modern Michigan dry fly · by 2012
Thing-a-ma-Hex
Unverified origin Only the Current Works page covers it, and that page does not state who designed it. Attribution to Kraimer is inferred from the site.
History
A night Hex dry whose post is a small glow-in-the-dark foam indicator, so the angler can follow the fly in the dark; the post also adds float and helps it land upright. The page says the idea came from the Thing-A-Ma-Bug, which uses a non-glowing version of the same post.
Materials
| Hook | TMC 2313, size 6 |
|---|---|
| Thread | Fly Master Plus brown |
| Tail | Pheasant tail |
| Body | Deer hair |
| Post | Glow-in-the-dark Uni-Bobber |
| Hackle | Brown and grizzly rooster neck or saddle |
Sources
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No photo yet. Every photo on michfly is of a fly tied for the site, so they're added a few at a time.
Original recipe cards for many Michigan patterns are kept at the Michigan Dry Flies archive, built by the late Tom Deschaine.