.
The rubber leg wooly bugger is a combination of an old pattern the wooly bugger and a newer pattern the yuk bug.
Wrap a thread base from behind the eye of the hook to.
I bought some of these to put on michigan skunk patterns but i ended up using this stuff for everything.
If your looking to match the hatch the wet skunk is a perfect stonefly searching pattern.
Turn the fly upside down so you don t cut any of the rubber legs.
A really useful sea trout fly.
I like to tie the pattern in a variety of colors black white brown yellow and olive tan.
Size is just about perfect.
This was likely the first fly to incorporate rubber legs.
Secure your chenille at the bend of the hook.
He popularized the well known michigan skunk.
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.
Grab the two rubber legs on each side and stand them up and pick your shortest one and cut the rest to match.
Tie it in different sizes and with various colors of dubbing to imitate a wide range of bugs.
Hook tmc 5212 10 thread danville 6 0 black tail squirrel tail body chenille black legs medium rubber white wing.
A gold bead is added for extra weight.
The rubber legs and marabou tail both provide motion which generally triggers strikes.
Wrap your chenille forward wrapping it in and out and around the legs as necessary in order to keep the x shape.
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.
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.
Earl madsen was a true innovator and developed a number of wet and dry flies.
