FLY
The Cracker
The Cracker recipe
| Hook | Harrison’s O’Shaughnessy Dublin Limerick blind-eye hook, Size 1 |
|---|---|
| Thread | White 6/0 Thread |
| Eye Loop | Twisted Silk Gut |
| Tip | Flat Silver Tinsel |
| Tag | Golden Yellow Mohair |
| Tail | Red Goose, Golden Yellow Goose, Light Blue Goose, Gray Mallard, and Peacock Sword Fibers |
| Rib | Oval Silver Tinsel |
| Body | Light Blue Mohair |
| Underwing | Red Goose |
| Underwing 2 | Golden Yellow Goose |
| Overwing | Light Blue Goose |
| Overwing 2 | White-Tipped Turkey |
| Topping | Peacock Sword Fibers |
| Head | Red tying thread 8/0 Thread |
About this fly
Note: The Mohair should be picked out to make it fluffy The Cracker was first tied in 1890 from a pattern designed by Dr. George Trowbridge, of New York, for use in Florida. At that time, it was rated as "by far the most killing for Florida fishing, that has yet been tested." It was said to "too gay and complicated to attempt to describe with clearness." The doctor used it for tarpon and channel bass fishing at Sarasota. On February 23, 1887, the Dr. caught a 17-pound channel bass on a fly. Dr. Trowbridge said, "because it was born, brought up and a native of Florida, it was given a native's name."
What the The Cracker imitates
- Streamer / baitfish
In the old books
Original dressing as pictured in Marbury, Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892), Plate W, No. 238. The photo above is a later tie, not the original.
Inside the vault every material on this fly opens to its own card, and you can save the fly to your own boxes.
