Nate Wight was recently visiting All Points Fly Shop located in South Portland, Maine, and they made this video of Nate tying his mackerel fly. This fly uses a combination of natural and synthetic materials. According to All Points Fly Shop this pattern is a great representation of the mackerel that is plentiful in New England and is a big food source for striped bass and bluefish.
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Materials list:
Hook: 3/0 CS86 Partridge
Thread : Veevus 100d gelspun
Tail: white buck-tail with lat scale and Flashabou pearl. 2-4 long white saddle feathers.
Maine body: two stacks of white buck-tail. The second stack has more flashabou and lat scale with two green grizzly saddles tied in on top. The head is a mixture or fluorescent blue and green buck-tail with two blue grizzly saddle hackles on top. Grey American-Tied Flies magnum dubbing on top, tan magnum on bottom. 10mm living eyes from Flymen Fishing. Black marker for accents.
