Sean McCaffrey's Midge - M and M buzzer
Sean Writes
‘In 2013 I went down to Orkney for a week with my great uncle to practice for the inter county and have a bit of a holiday.
The inter county would be held on harry so we would concentrate our efforts on getting a game plan sorted and we had received reports that there had been some good midge hatches coming off and there was a chance to get some decent baskets of fish if the conditions were right
Over the first 2-3 days we got the deeper water sorted out with the the various DI lines and a mixture of mini lures and dabblers
That still left the problem of the midge feeders in the skinny water so that night we as I sat at the vice tying up the midge patterns with rabbit wings for the next day then I tied a black midge and a olive midge the same as all the rest but I added little white boobie eyes.
The next day I started with the 1ft midge tip with the 2 midge with red butts on the droppers and the boobie out on the point by dinner time I had done a killing with the rod almost getting pulled from my hands on numerous occasions and after all the attention my flies were getting they were looking worse for wear so I had to make a hot run back to the guest house to tie a batch of boobies and they continued to work the rest of the week and I won the Top rod trophy for the Shetland team’.
McCaffrey’s Avocado Midge (Hook B110 size 12) (Thread_ Avocado) (Butt_ Chartreuse medium holographic) (Body_ Avocado) (Wing_ Chartreuse deer hair) (Over wing_ White rabbit) (Eyes_ White booby cord) (Shetland & orkney)
McCaffrey’s Midge red butt (Hook B110 size 12) (Thread_ black) (Butt_ Red medium holographic) (Body_ black thread) (Wing_ Black rabbit) (Over wing_ White rabbit) (Head_ White thread)
Sean Writes
‘In 2013 I went down to Orkney for a week with my great uncle to practice for the inter county and have a bit of a holiday.
The inter county would be held on harry so we would concentrate our efforts on getting a game plan sorted and we had received reports that there had been some good midge hatches coming off and there was a chance to get some decent baskets of fish if the conditions were right
Over the first 2-3 days we got the deeper water sorted out with the the various DI lines and a mixture of mini lures and dabblers
That still left the problem of the midge feeders in the skinny water so that night we as I sat at the vice tying up the midge patterns with rabbit wings for the next day then I tied a black midge and a olive midge the same as all the rest but I added little white boobie eyes.
The next day I started with the 1ft midge tip with the 2 midge with red butts on the droppers and the boobie out on the point by dinner time I had done a killing with the rod almost getting pulled from my hands on numerous occasions and after all the attention my flies were getting they were looking worse for wear so I had to make a hot run back to the guest house to tie a batch of boobies and they continued to work the rest of the week and I won the Top rod trophy for the Shetland team’.
McCaffrey’s Avocado Midge (Hook B110 size 12) (Thread_ Avocado) (Butt_ Chartreuse medium holographic) (Body_ Avocado) (Wing_ Chartreuse deer hair) (Over wing_ White rabbit) (Eyes_ White booby cord) (Shetland & orkney)
McCaffrey’s Midge red butt (Hook B110 size 12) (Thread_ black) (Butt_ Red medium holographic) (Body_ black thread) (Wing_ Black rabbit) (Over wing_ White rabbit) (Head_ White thread)
