The Maggot Smelt is originally a streamer-pattern that came out of Montreal and was designed to imitate the favorite landlocked salmon food on Lake Memphremagog, located between Canada and Vermont. Originally the Magog Smelts colorscheme was white, yellow and purple with a red false hackle, a colorcombination that proven to be very succesfull for both salmon, sea-run-browns and trous. The reason is a combination of the materials and the lightness in the fly, the wing is made of bucktail which gives the fly a fantastic movement in the water that imitates small baitfish when fished in the current. in this video we have put danish flytyer and flyfisher Ronny Lagoni Thomsen behind the vise to demonstrate his bid on the Magog Smelt in his own favorite colorscheme that matches his local rivers perfect - and for sure catches trout.
Hook: Ahrex Tying Single # 6
Thread: Black
Tag: Oval Silver Tinsel # S
Tail: Barred Mallard Fl. Orange
Body: Mirage Tinsel Pearl
Rib: Oval Silver Tinsel # S
Wing: Yellow and Black Bucktail
Hackle: Yellow Cock Saddle-hackle
Cheeks: Barred Mallard Fl. Orange
Eyes: Pro Sportfisher Cool Eyes 3mm Yellow/Silver
Finish: UV Resin
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